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Maritime Museum Greenwich

Weegie Addick
Weegie Addick Posts: 16,689
edited November 2011 in General Charlton
Anyone been recently?  Is it worth a visit?

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,576
    You bet ya!
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,245
    definitely
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,273
    Got a restuarant now too.

    http://www.16secondswest.co.uk/food-and-drink/
  • incorruptible addick
    incorruptible addick Posts: 2,125
    We spend a couple of hours therefore before a match on a regular basis, Weegie - and it's quite superb. One of the best free 'attractions' in the whole of London (although there is a charge in the Royal Observatory).
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    Not been for about 5 years now but have been many times over the years and have always enjoyed it. Must make a point of going again soon.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,503
    It's very good but there are a lot of boats
  • Mckforester
    Mckforester Posts: 854
    If you are taking young kids there is a good "interactive" gallery on top floor.
  • leftbehind
    leftbehind Posts: 8,581
    Well worth a visit
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 935
    It's excellent, especially the section on The Battle of Trafalgar (which includes the very coat Nelson was wearing when he died)
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,576

    I visited The Victory in Portsmouth a few years back and there's a big brass plaque on the deck which reads "Nelson fell here".

    I'm not surprised............... I fell over it myself!


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  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    National Maritime Museum.
    Just had a re-vamp. Largets new development opened this year Sammy Ofer wing.
    Superb place to visit.
  • incorruptible addick
    incorruptible addick Posts: 2,125
    It's excellent, especially the section on The Battle of Trafalgar (which includes the very coat Nelson was wearing when he died)
    Shame they haven't got his CAFC shirt as well  (number ten, I seem to remember?)
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,276
    new parts of the Museum look amazing
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    Is the Naval College open? Went to a cocktail party on Cutty Sark years ago, then to the mess with 100ft bar where civvies like us couldn't't buy drinks, so all freebies. Mural in Chapel was amazing.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    superb museum visit followed by a walk up the hill past Wolfe's statue and the meridian line/observatory, through the rose garden and then across the heath for a beer and snack by the pond next to the Princess of Wales .. make it quick before the whole area is cordoned off and the horses ruin the place during the olympics
  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,083
    Has the Cutty Sark re-opened yet? 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    Has the Cutty Sark re-opened yet? 
    can the ship really be called the Cutty Sark any longer ? The clipper was a total write off and has been 'rebuilt' so is now really a replica C S. 
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    Has the Cutty Sark re-opened yet? 
    Re opens around April.
    Most of the timbers were saved from the fire and a large proportion of the rest of the ship, for example over a half of all the decking, had been removed and placed in storage or for restoration at the time of the fire. Most of the damage was in the centre of the ship, and my father's friend, who works for the trust, says less than 10% of the original fabric of what is after all a grade 1 listed ship, was destroyed.

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