National Maritime Museum

As well as the National Maritime Museum, on this Greenwich Park site you'll find the Queen's House, which was designed in 1616 by Inigo Jones but not completed until 1638, and the Royal Observatory, founded in 1675 by Charles II. The museum's Maritime London gallery is a permanent exhibition exploring the importance of London's maritime heritage and its impact on world trade. Exhibits in the National Maritime Museum's Your Ocean gallery, which is aimed at families and teenagers, examine current issues affecting marine conservation, including global warming, over-fishing and pollution. The Time Galleries in the Observatory map the quest of astrologers, horologists who attempted to pin down the elusive concept of time. The 120-seat Peter Harrison Planetarium is the only public planetarium in the UK, and features daily shows.