National Maritime Museum

Greenwich (London!) is steeped in maritime history and this excellent museum celebrates Britains love of the sea.

It's very well laid out with historical and new items, lots of interactive exhibits and covers naval, merchant and passenger shipping as well as some other exhibits related to the sea.

It's a short day visit but there's other things to see in the vicinity-

- The Royal Observatory where Logtitude and GMT (which forms the basis for our world's clocks) started (you can literally stand on the Greenwich meridian).

- The Naval college, a magnificent Wren (St Pauls cathedral) designed collection of buildings.

- Greeniwhich market.

And ALL FREE!

Go there by the river boat and see London from a different perspective rather than underground.

The National Maritime Museum has transformed itself from a rather staid collection of nautical artifacts into an interactive, hands-on family museum. A museum that could display just old ship models and pictures of dead naval heros instead has created dozens of kid-friendly exhibits--areas where children can both play and learn about maritime history.

An ideal day trip from central London, the museum is within walking distance of the Old Royal Observatory and other sights in quaint Greenwich.