Entries from National Maritime Museum collections blog tagged with 'Photographs'
Tall Ships - An Exhibition of Photographs by Alan Villiers
The National Maritime Museum has recently opened a brand new photographic exhibition displaying some of the work of Alan Villiers, but it was while I was researching the 33 images used for the Villiers exhibition, I realised how little I...
Posted by Jeremy Michell, Historic Photographs & Ships Plans Manager on January 4, 2010 10:33 AM
Two thousands and one web-space odyssey
We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to and continues to add photographs to our NMM Beside the Seaside group on Flickr which accompanies our on-site exhibition Beside the Seaside. We've had a fantastic response from the Flickr...
Posted by Samantha Oliphant, Digital Content Coordinator on October 2, 2008 12:52 PM
'As soon as I touched my seaweed': the British seaside in sound and film
In 1925, British filmmaker Claude Friese-Green filmed a road journey he took from Lands End to John O'Groats. Using a very early colour film process, he captured local people from around Britain on screen. The finished result was the Open...
Posted by Jude Holland, Exhibitions Curator on September 15, 2008 12:12 PM
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: a house of science or a scientific house?
Beginning from top left, clockwise: the old Flamsteed House, in front of it the Astrographic (round) dome, and the drum dome of Airy's altazimuth; the onion-shape dome containing the 28-inch refractor; the wooden Magnetic Observatory and a library to...
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Posted by Pedro Raposo, Royal Observatory Summer Intern on September 10, 2008 10:27 AM
Installing 'Beside the Seaside': Episode 4
We're now nearly finished - ahead of schedule, which is excellent news. The lighting was adjusted at the end of last week, showing the photographs off beautifully. Derv, the Museum's Preventive Conservator, was on hand with her light meter, to...
Posted by Claire Warrior, Senior Exhibitions Curator on September 9, 2008 5:18 PM
Installing 'Beside the Seaside': Episode 3
All of the photographs are now up on the walls ahead of schedule, which is great. Today we have installed 5 Punch and Judy puppets in the middle of the gallery. They've never been on display before, and I've been...
Posted by Jude Holland, Exhibitions Curator on September 3, 2008 10:54 AM
Installing 'Beside the Seaside': Episode 2
We made a good start yesterday. All the photographs have now been delivered to the gallery space, and the Art and Object Handling Team have got them ready to hang, with all the fixings in place. The Design Studio have...
Posted by Claire Warrior, Senior Exhibitions Curator on September 2, 2008 10:33 AM
Installing 'Beside the Seaside': Episode 1
The sun is shining and there's an autumnal crispness about the air - just the kind of day to get things done! We begin installation of our next temporary exhibition, Beside the Seaside, in earnest today. The gallery space has...
Posted by Claire Warrior, Senior Exhibitions Curator on September 1, 2008 9:57 AM
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