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The Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre explores the importance & development of maritime safety and classification.
"It is often assumed there were no women, or that they were unable or unwilling to do certain jobs, but that assumption is incorrect."⚓
Visit Rotterdam Maritime Museum's new exhibition on maritime women🔗 https://maritiemmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/maritime-women
Last chance to sign up! Webinar happening tomorrow 📣
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Small grants funding opportunity📣
Join the webinar on 14th October at 9:30 to learn eligibility criteria and application process.
Register your place 🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b823bbc7-227f-40fc-b536-4201cf2b7648@4a3454a0-8cf4-4a9c-b1c0-6ce4d1495f82
📣Register for our Webinar on the Heritage Open Call for more information:
Morning 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f50999...
Afternoon 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/64bdc8...
Kings Maritime History Seminars begin 2 October 2025 📣
First lecture is on 'Sea Power Thought in the Cold War' by PhD Student, Andrew Livsey
📍King’s College London
Find out more🔗 https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/kings-maritime-history-seminars-2025-26
📣Reminder: Heritage Open Call 📣 fund ambitious, high-impact projects that support our heritage key themes and the Foundation’s strategy
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved/heritage-grant-open-call
🌊 NEW: "Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining" - first book examining cultural risks of deep seabed mining.
Indigenous voices, archaeologists & legal experts reveal what's at stake beneath the waves.
Grateful to @lrfheritage.bsky.social for supporting this critical work.
bit.ly/4pHGEj9
Across the world, postgraduates from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) are building local legal expertise and keeping our seas safe. 🌊
Launched on #WorldMaritimeDay, in a new, 8-part video series, we hear their stories.
🔗 https://loom.ly/JUbJpCU
Read via Open Access 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining
A new publication by The Ocean Foundation on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Deep Seabed Mining
🌊History on deep seabed mining
🌊The legal context
🌊How it fits into the new UN Convention on Law of the Sea
🌊The ecological impacts of deep seabed mining
The Library 📚
Some behind the scenes pictures of our return to Fenchurch Street 👏 Over 5000 books, pamphlets and journals were returned to our library- just 10% of our total collection of books and journals on maritime history, engineering and safety!
Learn more about our small grants scheme! On October 14th, we are hosting an informational #webinar, where we will provide an overview of our latest small grants funding opportunity, eligibility criteria, and application process, followed by a short Q&A session. Register now: https://loom.ly/_8kb79s
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Yesterday, at #LISW25, Lloyd's Register Foundation and Royal Museums Greenwich hosted a panel discussion focused on culture and careers in #maritime. A big thank you to our speakers, who explored the role heritage can play in supporting a more diverse & sustainable talent pipeline for the industry.
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially reopened our Grade II* listed headquarters in London earlier this week, following an extensive refurbishment.
Renamed the Lloyd's Register Building, the reopening marked a significant moment in the building’s history.
Read more: ow.ly/zIap50WYUgM
Lloyd's Register Returns to its historic home at 71 Fenchurch Street 📣
Pleased to announce our return after 6 years of extensive conservation and renovation to our grade two listed home in the City of London!
Read more 🔗 www.lr.org/en/knowledge...
It's the start of #LISW25! Colleagues from across Lloyd's Register Foundation are getting ready for an action-packed programme of events at London International Shipping Week, dedicated to safely driving the #maritime industry forward.
Stay up to date with our events: https://loom.ly/UnWCWno
This £2.5 million programme will support initiatives that strengthen heritage research, equity, safety, and public access, while advancing our global reputation as a centre of excellence in heritage management and learning from the past.
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The Heritage Centre has launched a Heritage Open Call to fund ambitious, high-impact projects that support our heritage key themes and the Foundation’s strategy. 📣
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Join Lloyd's Register Foundation and Royal Museums Greenwich at #LIWS2025 for our panel discussion on culture and careers in #maritime, and the role #heritage can play in supporting a more diverse and sustainable talent pipeline for the industry. Contact us to attend: https://loom.ly/1IqG0eE
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Small Grant Scheme is now OPEN📣
Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections.
How to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Final chance to register📣 UK Maritime Heritage Forum
Speakers from tall ships to nautical archaeology, large national museums and small volunteer-run groups 👏
Register by 11th September 🔗 www.nms.ac.uk/events/uk-ma...
Join Royal Museums Greenwich at London International Shipping Week for our panel discussion on culture and careers in maritime, and the role heritage can play in supporting a more diverse and sustainable talent pipeline for the industry.
Register your place🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/events/movin...
Small Grant Scheme is now OPEN📣
Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections.
Apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
A new report provides an in-depth assessment of the threat posed to coastal communities, fishing grounds and marine ecosystems by at least 8,500 potentially polluting shipwrecks around the world.
Download the report 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...
We are hiring! Lloyd's Register Foundation is looking for an experienced Communications Manager.
They will provide communications support for our two centres: the newly launched Global Safety Evidence Centre and the Heritage Centre.
Apply 🔗 www.lr.org/en/careers/l...
Lloyd’s Register Foundation has announced a new international #funding offer. To find out more about Maritime Connected, join our #webinar on 3rd Sep 2025, where potential applicants can learn more about the call, eligibility criteria, and application process.
Register now: https://loom.ly/-1YvUrw
Meeting with the Public Records and Archives Administration Department in Accra, Ghana
This was part of a week-long visit to Ghana for my research project, PASSAGE, funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation @lrfheritage.bsky.social. We met with archivists, researchers, and government officials to discuss how PASSAGE can support research in Ghana on the history of transatlantic slavery.
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Get involved with SHE_SEES at Portsmouth Historic Quarter this summer🌞
From 21st Aug, take part in the Pioneers activities & build a boat from just one sheet of paper🌊
Betzy learned how to use tools and build boats from scratch -now she restores historic ships!
Can you follow in her footsteps?
We are inviting organisations and communities to apply to our new Maritime Connected #funding offer - designed to plug safety-critical gaps across the #maritime system.
For more information on the funding offer, including case studies and assessment criteria, visit: https://loom.ly/VaL7r8I
Explore our online resources. The Heritage Centre has digitised over ✨1 million documents✨:
👉Lloyd's Register of Shipping
👉Lloyd's Register of Yachts
👉Lloyd's of London, Missing Vessel Books
👉Casualty Returns
👉Lloyd's Register Rules and Regulations
👉Ship Plan and Survey Report Collection
