{"id":2694,"date":"2016-02-16T08:43:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T08:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2016-02-16T08:43:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T08:43:31","slug":"the-national-maritime-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2694","title":{"rendered":"The National Maritime Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>World Heritage Site<\/h1>\n<p>The National Maritime Museum building started out as a school for seafarers children in 1807. Following an Act of Parliament establishing The National Maritime Museum in 1934, the museum was opened to the public by King George VI in 1937.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997 UNESCO awarded World Heritage Site status was to &#8216;Maritime Greenwich\u2019. The site includes The National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory and the Queen\u2019s House.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011 the largest development in the museum\u2019s history, the Sammy Ofer wing, opened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1415\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/maritime-museum.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1415\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/maritime-museum.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"National Maritime Museum at Greenwich\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Maritime Museum at Greenwich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\">Have a Whale of a time<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\">on a nautical-themed treasure hunt<\/h2>\n<p>Ever wanted to learn more about boats? Of course you have. So come along to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yplanapp.com\/london\/beyond-the-sea-treasure-hunt-at-the-national-maritime-museum-46322\/?term=hunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beyond The Sea<\/a> for a Treasure Hunts in London adventure. Combining &#8220;interesting facts about Britain&#8217;s nautical heritage&#8221; with a no holds barred &#8220;treasure hunt&#8221;, you&#8217;ll be having fun in no time.<\/p>\n<p>Winning teams will receive a tot of rum. (other drinks are available)<\/p>\n<h3>Will you find all the clues in time?<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yplanapp.com\/london\/beyond-the-sea-treasure-hunt-at-the-national-maritime-museum-46322\/?term=hunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book your tickets today!<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Heritage Site The National Maritime Museum building started out as a school for seafarers children in 1807. Following an Act of Parliament establishing The National Maritime Museum in 1934, the museum was opened to the public by King George VI in 1937. In 1997 UNESCO awarded World Heritage Site status was to &#8216;Maritime Greenwich\u2019. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2694\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The National Maritime Museum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[663],"tags":[452,1062,231,990],"class_list":["post-2694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure","tag-greenwich","tag-the-national-maritime-museum","tag-treasure-hunt","tag-treasure-hunt-in-london"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The National Maritime Museum - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2694\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The National Maritime Museum - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"World Heritage Site The National Maritime Museum building started out as a school for seafarers children in 1807. 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