Interesting places of London (4)

National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) in Greenwich, England is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world. The historic buildings forming part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, it also incorporates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and 17th-century Queen's House. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

London Aquarium

The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames in central London, near the Merlin Entertainments London Eye. It first opened in March 1997 and remains the capital's largest collection of aquatic species.
The attraction claims that a million visitors a year view its displays. In 2008, the site was closed for major refurbishments at a cost of £5 million, which were completed in January 2009. Among the additions included a new glass tunnel, Shark Walk, revamped Pacific Ocean tank and a complete rerouting of the exhibit.
It has a collection of water tanks showing around 400 species of fish. The aquarium includes three floors and 14 different zones beginning in the upper Atlantic, British harbour, Ray pool, Indian Ocean, mid-Pacific, Atlantic lower, temperate waters, Pacific, coral reef, invertebrates, tropical freshwater, Thames freshwater stream, rivers and ponds, upper, mangrove and rainforest). The Pacific and Atlantic zones both contain large tanks with numerous species; the Pacific tank contains Green sea turtles and the Atlantic various species of sharks such as Sand Tigers, Brown Sharks and Nurse Sharks.
The London Aquarium is involved in breeding and conservation projects.
In April 2008, the aquarium was purchased by the world's second-largest attractions operator, Merlin Entertainments for an undisclosed sum. The attraction officially became a Sea Life Centre in April 2009.