Boats that Built Britain The Lost Voyages How to get to the Museum National Maritime Museum of John Cabot in partnership with 17 June ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH David Boyle discusses the mysterious PETER HARRISON PLANETARIUM pioneer John Cabot, who is credited with NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM discovering North America in 1497. QUEEN’S HOUSE courses, talks and events 6 week lecture series CUTTY SARK Thursdays, 11.00 – 13.00 Down to the Westward GREENWICH MARKET £48.00 adults, £36.00 concessions 24 June OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE May – December 2010 £8.00 adults, £6.00 concessions for Tom Cunliffe describes how the Bristol ROMNEY GATE each lecture. Channel teemed with shipping in the ROYAL GATE Messing about in boats, the splash of cold boom years of Empire. ANCHOR GATE BLACKHEATH GATE salt water – a major new season of Trade and Empire programmes on BBC Four will look at the 1 July crucial ways in which the sea has helped to shape modern Britain. The season and John McAleer, NMM Curator of 18th- lecture series coincides with Boats that Century Imperial and Maritime History Built Britain at the National Maritime explores Britain’s rise as a global trading Admission is free Recorded Information Museum starting at the beginning of May. power in the 18th century and considers An entry fee is charged for some 020 8312 6565 the links between trade and empire. exhibitions Refreshments Image: Shipping on the river at Greenwich Reproduction. About 1890s. Maker: unknown. Landing Craft Concessions PAUL patisserie, The Galley Café in Operation Neptune Students, senior citizens, National Maritime Museum Sea Fever The Telescope: 8 July disabled, members and Observatory Café 11 May a satirical history In WWII a new fleet of landing craft was unemployed are entitled to the 19.00 – 20.30 10 June Public Transport created to re-insert the Allied armies in concessionary rate on all events £8.00 adults, £6.00 concessions 19.00 – 20.30 Western Europe. Eric Grove, Professor of DLR £8.00 adults, £6.00 concessions Bookings Hosted by producer David Parker, who will Naval History at the University of Salford Bank to Cutty Sark– 20 mins be screening highlights from the BBC Four Join Richard Dunn, author of For further information of all provides a guide to these vessels. (Zone 2) Sea Fever season.This is a rare opportunity The Telescope: a Short History, for an events or to book National Rail The Historic Ship Experience for a conversation with the film-makers and alternative look at the story of how the call 020 8312 6608 or London Bridge to Greenwich – 20 mins contributors to the television series. telescope grew from a simple hand-held 15 July email [email protected] Bus device into a giant instrument of modern Boats that Built Britain Dr. Paul Brown introduces the numerous Opening hours 177, 180, 188, 199, 286, 386 astronomy. historic ships of the United Kingdom that 20 May Open daily 10.00 –17.00 River can be visited in ports and harbours, 19.00 – 20.30 or even sailed by the general public. Last admission 30 minutes Embankment to Cutty Sark– 30 mins before closing. Canary Wharf to Cutty Sark–10 mins £8.00 adults, £6.00 concessions The Herring Fishery Late summer opening times apply Tom Cunliffe presents Boats that Built in19th-century Scotland Britain for BBC Four. In this lecture he will 22 July Image (cover): Royal Naval College floodlit for the coronation. May 1937. Maker: unknown. explore how boats have helped shape © All images are from NMM collections and NMM copyright, unless otherwise stated. Britain’s history. Dr Robert Prescott, Chair of the Advisory All information is correct at the time of printing, but may be subject to change. Committee on National Historic Ships details the massive development of the herring fishery in Victorian Scotland.

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF Image: Hoisting sail in a boat by Thomas Rowlandson. Film Screenings Greenwich Time Marconi and Modernity Science and the Maritime Nation: Lecture 4 Lecture 8 Booking form Please book lectures in advance 16 – 17 July Symposium 7 September 350 years of the Royal Society Science and the Sea Science for the Navy at war Sense and Sensibility 12 June David Barlow, from the Lizard Marconi and the Royal Navy in the long 18th century 18 November Name 16 July 11.00 – 16.00 Wireless Station, talks about the importance 9 week evening lecture series 21 October Malcolm Llewellyn Jones (Naval Research 19.30 – 22.00 £8.00 adults, £6.00 concessions and modern-day relevance of Guilielmo £70.00 adults, £50.00 concessions Nicky Reeves (University of Cambridge), Branch), ‘The Admiralty, the Royal Society Address or £8.00 adults, £6.00 concessions £10.00 This annual symposium explores Marconi, Nobel Prize winner and early pioneer ‘John Pringle’s Copley Discourses: practical and the shipping crisis of 1942– 43’. of wireless communication technology. for each lecture. Certificate PG, Director Ang Lee perceptions of time. This year the theme science and the British Navy’. Lecture 9 is electric time and coincides with the The Royal Society of London, the world’s Richard Dunn (NMM), ‘Beyond Harrison: Postcode Filmed on location at the National Maritime Leonardo: oldest scientific academy in continuous Science and the Navy Museum, Sense and Sensibility has been 40th birthday of the AHS Electrical Working with Water and Wind the later life of the Board of Longitude’. in the post-war period Horology Group (EHG). Speakers include existence, is celebrating its 350th E-mail adapted for the screen from Jane Austen’s 19 October anniversary in 2010. To mark this occasion Lecture 5 25 November 1811 novel. Come and watch the trials and David Rooney, James Nye, David Read, Telephone Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor in the the National Maritime Museum is presenting Expeditions and Empire Klaus Dodds (Royal Holloway, University of tribulations of Regency life in this wonderful Dr. Thomas Schraven and Professor History of Art at Oxford University, reveals the following series of lectures. 28 October London), ‘Turning the Antarctic pink: flagging, location, against the backdrop of portraits Jonathan Raper of City University London. Leonardo da Vinci’s many connections with mapping and surveying the Falkland Island from the period and Royal Park views. Apart from 1 October, all lectures are held Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge), the sea. ‘Acting at a distance: the Venus transit Dependencies, 1945– 58’. Event title Start date No. of places £ Includes a drink and talk. Queen’s House. on Thursdays, 19.00 – 21.00 at the National standard concession Maritime Museum. expeditions and the establishment of empire’. Katrina Dean (British Library), ‘Science and Paths of Discovery the military from the International Geophysical Encounters at the End Lecture 6 of the World 4 week evening lecture series Lecture 1 Year, 1957– 58’. Trafalgar day Introduction Observatories for the Navy 17 July Tuesdays, 19.00 – 20.30 £32.00 adults, £24.00 concessions 21 October 1 October 4 November 14.00 – 16.00 or £8.00 adults, £6.00 concessions £8.00 adults, £6.00 concessions Rebekah Higgitt (NMM), ‘The Admiralty’s Admission free Andrew Lambert (King’s College London), for each lecture. observatories: Greenwich, Cape and advanced booking required, To commemorate this special date in ‘Science for a Maritime Nation: the Royal Rossbank’. Certificate U, Director Werner Hertzog 1001 Inventions: Discover the maritime history the National Maritime Society and the Royal Navy’. Total Museum will be hosting two talks to celebrate Encounters at the End of the World is a Muslim Heritage in our World Lecture 7 the victory of the battle of Trafalgar. Lecture 2 Names of other participants documentary film by Werner Herzog 13 July Science and the Navy Arctic science studying people and places in Antarctica. Professor Salim T. S. Al-Hassani, Chairman Young Nelsons: boy sailors in the early Royal Society 11 November This film captures Antarctica’s beauty in a of the 1001 Inventions exhibition, charts the during the Napoleonic wars 7 October (this session will take place at Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Research way rarely seen on film, and also shares advancement of Muslim civilization and its 11.00 – 13.00 Institute), ‘The making and breaking of thoughts about nature and humanity. the Royal Society) impact on the maritime world. Writer D.A.B. Ronald explores the British scientific reputations in collaborative Arctic Concession Type of concession National Maritime Museum. David Davies, ‘Pepys and the Scientific Navy’. tradition of children going to sea and talks experiments, 1815 – 30’. Brunel: the Great Engineer Rob Iliffe (University of Sussex), ‘The Royal Please debit my Mastercard/Visa/Switch for the total amount above Barbarella 10 August about his new book. Society, navigation and the problem of Number 17 July Tim Bryan, Head of Collections and Black Salt: early black sailors longitude, 1660 –1730’. 18.00 – 20.00 Interpretation at the British Motor Industry and Nelson’s navy Lecture 3 £10.00 Expiry date Start date Issue number AVC (last 3 digits on reverse of card) Heritage Trust, examines the influence of 14.00 – 15.30 Stuart cartography: Certificate 18, Director Roger Vadim this visionary engineer and architect. Dr. Ray Costello examines the work and charting the sea and the sky Signature Date Dress for the occasion and fast-forward to experience of seamen of African descent in 14 October the 40th century for this kitsch sci-fi classic. the Royal Navy, from impressed slaves to free Adrian Webb (UK Hydrographic Office), Complete with a suitably sci-fi themed African, British West Indian, and British-born ‘A beneficiary of science: Captain Collins and Cheque enclosed payable to the National Maritime Museum planetarium show and a special prize for Black sailors. his survey of Great Britain, 1681– 87’. the best costume, this promises to be a I do not wish to receive details of future National Maritime Museum courses truly memorable evening. Gillian Hutchinson (NMM), ‘Edmond Halley: charting scientific discovery’. and talks by e-mail The Peter Harrison Planetarium at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Return to: Bookings, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, SE10 9NF Image: Royal Observatory from Crooms Hill, circa 1680 showing Flamsteed’s mast telescope.