March family events at the Cutty Sark

March 2014

Cutty Sark hosts special family events and activities throughout the year. Admission to the ship is charged but all activities are free. Please visit website for more information www.rmg.co.uk/visit/events 

Highlights this month include:

• Learn all about the weather with special family fun weekend activities
• Discover what life was like on board Cutty Sark with its longest serving master, Captain Woodget  

Family fun weekend: Whatever the weather

Stuck in the doldrums? Drenched by a heavy squall? Cutty Sark sailors have seen it all! Learn the lingo for weather at sea and design your own weather chart to take home.

 Drop-in workshop.

Dates: 1, 2 March 2014

Times: 11.30-13.30 | 14.00-16.00

Venue: Cutty Sark, Sammy Ofer Gallery

Ages: Suitable for all ages

Admission: Admission charges apply (activities free with entry)

Family fun weekend: Stormy seas and other stories

Cutty Sark sailed in all kinds of weather. Join the storyteller for tales of wind, waves and getting wet while you stay warm and dry inside the ship.

30 minutes of short stories.

Dates: 1 March 2014

Times: 11.00 | 12.00 | 13.30 | 14.30

Venue: Cutty Sark, Sammy Ofer Gallery

Ages: Suitable for ages 3+

Admission: Admission charges apply (activities free with entry)

Ahoy captain!

Meet Captain Woodget, Cutty Sark’s longest serving master, and hear tales of his voyages across the high seas.

Dates: 2 March 2014

Times: 11.00 | 12.00 | 13.30 | 14.30

Venue: Cutty Sark, Main Deck

Ages: Suitable for all ages

Admission: Admission charges apply (activities free with entry)

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). 

Admission to Cutty Sark is £12 for adults (£9.50 concessions) and £6.50 for children aged 5-15.  Family tickets are priced at £20 (1 adult and 2 children) or £29 (2 adults and up to 2 children).  

Bundled tickets are available with other Royal Museums Greenwich attractions.  Royal Museums Greenwich members receive free entry to Cutty Sark among their membership benefits.  Admission to Cutty Sark is by ticket, available online, by telephone or in person on the day.  Due to high demand tickets may be unavailable on the day to those who have not purchased their ticket in advance.  Tickets can be purchased online at www.rmg.co.uk/cuttysark or by calling the bookings line on 020 8312 6608. 

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, Queen’s House and Royal Observatory Greenwich opening hours and admission visit the website www.rmg.co.uk.

Photos © National Maritime Museum