Museum blog

While practitioner in residence at Royal Museums Greenwich during 2016-2017, Paddy Hartley created new artwork in response to the histories of ex-servicemen in and around the National Maritime Museum, with the help of curators, archivists, conservators and the visiting public. In this blog post written during his residency, he reveals how the stories of two World War I servicemen inspired his work.

Discover what to see in the night sky in February 2021 including Mars and the band of the Milky Way.

As we mark International Day of the Seafarer on the 25 June 2021, it is important to remember the huge sacrifice seafarers are making. As the crew change crisis continues, hundreds of thousands of seaworkers cannot leave their ships and return to their families due to coronavirus.

Discover what to see in the night sky in November 2020 including two meteor showers and the conjunction of Saturn and the Moon

Discover what to see in the night sky in December 2020 including the Geminids meteor shower and the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.

In this blog we look at a practical astronomical work written by the husband and wife team of Walter and Annie Maunder. The Maunders worked in the Solar Department of the Royal Observatory Greenwich in the early 1890s.

Lying on its side within the historic Greenwich Park is Queen Elizabeth's Oak. Myths and legends surround the tree as thoroughly as the foliage which now covers it. We can only imagine what it has seen in its long past...