Welcome to our Picture Library website
The National Maritime Museum holds almost three million items on diverse topics such as trade and empire, navigation, war and astronomy.
Our collection includes historical photography, ship plans, prints, oil paintings, astronomical and navigational instruments, and ship models.
Whatever you need an image for, this website and our Picture Library team will help you find and license pictures quickly.
We strongly recommend registering so you can save your search results, share lightboxes with others and apply for licences online.
Account customers can apply for direct high-resolution download rights so please contact us to arrange this.
There are currently 18,134 images online. The National Maritime Museum has almost three million items so what you see here is just a sample of our collections. If you can't find what you're looking for, please get in touch and our experienced researchers will be happy to help.