Tag: Travellers Tails

  • Dear Lewisham

    Dear Lewisham

    Dear Lewisham, Thank you so much for having us. Over the last few days I’ve been disassembling the pop-up museum ready to ship the contents back to the National Maritime Museum for use in other parts of the Travellers’ Tails programme. This has given me the chance, as I watched the replica Dingo carried out […]

  • Captain Cook’s Sat Nav

    Captain Cook’s Sat Nav

    According to National Maritime Museum’s notes, the octant was the gadget that had empowered Captain Cook to locate the Polynesian islands off Australia. It was a gift to try to use it, to follow Cook. Our example had a mahogany frame and limb with a brass index arm and fittings including ivory plates on the […]

  • Update from the Travellers’ Tails Artists in Residence

    Update from the Travellers’ Tails Artists in Residence

    It’s hard for me to believe that Cracked Light Arts is already halfway through our six-month residency with the National Maritime Museum. We’re part of Travellers’ Tails – a project all about exploration, art and science, which is inspired by two paintings by George Stubbs. One is of a kangaroo and one of a dingo […]