Work Experience at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
Tell me more! Our work experience placement offers secondary students from Year 10 - 13 the opportunity to go behind the scenes at the Royal Observatory Greenwich to see what we do on a day-to-day basis and what our various programmes, both formal and informal, offer to visitors.
Our collections: Ship plans collection - Royal Museums Greenwich
Our collection of over one million ship plans dates back to the early 18th century. It includes the Admiralty Collection which holds around 8000 plans representing approximately 10,000 ships.
Queen Elizabeth I’s speech to the troops at Tilbury
Celebrating success. The defeat of the Spanish Armada brought fame, both for England and Queen Elizabeth I. Europe was stunned that such a small island nation had successfully defended itself against such a major aggressor.
Our legal status - Royal Museums Greenwich
The Museum's founding legislation is the National Maritime Museum Act 1934 that established a Board of Trustees, who are a statutory corporation by the name of the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum and which has the general management and control of the Museum.
Library and Archive collection - Royal Museums Greenwich
The Library and Archive collection at the National Maritime Museum is the largest collection of manuscripts and original documents in the world relating to maritime history, stretching over 12 kilometres of shelving.
Space and astronomy highlights in 2025 - Royal Museums …
Dec 21, 2021 · 1 - 12 January - See the Quadrantid meteor shower. The year starts with a bang with the Quadrantids, one of the strongest and most reliable yearly meteor showers.Active from 28 December 2024 until 12 January 2025, this shower is …
Astronomy calendar 2025 | Royal Observatory Greenwich
The Travel Scope 70 is a refractor telescope perfect for terrestrial and celestial viewing on the go. The Travel Scope can view the planets, moon, star clusters and brighter deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy at night and with the erect image star diagonal it makes the optical tube ideal for using as a spotting scope during the day...
Work Experience - Royal Museums Greenwich
We run short-term work experience programmes for Young People aged 14 to 18 during school holidays at the National Maritime Museum through our Youth Programme.
Meteor shower calendar 2025 | Royal Observatory - Royal …
Jul 30, 2020 · Shower Name : Date of Maximum : Normal Limits : Possible hourly rate : Description : Quadrantids : 4 January : 26 Dec-12 Jan : 120 : Bluish- or yellowish-white meteors with fine trains
Royal Museums Greenwich | Home
Book online to guarantee entry and receive updates before you visit.. Select the site or exhibition you want to visit, pick your preferred date and entry time using the booking calendar and complete your booking.Your tickets will be emailed to you as soon as you check out. To make the most of your day out, book a Royal Museums Greenwich Day Pass and get access to both Cutty Sark …