Royal Museums Greenwich

Hear veterans, artists and community voices share perspectives on remembrance at the National Maritime Museum. Watch dance performances, explore films and spoken-word pieces, and join hands-on activities tracing conflict, memory, resilience and service.

Make boats, craft fridge-magnet poems from legal treaties, and explore refugee journeys through interactive games and immersive VR. Join a flash fiction workshop inspired by the Crossings display, with the option to contribute your writing to a chapbook published after the event.

Examine the Peglar papers in the Caird Library, then collaboratively read and transcribe high-resolution scans of this manuscript linked to the lost John Franklin expedition. Work from its clearest pages to the most complex, exploring poetry, labyrinth-like writing and backwards text.

Hear directly from professionals across maritime and space sectors at this free STEM careers event. Explore roles and pathways through their experiences and the different routes into these industries.

Create a public display for Somerset House while exploring printmaking, sculpture and collage in free weekly workshops at the National Maritime Museum. You’ll visit other museums and galleries, work towards a Bronze or Silver Arts Award, and get art materials and snacks.

Write a night-sky blog script and speak with astronomers, or join the Engagement team at the National Maritime Museum. Explore how museum visits, school and family programmes, exhibitions and visitor services work behind the scenes, with practical activities including digital audio recording and CV-writing workshops.