The
National Maritime Museum (NMM) in
Greenwich, London, is the leading
maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world. The historic buildings form part of the
Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, and it also incorporates the
Royal Observatory, and 17th-century
Queen's House. In 2012,
Her Majesty The Queen formally approved Royal Museums Greenwich as the new overall title for the National Maritime Museum, Queen’s House, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the
Cutty Sark. The museum is a
non-departmental public body sponsored by the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, the National Maritime Museum does not levy an admission charge although most temporary exhibitions do incur admission charges.