Hey everyone! My name is Albert, I am a Visitor Assistant here at Royal Museums Greenwich and an Explorer Volunteer for the Travellers’ tails project and if that wasn’t enough …
Guest blogpost: Empire and the museum
At the third Travellers’ Tails seminar in The Queen’s House at Greenwich we enjoyed a stimulating evening of discussion on the theme of ‘Museums and Empire’. Elizabeth Edwards’s fascinating paper …
Art and science, Frankenstein and Franklin
As part of my research as an Explorer Volunteer in the Art and Science of Exploration exhibition I ask visitors if they have any connection to the themes and objects of …
Visitors and exploration: my experience so far as an Explorer Volunteer
My friend recently asked me the question ‘if you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?’ Her answer? Hiking in a mountain in New Zealand. …
Guest blogpost: Finding voices and re-shaping history
Artist Edwina Fitzpatrick spoke alongside historical geographer and researcher Lowri Jones at the Travellers’ Tails seminar Finding Voices and Re-Shaping History on 20 November 2014, here she writes about the …
Dingos, death and drawing
This autumn so far has seen a whole host of exciting new events at the Royal Museums Greenwich for the Travellers’ Tails project to investigate ideas around exploration inspired by …
Guest blog post: The kangaroo painting that might never have been – following in Cook’s footsteps
The painting of the kangaroo by George Stubbs would never have existed if it weren’t for an extraordinary bit of bad luck in a very dangerous situation. Famously, Captain Cook aboard …
Guest blogpost: Botanical drawing, Banks and Parkinson
If you visit the Art and Science of Exploration exhibition, you will see detailed paintings of three plant species – in three different versions. The first version of each plant, drawn by Sydney …
Guest blog post: Being an Explorer Volunteer at NMM
Hello, my name is Marie Hawkins and I am an Explorer Volunteer for the Art and Science of Exploration exhibition. Part of being an Explorer Volunteer is interacting with the visitors …
Familiarising the unfamiliar
Throughout the current Maritime Lecture Series: Art and Science of Exploration one of the themes that keeps cropping up is how the artists on all three of Cook’s voyages made sense of …
Guest blog post: Lisa Pook, Ice Warrior is coming to The Queen’s House
In February 2015 the Ice Warrior team will trek 800 miles to the centre of the Arctic Ocean. This is a world first and involves ordinary people from all walks …
The Shaman and the Curator
Our interest in, an fascination with, the great voyages of explorers such as Captain Cook have for generations served to inspire us as we imagine ourselves undertaking similar journeys. Head …
A Tale of Two Cooks
Last week our Maritime Lecture Series: The Art and Science of Exploration got underway with ‘The pencle* of an able painter’ with our curator of art Dr Katy Barrett. The Art and Science …