Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Museum

Museum · London, United Kingdom 51.4347°N 0.2133°W

Why you should go

Ninety seconds on Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Time needed

2 to 3 hoursTour alone is 90 minutes

Best time

Outside tournamentNo tours in fortnight

Cost

TicketedMuseum or museum plus tour

Season

Open dailyShorter Oct to Mar

Access

Audio guidesSeveral languages

Guide

Not neededMuseum is self-guided; the tour is optional

Opening hours

What are the opening hours of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum?

Daily from 10am outside The Championships, as of October 2026. Closing is 5pm in the October to March season and half an hour later in the April to September season, and last museum entry falls one hour before closing.

Tour length

How long is the Wimbledon grounds tour?

About 90 minutes. The Wimbledon Grounds Tour has a Blue Badge Guide at its head, public tours are given in English, and the normal public tours stop during The Championships.

Centre Court

Can you see Centre Court at the Wimbledon museum?

Yes. Every museum ticket covers a brief walk into Centre Court, timed to fit with the museum booking and currently scheduled for around 15 minutes, so the full grounds tour is not needed to stand inside the main stadium.

Contents

What is in the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum?

More than 20,000 objects, including tennis equipment, trophies, medals and historic clothing. Interactive displays run through the galleries, among them a hologram-style John McEnroe and the CentreCourt360 touchscreen platform.

Championships

Is the Wimbledon museum open during the Championships?

The museum and shop normally open daily, but the public grounds tours are suspended for the fortnight of The Championships. For the tour, the trophies and Centre Court together, plan on the rest of the year.

Book the museum and you see the trophies, then take a timed walk into Centre Court itself. Add the 90-minute guided tour if you want the rest of the grounds.

What makes it special

Established in the late 1970s, the museum stands on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Its collection runs to more than 20,000 objects, from rackets and clothing to trophies and medals.

The displays lean on screens and audio. A ghost-like figure of John McEnroe appears in the galleries, and CentreCourt360 is a touchscreen platform for looking round the main stadium.

A museum ticket includes a free audio guide and a short visit to Centre Court with a visitor assistant, with time for photographs.

The Grounds Tour goes further behind the scenes, into the facilities used by players and broadcasters and the way the grass courts are prepared and maintained.

Visiting

The museum is close to Gate 4 on Church Road. Work through the galleries and interactive displays at your own pace, and be ready for the Centre Court visit when your slot comes round; it lasts around a quarter of an hour.

The guided grounds tour is a separate ticket of about 90 minutes, led by a qualified Blue Badge Guide, with public tours in English. Its stops include Centre Court, the Press Interview Room and the Millennium Building, though the route can change.

Tips

Book online before you travel. Both museum visits and grounds tours currently need advance booking, and tour slots can sell out. Kew Gardens or Wimbledon if you want the Championships context makes a good second stop.

If time is short, take the museum-only ticket: it still includes the audio guide and the walk into Centre Court.

Know before you goAs of October 2026, the museum opens daily from 10am, closing at 5pm from October to March (last entry 4pm) and at 5.30pm from April to September (last entry 4.30pm).