Welcome to Royal Museums Greenwich Picture Library with over 45,000 images and photographs depicting notable ships, trade and empire, astronomy, exploration, navigation and time. MENU MENU. Connect with us. A hay barge near London Bridge . The National Archives is the UK government's official archive. The Caird Library and Archive is the most extensive resource in the world for researching maritime history. Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle was commissioned by the Greater London Authority for the Fourth Plinth project and was unveiled in Trafalgar Square in May 2010. image. Keep up to date with our exhibitions and news Research lies at the heart of everything we do at Royal Museums Greenwich (which comprises the National Maritime Museum, the Queen's House, the Royal Observatory and Cutty Sark). It now has a permanent new home outside the National Maritime Museum's Sammy Ofer Wing. Archives in London and the M25 area (AIM25) AIM25 provides online descriptions of collections held at the archives of over fifty higher education institutions and other academic and cultural organizations within the greater London area. Bringing you a selected round-up of significant news, opinion and events involving Maritime London members and the UK shipping cluster generally, with special emphasis on the economic impact of the maritime services’ sector and its contribution to the wider national economy. The majority of P&O Archives are on permanent loan to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. ... We have decades of experience working in libraries museums and archives tracking down information you are unlikely to find online. eye 146 favorite 0 comment 0 ... National Maritime Museum Flickr Commons Archive. eye 162 favorite 0 comment 0 London Pass Including Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour and Access to Over 80 Attractions (From $111.13) Royal Museums Greenwich Day Pass (From $36.15) Greenwich Highlights Half Day Walking Tour in London (From $209.57) National Maritime Museum Small Group Tour in Greenwich London (From $137.31) See all National Maritime Museum experiences on Tripadvisor Our main duties are to preserve Government records and to set standards in information management and re-use. The collection takes up some 500 metres of shelving and includes records dated from 1837 to the 1990s. Royal Naval College Greenwich. Located at the National Maritime Museum in London, it holds manuscripts, books, periodicals, letters, diaries and journals. Free digital downloads While there is limited access to our Kew site, signed-in users can download digital records for free. There are around 6,000 books and printed resources available to study on open access shelves. May 11, 2011 05/11. 162 162. Books Boxes and Boats brings together a wide variety of websites and databases hopefully useful to anyone carrying out maritime related research but in particular librarians archivists and family historians. Together, our collections and sites provide an understanding of British and global histories that few institutions in this country or anywhere else could hope to match. image. Posted on 11/01/2019 30/03/2019 by Ray Beckett. May 11, 2011 05/11. The National Maritime Museum's manuscripts collection is the largest and most important dedicated archive for the study of maritime history in the world. Archive. maritime related news from the UK and beyond. P&O Archives at National Maritime Museum Introduction. The collection occupies over four linear miles of shelf space and covers all aspects of British seafaring history from the 14th to …