What Are Hulks?
Discover some of the abandoned ships that line England’s coast and rivers.
Discover some of the abandoned ships that line England’s coast and rivers.
The wreck of the Rooswijk, which sunk in 1740, was discovered off the Kent coast in 2005.
These pioneering women led the way in making engineering a career choice for all women.
From bouncing marbles across a garden water butt to the development of a deadly bouncing bomb, discover the extraordinary story of the Dambusters’ raid.
The first electrical communication system was introduced in England in the 1830s.
The modern laboratory emerged in the 1680s when the University of Oxford built the first Ashmolean Museum.
Alexander Graham Bell developed the world’s first working telephone, receiving a patent on the 7 March 1876.
Television was born in a rented attic in London’s Soho on 2 October 1925.
England’s historic places have seen some of the world’s most important scientific advances and discoveries – what must it have been like to be the first?
Louise Devoy, Curator, tells us why Royal Museums Greenwich have nominated the Royal Observatory as one of 100 buildings and places that tell England’s Story.