The Wimbledon Championship is a celebrated gaming experience for people all throughout the world. Wimbledon Championships have been associated with the game of tennis way back when the game had first evolved. These championships are held at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon. The borough of Wimbledon has now been made famous by Wimbledon Championships has become one of the major London attractions for the swarming tourists. The All England Lawn Tennis Club also features the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. The museum is located inside the Club premises and is flooded with fans of the sport. The Wimbledon grounds are also the official venue for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The best tennis could get.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum in London

The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum was established and inaugurated dating back to the year 1977. The museum has a collection of items all pertaining to the game of tennis of course which date back to 1555. This museum lately underwent a grave multi-million pound refurbishment and was reopened to the public on the 12^th of April 2006.

About The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

The museum features a 200° state of the art cinema screen where it showcases highlights of the various games played at the Wimbledon court. The museum is particularly famous for its “walk-through” of the men’s dressing room with John McEnroe as it had been in the 1980s.The museum is also termed as WLTM in short. The WLTM has also Bronze Visit London Accessible Tourism Award 2007 and Gold Visit London Best Tourism Experience Award 2007. The museum was also nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award 2008.

Lawn Tennis Museum

Things to witness at the Museum

Make sure that you attend ‘The Science of Tennis’ at the Centre Court which is broadcasted in the 200˚ cinema screen with superb 3 D graphics and digital sound. At the museum you could also see Tim Henman’s outfit that he wore in his last ever match and won the match too. Experience the amazingly created 1980s Men’s Dressing room as John McEnroe walks you through it. Check out what is in vogue in the tennis world, from long white skirts to flannel trousers or the ever so fashionable Williams sisters, Venus and Serena Williams. You can also watch the highlights of any Men’s and Women’s Championship match which had taken place from 1970 to 1999. Do you really think you missed a match? Think again.

Lawn Tennis Museum

And of course the best part, you can see all of them, yes all of the popular championship trophies, all of the coveted world titles for which the tennis stars battle.

Travelling to the Museum

Travelling to the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum is very easy as it is accessible from all parts of London.

If you are travelling by the London Underground, the nearest tube stations are the Tooting Broadway tube station on the Northern Line and the Southfields tube station on the District Line. Then you can take Bus 493 and enter the All England Lawn Tennis Club via Gate 3.

The nearest railway station is the Wimbledon Station. Catch a train from the London Waterloo and within 10 minutes you could reach the Wimbledon Station. Then just take the Bus 493.

If you are planning to drive down to the museum, you should take a note that currently there is no car parking space due to construction work.

Wimbledon Museum Collection

The museum is open all days a week and throughout the year from 10:30am to 5:00pm BST. The last admission is from 4:30pm.

The entrance fee for is £8.50 for adults and £4.75 for children. There is discounted price for senior citizens and students £7.50. You can also take the guided tour of the All England Club which includes admission to the museum. So pay once and enjoy. The museum and club tour charges are however a little more. It is £15.50 for adults, £11.00 for children and £13.75 for senior citizens and students with identity cards.

With the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum you can dive into the world of tennis by enlightening yourself with the past, present and future of the tennis world.