The National Maritime Museum is located in Greenwich and it’s the largest museum of its kind in the world, it is also a world heritage site as its part of the Royal Observatory and the Queen’s House which dates back to the seventeenth century. The museum came into existence in 1937 when the museum was inaugurated by King Gorge VI on 27th April. It was opened in the building which was formally known as Royal Hospital School also known as Royal Naval School.

The museum aims to help visitors understand the British economic, cultural, social, political and maritime. The museum holds over two million items which include maritime art, cartography, manuscripts including official public records, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, instruments for time-keeping and astronomy. It also holds numerous portraits and is only second to National Portrait Gallery when it comes to numbers. The museum houses collection form World War II, especially those taken from Germany. Some call it’s the museum of “Looted art” but the museum refers to them as a symbol of victory or “War Trophies”. It is an important reference library when it comes to maritime historical references with its amazing collection of over 100,000 volumes.