The Royal Observatory in Greenwich is currently displaying the ‘Astronomy Photographer of the Year’ Exhibition, and it’s free. So, naturally, I decided to go and have a wander around the exhibition.
I usually research and plan things out before I go somewhere new, but I decided that once I got to the station (Cutty Sark DLR) it would be signposted and all would be fine. All was fine, but it is not well signposted, and I very stupidly did not realise that the Observatory is on top of a very big hill in the middle of Greenwich Park.
I usually research and plan things out before I go somewhere new, but I decided that once I got to the station (Cutty Sark DLR) it would be signposted and all would be fine. All was fine, but it is not well signposted, and I very stupidly did not realise that the Observatory is on top of a very big hill in the middle of Greenwich Park.
How I did not realise the Observatory would be on top of a big hill I don’t know. Let’s move on …
Once you get up to the Observatory a very lovely and helpful person (well they were in my case, you may catch someone else on a bad day!) told me to go in and turn right for tickets. Ignore this person. You do not need tickets for the exhibition and the entrance is round to the left.
The exhibition itself is very small and will take you a maximum of 20minutes to view the photographs and read the details and descriptions, but as we all know, Londoners don’t have ‘time’ so this is an ideally sized exhibition for a morning out. The displays show the winner and runners up for the ‘Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year’ as well as the ‘Astronomy Photographer of the Year’. People have entered from all over the world, and the photographers from the children (some aged 9 years old) are absolutely spectacular. I was quite astounded that people so young could produce such beautiful and detailed photographs. I tried to take a few snapshots, but I’m afraid they didn’t come out the best so you’ll just have to go and explore for yourselves!
Once you get up to the Observatory a very lovely and helpful person (well they were in my case, you may catch someone else on a bad day!) told me to go in and turn right for tickets. Ignore this person. You do not need tickets for the exhibition and the entrance is round to the left.
The exhibition itself is very small and will take you a maximum of 20minutes to view the photographs and read the details and descriptions, but as we all know, Londoners don’t have ‘time’ so this is an ideally sized exhibition for a morning out. The displays show the winner and runners up for the ‘Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year’ as well as the ‘Astronomy Photographer of the Year’. People have entered from all over the world, and the photographers from the children (some aged 9 years old) are absolutely spectacular. I was quite astounded that people so young could produce such beautiful and detailed photographs. I tried to take a few snapshots, but I’m afraid they didn’t come out the best so you’ll just have to go and explore for yourselves!
The link to the exhibition on the Royal Observatory website can be found here: http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year
And directions here: http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/get-here
The exhibition is well worth a visit, if only to see the view of London from the top of Greenwich Park. Not only that, but Greenwich Park is surrounded by various other museums, such as the Maritime Museum, so there are plenty of things to see and do. And if you don’t fancy those, I lost count of the number of pubs I saw walking from the station to the park!
Link to Greenwich Park for more info: https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich-park
And directions here: http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/get-here
The exhibition is well worth a visit, if only to see the view of London from the top of Greenwich Park. Not only that, but Greenwich Park is surrounded by various other museums, such as the Maritime Museum, so there are plenty of things to see and do. And if you don’t fancy those, I lost count of the number of pubs I saw walking from the station to the park!
Link to Greenwich Park for more info: https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich-park