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National Maritime Museum
Greenwich 
Keywords for National Maritime Museum:
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The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is the largest maritime museum in the world with a collection of over two million objects related to seafaring, navigation, astronomy and measuring time. The NMM incorporates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the Queen’s House and its mission is to illustrate for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people. The Museum forms the centre of Maritime Greenwich - a World Heritage Site.
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 The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
The National Maritime Museum (NMM) in England
is the leading maritime museum
of the United Kingdom
, and one of the most important in the world. It is based primarily in Greenwich
adjacent to Greenwich Park
. The NMM houses a wide and varied collection of exhibits relating to Britain's extensive naval heritage; items range from ships' anchors to royal rowing barges, from naval uniforms to paintings of naval heroes and explorers.
The Museum also has a [ branch ]
in a harbourside building at Falmouth
, Cornwall
.
The museum site also includes the Queen's House
(part of the historic park-and-palace landscape of "Maritime Greenwich", which was inscribed as a UNESCO
World Heritage Site
in 1997) and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
, until 1948 the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory
.
In addition to its open exhibits, the Museum houses an extensive archive
of objects and documents relating to seafaring, navigation
and ship
s. Much of this collection is available online.
See also
List of London museums
Greenwich Visitor Centre
Australian National Maritime Museum
National Waterways Museum
— UK's national museum of inland waterway transport
External link
[ National Maritime Museum ]
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<Museums in London>
<Museums sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport>
<Transport museums in England>
<Water transport in the United Kingdom>
cs:National Maritime Museum
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