Largest collection of maritime art

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, holds the largest collection of maritime art works in the world. As of October 2011, the museum holds 100,000 books, 397,500 manuscripts, 90,000 sea charts, 4,000 oil paintings, 70,000 prints and drawings, 1 million ship plans, 1 million historic photographs, 280,000 photographic negatives, 44,478 3D objects, including small craft, ship models, coins and medals, decorative art, figureheads, relics, horological instruments, uniforms, weapons.