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CAIRD LIBRARY, NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM

NAME AND ADDRESS

Caird Library, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF

TELEPHONE

E-Library (020) 8312 6516

EMAIL

Library: library@nmm.ac.uk   
Manuscripts: manuscripts@nmm.ac.uk

WEB SITE

http://www.nmm.ac.uk

FAX

(020) 8312 6599

LOCATION

Museum West Central Wing.  Main Entrance – ground floor, via the E-Library

HOURS OF OPENING

Reading Room:

Please check the website for up to date information.

Tuesday to Friday 1000 - 1645

Saturdays by appointment only between 1000 - 1300 & 1400 - 1645.

Closed bank holidays, Mondays, Sundays, and the third week in February. Extended opening hours in July and August. Contact the Library for details.

E-Library - Museum Hours

ACCESS

Open to all members of the public, students under the age of 18 by appointment only.  Proof of identity required for Reader’s Ticket, available from the E-Library.  Wheelchair accessible.

E-Library is open to all Museum visitors free of charge.

For full details of admission check here

READER PLACES

45

LIBRARIANS IN CHARGE

Eleanor Gawne- Head of Archive and Library

Hannah Dunmow- Archive and Manuscripts Manager

Liza Verity- Information Specialist

STAFF AVAILABILITY

As opening hours.  Please note there is a restricted service on Saturdays.

CATALOGUES

Computerised Library Catalogue currently on Unicorn, available on OPAC.  Library and Archive Catalogues and current journal holdings available on the Internet: www.nmm.ac.uk.  PORT, the maritime information gateway of quality maritime WEB SITES available at www.nmm.ac.uk  

CLASSIFICATION

UDC

STOCK

Library 100,000 volumes, 8000 rare books, 20,000 bound periodicals, 2000 microforms and CD-ROMs.  Over four miles of manuscripts: - Public Records (Royal and Merchant Navy); Business Records; Personal papers; artificial collections.  50,000 charts.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR STRENGTHS

Rare Book Collection dating from 1474-1850, including atlases, voyages, astronomy, scientific instruments, shipbuilding, piracy, shipwrecks, navigation. 

Crew Lists and agreements, Lieutenant’s logs, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Survey Reports, Master’s Certificates. 

P&O Archive.

Airy Library (Astronomy)

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES

E-Library @ the Caird Library is a free resource for all visitors.  Public access computers allow visitors to search the online collections and the virtual maritime world.  The area has been designed with family learning in mind and offers young people’s books and a supportive environment for life long learners. 

A reprographics room provides access to microfilm and fiche readers, TV/video/DVD in order to view film footage.

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