National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum houses over two million objects related to seafaring; this Greenwich museum has both permanent and changing exhibitions over three floors and possesses the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea including both British and Dutch maritime art, cartography, manuscripts, and ship models. The museum is also home to the world’s largest maritime library and archive collection.

This stunning 17th-century villa designed by Inigo Jones has a beautifully maintained black and white geometric marble floor dating from 1635. Today the villa plays host to renowned artworks by British and European masters including Turner, Gainsborough, Hogarth, and Stubbs, as well as works by leading contemporary artists. Make sure to snap a pic by the beautiful Tulip Stairs, the first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain.