Don't miss your last chance to visit the Royal Observatory this year: we're closing on 2 November for an exciting renovation project. Before that we have lots of exciting last-chance events, talks, ...

We offer a number of discounts at the Royal Observatory. £3 tickets are available to visitors receiving Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Pension Credit, Employment and Support ...

Head to the Royal Observatory for a range of fun and spooky half term activities, from live demonstrations to talks and tours. There's never been a better time to visit the Royal Observatory in ...

Don't miss your last chance to visit the Royal Observatory this year: we're closing on 2 November for an exciting renovation project. Before that we have lots of exciting last-chance events, talks, ...

Delve deeper into the history of time, space and navigation with talks and tours at the Royal Observatory ...

For thousands of years, civilisations have turned to the stars for guidance. From the Polynesians who travelled across oceans using only the stars to light their way, to ancient farmers who timed ...

This month, we explore what cultural astronomy is, why the same stars inspire such different stories, and how to share sky knowledge respectfully. Along the way, we hear from The Sky We Share book ...

Applications are CLOSED for our six-month residence programme, which invites creatives to respond to the Atlantic Worlds gallery in the National Maritime Museum The Creative Practitioner Residency is ...

In this blog we explore how our ancestors obtained ice in an age before widespread domestic refrigeration. Nowadays we take refrigeration for granted; equally, we probably assume that our ancestors ...

Category winner Saturnian Equinox by Tom Williams "2025 saw a rare ring-plane crossing of Saturn, when its rings appear almost edge-on from Earth – a key milestone in the planet’s nearly 30-year ...

Forty years ago, the attack on the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira caused international outrage. In 1985 Rainbow Warrior had travelled to New Zealand to ...

For many, Charles Dickens is synonymous with Christmas jollity. However, there was a darker side to Dickens’ work. Not only did he repeatedly refer in his novels and articles to the contemporary filth ...