National Maritime Museum ☆☆

An astrolabe at the National Marritime Museum of Greenwich (Photo © Reid Bramblett)
An astrolabe at the National Marritime Museum of Greenwich
An astrolabe at the National Marritime Museum of Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo © Reid Bramblett)
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo by Katie Chan)
Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson's jacket from the Battle of Trafalgar—you can see the bullet hole—in the National Maritime Museum of London, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo by Morio)
The interior of the National Maritime Museum of London in Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo by Cristian Bortes)
The Golden Mermaid figurehead from Prince Frederick's Barge of 1732, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo by Chiswick Chap)
The south-eastern part of Tierra del Fuego with Cape Horn, as surveyed by the H.M.S. Beagle in 1830-34, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo Surveyed by Captain Robert Fitz Roy R.N.)
In the lee of the port bow of the Baruqe 'Parma' while becalmed (1932/33), National Maritime Museum, London (Photo by Alan Villiers)
The Endurance heeled to port by the ice, 1915, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo by James Francis Hurley)
A figurehead from the 19th century 'Old Turk' from the Isles of Scilly, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo by Andrewrabbott)
The original Longitude Act 1714, offering a reward for the first to determine longitude, in the National Maritime Museum of London in Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, London (Photo by LiveRail)

See the coat in which Nelson was shot, bullet hole and all, along with some fantastically beautiful old astrolabes and an indescribably cool interactive display on the Battle of Trafalgar

The Maritime Museum in Greenwich is packed with interesting seafaring memorabilia of the glory days of the British Empire.

Among the highlights are the coat in which Nelson was shot, bullet hole and all (its in the upper left shoulder) and an indescribably cool interactive display on the Battle of Trafalgar (wave your hand over the computerized board to identify the various ships and follow the course of the battle).

There are also some cool old ship's figureheads, exhibits on oceanography and hydrodynamics, and some fantastically beautiful old astrolabes, interlocking gadgets of engraved discs and armatures that are works of art as much as they are of science.

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How long should I spend at the National Maritime Museum?

Although worth popping into, the museum doesn't take all that long. Figure on about 45 minutes to an hour.

Free museum guidebook

Though admission is already free, if you happen to have a London Pass, don't forget to show it at the desk for get a copy of the museum's souvenir guidebook for free.