Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
Centre Court’s backstage story in one compact hit: how a croquet lawn became the most-watched patch of grass on earth. Expect early rackets and fashions, trophy lore, TV tech, and the ritual of The Queue. Pair the museum with the grounds tour for a peek into player-only corridors and a hush in Centre Court. Plan 90–120 minutes; longer if you linger over kit and clips.
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What's not to miss inside?
Centre Court Stop
The sport’s most mythic stageFrom the royal box to the grass weave, every camera angle is engineered—and you can feel the acoustic hush.
📍 Included on most guided tours
Kit & Fashion Through Time
How clothing reshaped playCorsets to stretch fabrics: movement drove design, and design changed the game.
📍 Main galleries
Tech of the Championships
From chalk dust to Hawk-EyeTV demanded yellow balls; line calls went digital; roofs made rain a scheduling problem, not a finale.
📍 AV & broadcast displays
Trophies & Traditions
Symbols that travel the worldSilver gilt plates, strawberries and cream, purple and green—all parts of the brand that players enter and borrow.
📍 Trophy cases & ritual exhibits
Inspire your Friends
- Wimbledon switched from white to optic-yellow balls in 1986—made-for-TV visibility trumped tradition.
- A Harris’s hawk named Rufus patrols the grounds to keep pigeons off the courts—he even has his own accreditation.
- The famous Queue is run like an event in its own right, with numbered Queue Cards and etiquette that regulars treat as lore.
