National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in London, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Greenwich Maritime Museum”, “Maritime Museum, Greenwich”, and “NMM”
- Address: Romney Road, London, SE10 9NF
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Observatory and Cutty Sark.
Royal Observatory
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north. Royal Observatory is situated 1,600 feet southeast of National Maritime Museum.
Cutty Sark
Museum
Photo: Krzysztof Belczyński, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes. Cutty Sark is situated 1,200 feet northwest of National Maritime Museum.
Greenwich Park
Park
Photo: Sebjarod, Public domain.
Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the eight Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed, it covers 74 hectares, and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwich and Deptford.
Greenwich
Town
Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greenwich is an affluent area in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the ceremonial county of Greater London, 5.5 miles east-south-east of Charing Cross.
Deptford
Suburb
Photo: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne.
Burrells Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Alctanay, Public domain.
Burrells Wharf is a riverside residential estate, owned by its leaseholders, in London, England. It is situated on the Isle of Dogs and the north bank of the River Thames.
National Maritime Museum
- Categories: maritime museum, military museum, national museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.48078° or 51° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-0.00541° or 0° 0′ 20″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Operator
Royal Museums GreenwichOpen location code
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wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
8739754Wikidata ID
Q1199924
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“National Maritime Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف البحري الوطني”
- Armenian: “Ազգային ծովային թանգարան (Մեծ Բրիտանիա)”
- Armenian: “Ազգային ծովային թանգարան”
- Basque: “National Maritime Museum”
- Catalan: “Museu Marítim de Greenwich”
- Catalan: “Museu Marítim Nacional del Regne Unit”
- Catalan: “Museu Marítim Nacional”
- Catalan: “National Maritime Museum”
- Chinese: “國家航海博物館”
- Chinese: “國立海事博物館”
- Czech: “Národní námořní muzeum”
- Czech: “National Maritime Museum”
- Danish: “National Maritime Museum”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Scheepvaartmuseum”
- Dutch: “National Maritime Museum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف البحرى الوطنى”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Mara Muzeo”
- Finnish: “Britannian kansallinen merimuseo”
- Finnish: “National Maritime Museum”
- French: “Musée national maritime”
- French: “National Maritime Museum”
- Georgian: “ეროვნული საზღვაო მუზეუმი”
- German: “National Maritime Museum”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הימי הלאומי הבריטי”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הימי הלאומי”
- Hindi: “राष्ट्रीय समुद्री संग्रहालय”
- Indonesian: “Museum Maritim Nasional”
- Indonesian: “National Maritime Museum”
- Irish: “Músaem Muirí Náisiúnta”
- Italian: “National Maritime Museum”
- Japanese: “イギリス国立海事博物館”
- Japanese: “イギリス国立海洋博物館”
- Japanese: “グリニッジ国立海事博物館”
- Japanese: “グリニッジ国立海洋博物館”
- Japanese: “ロンドン国立海事博物館”
- Japanese: “国立海事博物館”
- Japanese: “国立海洋博物館”
- Korean: “국립해양박물관”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “National Maritime Museum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “National Maritime Museum”
- Norwegian: “National Maritime Museum”
- Persian: “موزه ملی دریانوردی لندن”
- Polish: “National Maritime Museum”
- Portuguese: “Museu Marítimo Nacional”
- Portuguese: “National Maritime Museum”
- Russian: “Национальный морской музей”
- Serbian: “Национални поморски музеј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nacionalni pomorski muzej, Greenwich”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nacionalni pomorski muzej”
- Slovak: “National Maritime Museum”
- Slovenian: “Narodni pomorski muzej”
- Slovenian: “National Maritime Museum”
- Spanish: “Museo Maritimo Nacional de Greenwich”
- Spanish: “Museo Marítimo Nacional de Greenwich”
- Spanish: “Museo Maritimo Nacional”
- Spanish: “Museo Marítimo Nacional”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional Maritimo”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional Marítimo”
- Spanish: “National Maritime Museum”
- Turkish: “Ulusal Denizcilik Müzesi”
- Ukrainian: “Національний морський музей”
- Yiddish: “נאציאנאלער ים מוזיי”
- Yiddish: “נאציאנאלער ים־מוזיי”
- Yue Chinese: “國立海事博物館”
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