Nelson's Ship in a Bottle was moved to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich in April 2012. A new, purpose-built plinth was designed by architects Purcell Miller Tritton.
The Museum was established by Act of Parliament in 1934. Its stated aim was "to illustrate our [sic] great history at sea by the actions of the Navy, the mercantile marine and our great sea explorers." Horatio Nelson, the Battle of Trafalgar and Nelson-related memorabilia have always been central to the NMM's collection and displays. The Museum also holds the world's largest collection of ship models, including several ships in bottles.
Yinka Shonibare, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010) National Maritime Museum, London
Yinka Shonibare, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010) NMM vents
Yinka Shonibare, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010) NMM three-quarter view
Yinka Shonibare, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010) NMM plinth
Yinka Shonibare, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010) NMM Sammy Ofer Wing entrance
Yinka Shonibare, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010) NMM front
Yinka Shonibare, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010) NMM port view
Yinka Shonibare, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (2010) NMM stopper and seal
Nelson's Trafalgar coat
Nelson's Trafalgar coat (conservation)
Nelson's Trafalgar coat (badges)
Ship in a bottle (late C19th) NMM AAA0047
Ship in a bottle (Erebus) (C20th) NMM AAC0001
Container ship in a bottle (c.1969) NMM AAA0049
Navy Board style model of the ‘Royal William’, 100-gun ship of the line (c.1719) National Maritime Museum
Navy Board style model of the ‘Royal William’ (c.1719) bow
Ticket for the funeral of Horatio Nelson (1806)
Staffordshire Death of Nelson figures
Nelson ceramics
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Black basalt model based on Nelson's Column (1917)
James Gillray, The Death of Admiral Lord Nelson (29 December 1805)
English Ships and the Spanish Armada, August 1588 (C16th) oil on panel, 112 x 143.5 cm. NMM
Willem Van de Velde II, The English Ship 'Royal Sovereign' with a Royal Yacht in a Light Air (1703) 180 x 145 NMM
Benjamin West, The Death of Nelson (1806) Walker Art Gallery
Arthur William Devis, The Death of Nelson (1806) National Maritime Museum
William Bromley after AW Devis, The Death of Admiral Lord Nelson (1812) key
JMW Turner, Battle of Trafalgar (1823) NMM
JT Smith, Joseph Johnson (1815) Etchings of Remarkable Beggars, Itinereant Traders and Other Persons of Notoriety in London and its Environs
