JULY EVENTS AT CUTTY SARK

1st-31st July 2022

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Website: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark

A full programme of events for child and adult visitors to Cutty Sark. We recommend that all visitors, including Members, pre-book their tickets. We are maintaining the highest hygiene standards and will provide clear guidance on how we can all keep a safe distance from each other onsite. Visitors are advised to wear a facemask inside our sites. Please check rmg.co.uk for the latest information on what is open.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Music x Museums

This concert focuses on the sea, with turbulent and tranquil pieces reflecting its nature by composers including Thomas Adès and Vaughan Williams. It also features Elgar’s Sea Pictures for singer and orchestra – the text for the first of these five songs, The Swimmer, was published in 1870, the same year as the Cutty Sark embarked on her maiden voyage.

Date: 12 July 2022

Time: 19.30 – 22.00

Location: Cutty Sark

Admission: £20

 

Family Fun Weekend

Join us on board for a weekend of sailor fun. Listen to sea shanties on the tween deck, watch characters from the ship’s past as they tell tales of life on board or take part in our drop-in workshop where we will be making carved pictures called Scrimshaws. Traditionally made by sailors during their leisure time, it involved carving into teeth or bone of whales and other marine mammals, but we will use paper, oil pastels and toothpicks.

Dates: 2 – 3 July 2022

Times: 10.00 – 16.00

Age: Suitable for ages 4 and over

Location: Cutty Sark

Admission: Free with admission to the ship

URL: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/family-fun-weekend

 

The Poet, the Witch, and the Clipper Ship: How the Cutty Sark Got Her Name

A fun, engaging deep dive into how one Scottish poem inspired the name of the famous tea clipper. Get to know the story of Tam o' Shanter and explore the legacies of the Ayrshire bard, Robert Burns, both on the ship and beyond.

Date: 14 July 2022

Time: 11.30

Location: Cutty Sark , Sammy Ofer Gallery

Admission: Free with admission to the ship

 

ACTIVITIES

Cutty Sark Rig Climb Experience

For the first time since arriving in Greenwich in 1954, visitors to Cutty Sark will be able to climb the famous masts and enjoy views of the Thames and London like no other. Visitors will travel up the ratlines to reach the Tops Platform where they can take in the view while standing amidst the rigging of a true London icon, the experience ends with a controlled descent back down onto street level.

Dates: Friday – Sunday and school holidays

Times: 10.30 – 17.00

Age: Suitable for ages 12 and over | Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult

Location: Cutty Sark

Admission: Adult from £41 | Student from £31 | Child from £26 | Includes entry to the ship

URL: https://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark/attractions/cutty-sark-rig-climb-experience

 

Toddler Time

Wednesdays are dedicated to our youngest visitors. Bring your little sailors along for songs, stories, and playtime on board with changing themes each week. Group story time followed by themed play.

Dates: Wednesdays during term time

Times: 10.00 – 11.30 | 13.20 – 14.50

Age: Suitable for ages 3 and under

Location: Cutty Sark, Dry Berth

Admission: £5 per child with one accompanying adult, includes admission to the ship

URL: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/cutty-sark-toddler-time

 

Cutty Sark Characters

Come aboard to hear Cutty Sark’s incredible stories brought to life by characters from the ship’s past. Meet Captain Woodget, the ship’s most daring master, Jock Willis, the man who built Cutty Sark, Nannie, the ship’s figurehead, James Robson, the ship’s cook, or our new dockworker characters, who all have special stories to tell.

Dates: Weekends and school holidays

Times: 11.00 | 12.00 | 13.30 | 14.30

Age: Suitable for ages 3 and over

Location: Cutty Sark, Sammy Ofer Gallery and Main Deck

Admission: Free with admission to the ship

URL: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/cutty-sark-characters

 

Family Trails

Pick up a family trail from the front desk at Cutty Sark to discover exciting themes throughout the ship. Choose from two different trails with activities suited to any age.

Dates: Daily

Times: 10.00 – 17.00

Age: Suitable for all ages

Location: Cutty Sark

Admission: Free with admission to the ship

 

Cutty Sark Audio Guide Tour

Want to hear what life was really like at sea? Download the Cutty Sark audio guide and take a voyage into our seafaring past. Listen to thrilling tales from Cutty Sark’s history, hear about the lives of its captains and crews, and discover how Cutty Sark became the fastest ship of its day. The tour is free for all visitors to the ship – all you need is your phone. We’ve partnered with Smartify, the world’s most downloaded museum app, to bring these tours to life.

Dates: Daily

Times: 10.00 – 17.00

Location: Cutty Sark

Admission: Free with admission to the ship

URL: https://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark/attractions/cutty-sark-audio-guide

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Cutty Sark reopened to the public in April 2012, marking a new chapter in the extraordinary life of the last surviving tea clipper and one of the world’s most famous ships. Visitors to Cutty Sark can venture aboard and beneath the beautiful three-masted clipper: walk along the decks in the footsteps of the merchant seamen who sailed her over a century ago; explore the hold where precious cargo was stored on epic voyages; and even walk underneath the 963-tonne ship in the dry berth below to view the elegant lines of her hull.

Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory Greenwich, and Queen’s House operate under the banner of Royal Museums Greenwich.

Cutty Sark is open 10.00 – 17.00, Monday – Sunday (subject to change please see website for details www.rmg.co.uk/cuttysark).

Royal Museums Greenwich members receive free entry to Cutty Sark among their membership benefits.

We recommend that visitors book their tickets online in advance. This helps us spread visits out throughout the day, and ensures sites remain safe for all. Tickets can be purchased online at www.rmg.co.uk/cuttysark or by calling the bookings office on 020 8312 6608.

Royal Museums Greenwich offers free admission to carers accompanying visitors with disabilities.

Cutty Sark is located a short walk from the Cutty Sark DLR, and Maze Hill and Greenwich train stations. The closest tube stations are North Greenwich (to change to local buses) and Canary Wharf (to change to DLR), both on the Jubilee line.

For details on National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory Greenwich opening hours and admission visit the website www.rmg.co.uk.

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