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Recent acquisitionsCommand flag, Admiral of the Fleet, RN (before 1801)...
Command flag, Admiral of the Fleet, RN (before 1801) (AAA0730) The collections I look after, as the NMM’s Curator of Antiquities, include over 1000 flags. Amongst the most important, if not the most...
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‘Don’t give up the ship’
In my job as Curator of Antiquities I have the great pleasure of looking after the Museum’s fascinating collection of flags. The museum’s collection includes part of an early US ensign, 1600.2 x 1676.4...
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The Conservation of the Glorious 1st June Flag, 1794
The flag has just returned to the National Maritime Museum following extensive conservation treatment on outside contract through a very generous grant made available to us. The flag was recently...
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The Lowest Heaven – a new sci-fi anthology featuring images from our collection
We’re very excited to announce that to coincide with the opening of Visions of the Universe – the upcoming exhibition at the National Maritime Museum – Pandemonium Press are publishing The Lowest...
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Conservation of a Royal Standard
One of the objects I have worked on during my time as a HLF ‘Skills for the future’ conservation intern at the National Maritime Museum has been a silk Royal Standard (post 1837). This object had sadly...
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