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National Maritime Museum


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #59 of 1,234 attractions in London
Traveller Description:
This museum chronicles the history of Britain at sea, featuring manuscripts, ship models, maritime art, cartography, and scientific and navigational...... more » This museum chronicles the history of Britain at sea, featuring manuscripts, ship models, maritime art, cartography, and scientific and navigational instruments related to time-keeping and astronomy. « less
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Attraction type: Maritime museum, Museum
Address: Park Row
Greenwich Park London SE10 9NF
England
Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 4422
Fax: +44 (0)20 8312 6632

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5 of 5 stars
castellodimilano   34 contributions
London, United Kingdom
18 Nov 2009

I went to the museum on Sunday with a friend visiting from abroad. Needless to say the Greenwich is just fantastic! The museum is very well organized with lots too see. My friend used to be a sailor so I had my private guide at hand! I loved the maps and photographs displayed inside each of the museum's sections. Really... more

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5 of 5 stars
Empathology   47 contributions
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
28 Aug 2008
2
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Greenwich (London!) is steeped in maritime history and this excellent museum celebrates Britains love of the sea. It's very well laid out with historical and new items, lots of interactive exhibits and covers naval, merchant and passenger shipping as well as some other exhibits related to the sea. It's a short day visit but there's other things to see in... more

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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Des Moines, Iowa
21 Jan 2006
2
people found this review helpful

Well done museum covering Britain's maritime history. Has some interesting exhibits are parts of ships and boats. Well worth the time and money. more

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4 of 5 stars
KidsToLondon   110 contributions
Greensboro, North Carolina
6 Aug 2003
6
people found this review helpful

The National Maritime Museum has transformed itself from a rather staid collection of nautical artifacts into an interactive, hands-on family museum. A museum that could display just old ship models and pictures of dead naval heros instead has created dozens of kid-friendly exhibits--areas where children can both play and learn about maritime history. An ideal day trip from central London,... more

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National Maritime Museum Address

Park Row | Greenwich Park, London SE10 9NF, England
Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 4422 Fax: +44 (0)20 8312 6632
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