About Us

The Greenwich Foundation is as a registered charity established to look after the Old Royal Naval College's magnificent buildings and grounds for the benefit of the nation.

With the departure of the Navy from Greenwich in December 1998, responsibility for the Old Royal Naval College passed to the Greenwich Foundation, which had signed a 150-year lease in July of that year.

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With vital assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Department of Culture Media and Sport, and the Ministry of Defence, a major £34-million programme of works was undertaken to convert the buildings for their new uses and to complete an initial repair programme.

Public access has now been much increased and the Foundation and its two principal on-site partners, the University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music, sponsor a wide range of events and activities for all sections of the community. For full details please go to the Events Calendar.

The Greenwich Foundation's latest major development project, Discover Greenwich; will see the existing Pepys Visitor Centre transformed into an engaging, interpretation and education centre for the Old Royal Naval College and the wider Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. For the latest news and information on how you can help visit Discover Greenwich.