National Maritime Museum

Last week on my way to a concert at the 02 arena we decided to spend the afternoon in Greenwich and look around some of the museums there. We ended up at eh National Maritime Museum and I'm really glad we did. The National Maritime Museum is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may possibly be the largest museum of its kind in the world. According to the leaflet guide you get when you enter the museum, the museum, "explores the continuing effects of the oceans on the world today by detailing stories of discovery and endeavour from Britain's seafaring past." The great thing about this museum is that it's in such a ...  Read the complete review

One of the main drawbacks of the museum is that there is very little of interest to see here. Unlike the science museum or natural history, there is very little to hold your interest for very long. I normally like to take a while to wander around museums, somewhere like the British museum can take up at least half a day to walk round with plenty to see. The Greenwich maritime museum however can be viewed in about half an hour. Aside from the great mock up of the interior of a Cunard line ship there was not much more to see. I was led to belive that there was a section there featuring some of the Titanic relics, don't be fooled though. The nearest to that is a ships ...  Read the complete review