Greenwich Astronomical Observatory finished its own role as an observatory.
I have used all my energy yet… I have just finished my own role.
『Tomorrow's Joe(1973)』
It is a part of the national Maritime Museum now. A lot of novel things are displayed there. For instance, there are John Harrison's prize-winning longitude marine chronometer. There are heritages about the history of precision timekeeping for navigational and astronomical purposes, including the mid 20th century Russian-made F.M. Fedchenko clock. It is also home to the 28-inch Grubb refracting telescope of 1893, the largest of its kind in the UK. The Shepherd Clock outside the observatory gate is an early example of an electric slave clock.
In February 2005, construction work began on a £15 million redevelopment project to provide a new planetarium and additional display galleries and educational facilities. The 120 seat Peter Harrison Planetarium officially opened on 25 May 2007.