Why Greenwich is the home of time
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Why does the world set its watches by a small building in south east London? Founded by Charles II in 1675, the Royal Observatory at Greenwich gave its name to the system that has governed our time for more than three centuries and has also been pivotal in shaping the global standardisation of time. In this episode of the History Extra podcast, Dr. Emily Ackermans, curator of Time at Royal Museums Greenwich, joined Eleanor Evans to introduce the site and explain more about its history. Emily, thank you so much for joining me for this episode of the History Extra Podcast.
How are you doing today? I'm doing very well, thank you. It's lovely to have you here and I want to start with your your role. You are curator of time at the Royal Museum Screenwich. Now, this this title I have to start by asking about it.
What does this role encompass? So this role is I look after our fantastic collection of timekeeping objects. So anything to do with time basically. I get to research and talk about the many objects in our collection, and many of these are the objects that have been used over the past 350 years here at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
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