Exhibitions currently running:

Toy Boats - This is an enchanting exhibition featuring miniature ocean liners, toy paddle steamers, tin battleships and clockwork submarines alongside, games, catalogues and photographs all produced in Europe between 1850 and 1950. For more than 100 years the craze for things maritime drove toy companies to make toy boats of every size and description, capturing the imagination of generations of children, creating a sense of adventure and excitement. At a time when Britain was the world’s greatest industrial and maritime power, toy boats were as fascinating to children as computer games are today. Toy Boats runs from 1 May until 31 October and admission is free.

Freeze Frame - To coincide with International Polar Year, the National Maritime Museum is displaying some of the earliest photographs of the Arctic, its landscape and people, in a new temporary exhibition in the Queen’s House. Freeze Frame showcases a selection of prints taken from the Museum’s world-class historic photographs collection. The exhibition will look at two expeditions to the Arctic under Captain Edward Inglefield in 1854, and Captain George Nares in 1875-76.

Nelson’s Navy - Permanent gallery exploring different themes and issues which influenced the success and popularity of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson and the Royal Navy in which he served. Over 250 objects drawn from the Museum’s internationally significant collections are used to shed light on life in the Navy and on its organisation.

Atlantic Worlds - Atlantic Worlds is a new permanent gallery in the National Maritime Museum. The gallery explores the interrelationship, connections and exchanges created between Britain, Africa and the Americas between 1600 and 1850 and looks at the impact of empire on three continents.

Time and Space - The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is undergoing the most adventurous development in its 330-year history. This exhibition celebrates the Observatory's past and tells you more about our exciting plans for the future.

Maritime London - Permanent gallery exploring the importance of London`s maritime heritage and its impact on the world trade.

Making Waves - Permanent display which demonstrates how tides, currents and waves are formed.

The Cradle of the Navy: The Royal Hospital School at Greenwich - Permanent display on the school`s origins and life at Greenwich, where it occupied the building now used by the museum from 1806 to 1933.

For more information please visit www.nmm.ac.uk