Layout of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

[lsellersfic]

My story is set in the modern day and involves an attempted theft of Harrison's longitude "sea watch" H4 from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. The story is intended as a Christmas gift, so I've not time to get to Greenwich and look at the museum and I've not been able to find much useful online wrt. the museum's layout

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[jayb111]

Did you find the floorplans, here: http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/floor-plans-and-trails/

I haven't looked closely enough to see how helpful they are, though.

[alextiefling]

I'm reasonably sure that il_mio_capitano is correct - the Harrison chronometers are not at the National Maritime Museum's main site at all, but are at the Royal Observatory, at the top of the hill. The plans are slide 3 on the page you've linked to.

Specifically, they're on the lower levels of Flamsteed House. They're all in glass cases, and I don't recall there being any readily-accessible cupboard or suchlike in any immediately communicating space. There aren't many corridors as such - the rooms lead directly into one another for the most part, although there are some staircases (naturally) and adjoining landings.

[dorsetgirl]

I agree - I saw them at the Observatory a year or two back. Not arguing with Flamsteed House, either, although I wouldn't have remembered that myself.

I do recall that they're in glass cases and the story is well told leading from one to the next.

[lsellersfic]

The plans seem to agree that they are in Flamsteed House. Thanks for you help.

[il_mio_capitano]

They are (or were when I last visited) in the Observatory. The Film Longitude might help. At the end there is footage of the cases and the room they are (or were) in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6td5PZWR8c&list=UU88_TKOns4iGuUStV6u80mw&index=1&feature=plcp

[lsellersfic]

That's hugely helpful!! Thanks a lot.