National Maritime Museum
TIME : 2016/2/22 10:47:40
National Maritime Museum
The world's largest maritime museum, this site offers an impressive gallery displaying 500 years of Britain's history with the sea. In total the collection has nearly 2.5 million items, some of which are on loan to other museums across Britain. Visitors can spend hours viewing the maritime art, cartography, ship models and plans, manuscripts and navigational instruments on display, not to mention the ship simulator and interactive exhibits located on the second floor.
One of the most unique offerings of the museum is the Sammy Ofer wing, which houses special exhibitions, a permanent gallery, an extensive library and a cafe with views of Greenwich Park.
All together, the National Maritime Museum, the Queen’s House and the Royal Observatory form the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage site. Along with the Cutty Sark, a British clipper ship on display in the area, this collection of historical sites is now known as Royal Museums Greenwich. Practical Info
The museum is an eight-minute train ride away from London Bridge in nearby Greenwich. The nearest DLR station is Cutty Sark, which you can catch by riding the Jubilee line to Canary Wharf. The nearest train stations are Greenwich and Maze Hill, and it is also possible to take a boat on the Thames to Greenwich Pier. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last admission at 4 p.m.
