The British Empire was at its largest in 1919. At this point, there was truth in the saying that the Sun never set on the British Empire. The British Empire was at its largest in 1919, after Britain ...

Three portraits, one historic exhibition: don't miss your last chance to see the Armada Portraits of Elizabeth I for free at the Queen’s House in Greenwich. The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I is one ...

"Clouds are said to be the bane of astronomers, but they can also be the inspiration for a breath-taking astrophotograph. These rare, incredibly high nacreous clouds reflect colour like oil does on ...

The Georgian Era spanned over the reigns of the first four Hanoverian kings of Britain, all of whom were named George. During this time, the country established itself as a global power at the centre ...

How did the Sun, planets and moons in the Solar System form? There is a surprising amount of debate and several strong and competing theories, but do scientists have an answer? Any theory about how ...

Stand on the historic Prime Meridian of the World at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Since 1884, all distances east and west have been measured from the Prime Meridian line in Greenwich. Astronomers ...

The historical context of our sites, the purposes they serve and the number of visitors we receive all present challenges to operating in a sustainable manner. Nonetheless, RMG has a track record of ...

With hundreds of observatories worldwide surveilling the sky, and extremely high-tech cameras zipping around the Solar System, you might assume there's nothing left in space for an amateur astronomer ...

Book tickets for the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum and Queen's House ...

Discover more about the ship that took Charles Darwin around the world Beagle was a Royal Navy ship, famed for taking English naturalist Charles Darwin on his first expedition around the world in 1831 ...

Explore our collections online, get expert help at the Caird Library, or come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation and collections centre Research lies at the heart of everything we ...

As the Queen of England and the nation’s most powerful woman, Elizabeth's taste set the 'look' of the 1500s. Many of the women around Queen Elizabeth I at court could be seen wearing her cast-offs and ...