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  MCC Museum
Lords is the Mecca of Cricket and is home to the MCC museum. The museum is the oldest museum for any sport not just cricket. The museum has been collecting cricketing memorabilia since 1964 but tt was founded in 1883. The museum contains memorabilia of one of the greatest cricketing fight’s “THE ASHES” between England and Australia over the years.
England defeated Australia in the 1882-83 ashes and the English were awarded the Ashes Urn, which was with the English captain Ivo Francis Walter Bligh till his death in 1927. Post his death his widow, Florence Rose Morphy handed over the urn to MCC Museum. The urn is not the trophy for the Ashes series, thus the urn remains in the MCC Museum at Lord's, it contains the ashes of a veil, ball, bail, an old Aboriginal cricketer, symbolizing "the ashes of English cricket". Thousand of visitors visit MCC Museum just to have a glimpse of the urn.
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There are many other memorabilia like the stuffed sparrow that was 'bowled out' by Jehangir Khan in 1936, The Malcolm Marshall Trophy, Glenn McGrath boots he wore taking his 500th Test wicket, famous Blackham Ball, an exquisite silver "urn" from manager Frank Laver's successful tour of England in 1909, a display of cricket caps, A makeshift string cricket ball, made by a prisoner of war in World War II, cricket kits used by some of the greatest players of all time - such as Victor Trumper, Jack Hobbs, Don Bradman and Shane Warne and not to mention portraits, busts and other items related to WC Grace.
Just recently added is an exhibition that gives a look on the great carrier of West Indian cricketer Brian Charles Lara.
One can reach the museum both by bus and train, St John's Wood tube station is the closest train station.
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