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Opening times
Open daily 10am – 6pm. Closed 24-26 December.
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Eating and drinking West India Quay, Canary Wharf
The Museum’s two cafés are run by the award-winning
benugo, offering a menu of delicious hot and cold deli
lunches, healthy salads, freshly made sandwiches and From Roman settlement to Docklands’ regeneration, this 200
moreish cakes. A lunch space is also available during year old warehouse reveals the long history of London as a port
weekends and school holidays. through stories of trade, migration and commerce.
The new London Wall Bar & Kitchen is a great place to
Discover a wealth of objects from whale bones to World War II
unwind with family and friends before or after your visit to the
gas masks in state-of-the-art galleries, including Sailortown, an
Museum. Enjoy expertly made cocktails, a glass of wine and
atmospheric recreation of 19th century Wapping, and London,
food from a menu of British classics. For more information
Sugar & Slavery, which reveals the part the capital played in the
visit www.londonwallbarandkitchen.com
transatlantic slave trade.
Access and facilities for visitors with disabilities With archaeological finds, unusual objects, fascinating tours, films
The Museum is fully accessible to wheelchair users. The new and events, as well as an extensive archive and library, Museum of
galleries include induction loops, Braille panels, touch objects London Docklands is one of the capital’s hidden gems.
and audio guides for the visually impaired. Please call or visit
our website to find out about the facilities that may help you Find out more at www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands
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West India Quay, London E14 4AL
Admission FREE
Group visits
Find out how we can make your group visit a day
to remember on 020 7001 9844.
Opening times
Open daily 10am – 6pm. Closed 24-26 December.
Eating and drinking
Take a break with a drink, snack or meal in 1802, our fully
licensed café, bar and restaurant. A picnic area is also available
on weekends and during school holidays.
For more information or to book a table please call 020 7538
2702 or email 1802.docklands@museumoflondon.org.uk
Access and facilities for visitors with disabilities
The Museum is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Please
call or visit our website to find out about the services and
facilities we provide that may help you during your visit.
Host your event at Museum of London Docklands
Located over five floors of a splendid late Georgian warehouse,
the Museum is Canary Wharf’s only Grade I listed building and
offers a stunning backdrop for receptions, parties, fine dining,
conferences and meetings. To find out more call 020 7001 9816.
Museum of London Docklands is easy to get to!
West India Quay (14 minutes from Bank)
Canary Wharf (11 minutes from Waterloo)
Canary Wharf Pier (13 minutes from London Bridge Pier)
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Events at a glance
Daily Museum of London highlights Tour p19
Daily Objects in focus Tour p21
Wed, Sat Museum of London Docklands Tour p19
& Sun highlights
1 Aug Withnail & I (1987), 15 Film p12
3 Aug London, Sugar & Slavery Tour p19
4 Aug Tolerance in diversity Evening event p16
5 Aug Growing up in uniform Daytime lecture p18
6 Aug Victorian poverty Tour p19
7 Aug The art of… Course p14
archaeological illustration
7 Aug Walking the Roman wall Walk p22
8 Aug Vocaleyes Tour p20
11 Aug The belles of Bow Walk p22
12 Aug Roman amphitheatre Walk p22
14 Aug The art of… Course p14
archaeological illustration
15 Aug World City Music afternoons Performance p21
17 Aug Docks in wartime Tour p20
18 Aug How the Girl Guides won the War Evening Event p16
19 Aug Roman fort Walk p22
20 Aug Toy stories Object Session p21
21 Aug The art of… Course p14
archaeological illustration
21 Aug Publish and be damned Walk p22
24 Aug The making of the Daytime lecture p18
Pleasure Gardens
25 Aug Lay lines in the limelight Performance p22
25 Aug Jewish East End Walk p22
29 Aug Hue and Cry (1947), U Film p12
1 Sep Jerry White: The Story Evening event p16
of a Great City
2 Sep Xenophobia and the Great Fire Evening event p16
2 Sep Natasha McEnroe: Daytime lecture p18
Foul of mouth and evil eyed
3 Sep The modern woman Tour p20
4 Sep The art of… Course p14
archaeological illustration
4 Sep London Burials Walk p23
5 Sep Blow-Up (1966), 15 Film p13
7 Sep London, Sugar & Slavery Tour p19
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Events at a glance continued
8 Sep Roman amphitheatre Walk p22
8 Sep Historical Pimlico Walk p23
11 Sep The making of the Study Day p12 17 Oct World City Music afternoons Performance p21
Galleries of Modern London
13 Sep Hidden treasures: Course p14
an amble through the city’s past
13 Sep Intermediate computing Course p14
14 Sep Jewish heritage in London Daytime lecture p18
15 Sep Breaking into the Museum Evening event p16
15 Sep From Whitechapel to White Cube Daytime lecture p18
15 Sep Roman fort Walk p22
17 Sep Reading and writing Object Session p21
21 Sep Spoken histories Daytime lecture p18
21 Sep Docks in wartime Tour p20
24 Sep Beneath the costume Tour p20
26 Sep Passport to Pimlico (1947), U Film p13
26 Sep Jewish East End Walk p22
27 Sep Discovering Archaeology Course p14
28 Sep Gladiatorial poetry slam Evening event p17
29 Sep Publish and be damned Walk p22
1 Oct Roman industries Tour p20
1 Oct London Futures: Business, Evening Event p16
industry and climate change
2 Oct Walking the Roman wall Walk p22
3 Oct 28 Days Later (2002), 18 Film p13
4 Oct Hands on archaeology Object Session p21
4 Oct Roman and Saxon London Course p14
4 Oct Port of London Study Group Course p15
5 Oct The slave trade: Barbary Corsairs Course p14
and the Triangular Trade 19 Nov God save the King! Object Session p21
5 Oct Snapshot London Daytime lecture p19
5 Oct London, Sugar & Slavery Tour p19
5 Oct Sir Crispin Tickell in conversation Evening event p17 20 Nov Blood alley and beyond Walk p23
with Dr James Lovelock
6 Oct Kings over everything Course p15
6 Oct London bodies Course p15
6 Oct City in the Blitz Walk p23
9 Oct Understanding museums Course p15
10 Oct Vocaleyes Tour p20
10 Oct The Big Draw: Mapping Art p22
London Futures
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12 Oct Roman amphitheatre Walk p22
15 Oct Call of the wild Object Session p21
19 Oct Royal Mint Plague Pits Daytime lecture p19
19 Oct London, Sugar & Slavery Tour p19
19 Oct Roman fort Walk p22
21 Oct Does Africa need Fair Trade Evening event p17
26 Oct Queen Nanny of the Maroons Performance p22
27 Oct Evaluating Black History Month Evening event p17
27 Oct Blood alley and beyond Walk p23
29 Oct Victorian poverty Tour p19
31 Oct Burning an Illusion (1981), 15 Film p13
31 Oct Hauntings and hangings Walk p23
1 Nov London through a lens Course p15
2 Nov London Futures: Evening event p17
Didier Madoc-Jones
and Robert Graves
2 Nov London, Sugar & Slavery Tour p19
5 Nov 19th century posters Tour p20
6 Nov Art of millinery Course p15
6 Nov Docklands roots: a study Daytime lecture p19
session for family history
6 Nov City in the Blitz Walk p23
7 Nov Mary Poppins (1964), U Film p13
10 Nov Dickens’ London Walk p23
11 Nov Roman amphitheatre Walk p22
11 Nov Remembrance Day Service Special event p23
16 Nov Docks in wartime Tour p20
18 Nov Roman fort Walk p22
20 Nov Vision on: digital video Study Day p12
and oral history
23 Nov Bioarchaeology of Roman women Daytime lecture p19
24 Nov Hauntings and hangings Walk p23
26 Nov The Fanshawe dress Tour p20
28 Nov The Ladykillers (1955), U Film p13
30 Nov London, Sugar & Slavery Tour p19
3 Dec Barry Miles in conversation Evening event p17
with Tony Elliott
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Events at a glance continued FREE exhibitions and displays

3 Dec Life chances Tour p20 London Wall: Here Come the Girl
4 Dec Victorian Christmas Walk p23 Thomson & Craighead Guides: 100 Years
5 Dec Scrooge (1951), U Film p13
Until 5 Sep of Guiding in London
7 Dec The Making of the Daytime lecture p18
Pleasure Gardens
Digital artists Thomson & Until 31 Oct
Craighead have fly-posted From Baden-Powell to Brown
8 Dec Roman amphitheatre Walk p22
the Museum’s foyer, drawing Owl, celebrate 100 years
8 Dec Victorian Christmas Walk p23
on social networking traffic of guiding with this lively
9 Dec Festive fair @ late Evening event p17 from within three miles of the and interactive exhibition
12 Dec Vocaleyes Tour p20 Museum to create a form of exploring the changing
12 Dec It’s a wrap! Art p22 concrete poetry. identity of Girlguiding and the
14 Dec Docks in wartime Tour p20 Museum of London girls that have been part of it.
15 Dec Roman fort Walk p22 Museum of London Docklands
17 Dec Bring a bottle Object Session p21
Inspiring London In partnership with Girlguiding London
and South East England Region (LASER)
18 Dec West India Docks Walk p23 Until 12 Sep
28 Dec London, Sugar & Slavery Tour p19 Reflecting the creativity of
29 Dec City in the Blitz Walk p23
London past and present,
see key paintings from
2 Jan Quatermass and the Pit (1967), 12 Film p13
the Museum’s collections
7 Jan Medieval entertainment Tour p20
alongside works by Londoners
8 Jan Dickens’ London Walk p23
created in response.
10 Jan Intermediate computing Course p14 Museum of London
10 Jan Anglo-Norman London Course p15
11 Jan Docks in wartime Tour p20 Copper and silk:
Women making the
12 Jan The organisation of Course p16 new prints by
London Olympics
British archaeology Keith Coventry
12 Jan London Short Film Festival: Evening event p17 Until 31 Oct
Until 7 Oct
London lives This display of photographs
This display in our New
12 Jan Historical Pimlico Walk p23 by Janie Airey showcases
Acquisitions space showcases
14 Jan WORLDwrite on Suffrage Evening event p18 women working on the 2012
a portfolio of prints – ironic
16 Jan World City Music afternoons Performance p21 Olympics and is part of a
explorations of inner-city life –
18 Jan Roman fort Walk p22 project to raise funds for the
made by British artist Keith
Helen Bamber Foundation.
21 Jan Ritual and magic Object Session p21 Coventry in 2008.
Museum of London Docklands
22 Jan Old Poplar Walk p23 Museum of London
25 Jan Sixties fashion Daytime lecture p19 People and change
Junk IiI by Keith Coventry, 2008 © the artist

25 Jan London, Sugar & Slavery Tour p19 Opens 3 Sep

25 Jan Roman amphitheatre Walk p22 Artist Rosemarie Marke from
26 Jan West India Docks Walk p23 Sierra Leone draws on her
28 Jan Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Evening event p18 experiences of flight and
The Settler’s Cookbook asylum, alongside responses
30 Jan The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), U Film p13 by clients of Southwark Day
Centre for Asylum Seekers.
Museum of London Docklands

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FREE exhibitions and displays continued Blow-Up (1966), 15 The Ladykillers

London futures
Opens 1 Oct
Consider provocative images
by creative communications
company GMJ that visualise
the potential impact of
climate change on London in
the future and how the
capital might respond.
Museum of London
Part of the Mayor’s Story of
London festival.
Study Days
The making of the
Galleries of Modern
London
Sat 11 Sep,
10.15 am – 5pm
Staff and designers reveal the Museum of London
concepts behind the displays
in the Museum’s new galleries.
Museum of London
Sun 5 Sep, 2-3.50pm
London under siege: David Hemmings is a
Churchill and the photographer in sixties
anarchists, 1911 London who captures a
Opens 18 Dec serious crime on film.
In this display we remember Museum of London
FREE
the Siege of Sidney Street
in 1911 – an iconic event in the
Passport to Pimlico
history of the East End.
Museum of London Docklands
(1949), U
In partnership with the Jewish East End Sun 26 Sep, 2-3.25pm
Celebration Society
Following the accidental
detonation of an unexploded
bomb in Pimlico, residents find FREE
they are on foreign soil.
London on screen Museum of London Docklands
FREE
Withnail & I (1987), 15
Sun 1 Aug, 2-3.50pm 28 Days Later (2002), 18
Richard E Grant stars as an Sun 3 Oct, 2-3.55pm
out-of-work actor exchanging Danny Boyle’s 2002 film sees
city life for a country holiday. London ravaged by the onset
of a deadly virus.
FREE Museum of London
FREE
Withnail and I © The Kobal Collection/
(1955), U
Sun 28 Nov, 2-3.30pm
Five odd-balls plot a bank
robbery while masquerading
as musicians.
Museum of London Docklands
FREE
Scrooge (1951), U
Sun 5 Dec, 2-3.25pm
Alastair Sim stars in Dickens’
A Christmas Carol.
Museum of London
Quatermass and
the Pit (1967), 12
Sun 2 Jan, 2-3.40pm
Cult sci-fi classic in which
construction workers unearth
alien remains in London.
Museum of London
FREE
The Lavender Hill Mob
(1951), U

Book in advance Burning an Illusion Sun 30 Jan, 2-3.20pm

£40 (concs £25), incl. lunch (1981), 15 A bank transfer agent
Vision on: digital video Sun 31 Oct, 2-3.45pm joins forces with a maker of
Menelik Shabazz’s love story
Handmade Films

and oral history holiday souvenirs to plot a

Sat 20 Nov,
10.15am – 5pm
Join experts for a lively
exploration of the uses of
digital video technologies for
oral history. Visit www.ohs.
about a young black couple bank robbery.
in 1980s London.
Museum of London Docklands
Museum of London Docklands FREE
FREE
Hue and Cry (1947), U
Sun 29 Aug, 2-3.20pm Mary Poppins (1964), U

Mary Poppins © Walt Disney Pictures/

Our Ealing comedy series Sun 7 Nov, 2-4.15pm
org.uk for more details. kicks off with a gang of street Julie Andrews stars in this
Museum of London boys who foil a master crook. much loved musical.
Book in advance Museum of London Docklands

The Kobal Collection

£40 (concs £25), incl. lunch Museum of London
FREE FREE
In partnership with the Oral History
Society

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Adult courses Discovering Port of London London through a lens

archaeology: Study Group Mon 1 Nov, 2.30-4.30pm
The art of... studying the past Mon 4 Oct, 2-4pm Learn to use a digital camera
archaeological Wed 27 Sep, 6.30-8.30pm Join this special interest group to record London’s rich
illustration An introduction to the which meets every Monday to historical past.
Sat 7, 14, 21 Aug & 4 Sep, methods and approaches share research ideas. Museum of London
10.15am – 5pm Museum of London Docklands Book in advance via City of
used by archaeologists to
Learn the basics of Membership per term £25 London on 020 7608 2753
understand and interpret £35 (concs £14)
archaeological illustration the past. In partnership with City of London Adult
with Museum of London Museum of London
Kings over everything and Community Learning Services
Archaeology specialists. Book in advance via Birkbeck Wed 6 Oct, 6.30-8.30pm
No experience necessary. on 020 7631 6651 Learn how archaeology The art of... millinery
Museum of London £600 (concs £300) contributes to an Sat 6 & Sun 7 Nov,
Book in advance £40 per understanding of the 10.30am – 4.30pm
session (discount applies if all The slave trade: Learn about traditional
sessions booked together) character and development of
In partnership with Museum of London
Barbary Corsairs and Britain during Roman rule. hat-making and make your
Archaeology the Triangular Trade Museum of London own fascinator using our
Tue 5 Oct, 2-4pm Book in advance via Birkbeck specially commissioned Philip
Hidden treasures: Explore the impact of the on 020 7631 6651 Treacy hats as inspiration.
an amble through slave trade on people and
£600 (concs £300) Museum of London
In partnership with Birkbeck College
the city’s past continents from the 17th to Book in advance £100
(concs £35)
Mon 13 Sep, 2-4pm the 19th century. London bodies
Using our objects and Museum of London Docklands Wed 6 Oct, 6.30-8.30pm
galleries for context, discover Book in advance via WEA
Explore how archaeologists
on 020 7426 1960
the city’s secrets as you analyse human skeletal
£68 (concs FREE)
walk its streets. In partnership with WEA remains and use the
Museum of London data collected.
Book in advance via City of Roman and Museum of London
London on 020 7608 2753
Saxon London Book in advance via Birkbeck Anglo-Norman London
£35 (concs £14)
In partnership with City of London Adult Mon 4 Oct, 6.30-8.30pm on 020 7631 6651 Mon 10 Jan, 6.30-8.30pm
£600 (concs £300)
and Community Learning Services
Discover the changing In partnership with Birkbeck College
Using written sources,
role and status of Roman archaeological evidence
Intermediate computing
and Saxon London through Understanding and art, explore the
Mon 13 Sep or 10 Jan, development of London
6-8pm historical and archaeological museums
evidence. between 1000 and 1200 AD.
Improve your word Sat 9 Oct, 1-4.30pm
Museum of London Museum of London
processing and ability to use Consider why museums Book in advance via Birkbeck
Book in advance via Birkbeck
spreadsheets, databases and display objects in certain ways on 020 7631 6651
on 020 7631 6651
presentation software. £300 (concs £150) and what issues affect the £300 (concs £150)
In partnership with Birkbeck College way we experience the past In partnership with Birkbeck College
Museum of London
Book in advance via City of through exhibition.
London on 020 7608 2753 Museum of London
£70 (concs £14) Book in advance via Birkbeck
In partnership with City of London Adult on 020 7631 6651
and Community Learning Services
£300 (concs £150)
In partnership with Birkbeck College

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The organisation of
British archaeology
Wed 12 Jan, 6.30-8.30pm
Explore the state of
archaeology in Britain today.
Museum of London
Book in advance via Birkbeck
on 020 7631 6651
£300 (concs £150)
In partnership with Birkbeck College
Evening events
Tolerance in Diversity
Wed 4 Aug, 6.30-7.30pm
Produced by young people,
this film looks at racial
tolerance since the murder
of Altab Ali in 1978.
A discussion follows.
Museum of London Docklands
FREE but tickets allocated
on arrival
Janie Hampton:
How the Girl Guides
won the war
Wed 18 Aug, 7-8.30pm
Janie Hampton talks about the
Girl Guides’ often overlooked on arrival
contribution to the war effort.
A book signing follows.
Museum of London Docklands
Book in advance £5 (concs £3)
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Jerry White: The Story
of a Great City
Wed 1 Sep, 6.30-8pm
Join Jerry White as he
discusses his remarkable new
book London: The Story of a
Great City.
Museum of London
Book in advance £5 (concs £3)
Xenophobia and
the Great Fire
Thu 2 Sep, 6.30-8.30pm
Join us for a screening of
this Channel 4 film exploring
the outbreak of xenophobia
following the Great Fire.
Followed by a director’s Q&A.
Museum of London
Book in advance £5 (concs £3)
In partnership with Channel 4
Breaking into
the Museum
Wed 15 Sep, 6-7pm
See short films made by young
Londoners who were given
special access to the Museum.
Museum of London
FREE but tickets allocated
London Futures:
business, industry
and climate change
Fri 1 Oct, 6.30-8pm
Shell’s David Hone and founder
of the Green Desk, Bruce Halai-
Carter, are among the guests
discussing how businesses can
help combat climate change.
Museum of London
Book in advance £5 (concs £3)
Part of the Mayor’s Story of
London festival.
Gladiatorial London Futures:
poetry slam Didier Madoc-Jones
Tue 28 Sep, 6.30-8.30pm and Robert Graves
The Museum’s youth panel Tue 2 Nov, 6.30-7.30pm
Junction presents a The artists discuss the
gladiatorial poetry slam research and inspiration
featuring some of the city’s behind their breathtaking
most exciting young poets.
images from the London
Museum of London Futures exhibition.
FREE Museum of London
FREE but book in advance
London Futures:
Sir Crispin Tickell in Barry Miles
conversation with in conversation
Dr James Lovelock with Tony Elliott
Tue 5 Oct, 6.30-8pm Fri 3 Dec, 6.30-8pm
Join two of the most respected Author Barry Miles and
environmentalists of our age as Time Out founder Tony
they discuss climate change. Elliott talk about London’s
counter culture and new
Museum of London
Book in advance £5 (concs £3) book London Calling.
Part of the Mayor’s Story of
Museum of London
London festival.
Book in advance £5 (concs £3)
Does Africa need
Festive fair @ late
Fair Trade?
Thu 9 Dec, 6-9pm
Thu 21 Oct, 6-8pm
Join in an evening of crafts,
International development carols and Christmas cheer
specialist Dr Firoze Manji as the Museum opens its
and Professor Chris Cramer
doors to some of the city’s
debate the benefits of best craftspeople.
Fair Trade in Africa.
Museum of London Docklands
Museum of London Docklands
FREE
Book in advance £5 (concs £3)
In partnership with The Royal
London Short Film
African Society
Festival: London lives, 15
Evaluating Black Wed 12 Jan, 6.30-8.30pm
History Month Watch a series of short films
Wed 27 Oct, 6-9pm about London by some of the
Debate the future of Black country’s most exciting
History Month with leading up-and-coming film makers.
historians, funders and activists. Museum of London Docklands
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Museum of London
In partnership with The London Short
FREE but tickets allocated Film Festival
on arrival
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WORLDwrite
on suffrage
Fri 14 Jan, 7-9pm
Watch a film made by
young volunteers working
with the education charity
WORLDwrite on suffrage.
Museum of London Docklands
FREE
Jewish heritage
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: in London
The Settler’s Cookbook Tue 14 Sep, 3-3.45pm
Fri 28 Jan, 6.30-8pm
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
discusses her much-admired
The Settler’s Cookbook:
A Memoir of Love, Migration
and Food.
Museum of London Docklands
Book in advance £5 (concs £3)
Daytime lectures
Growing up in uniform Wed 15 Sep, 1-1.45pm
Thu 5 Aug, 1-1.45pm
Curator Jim Gledhill explores
the history of uniformed
youth movements in London.
Museum of London Docklands
FREE
The making of the
Pleasure Gardens
Tue 24 Aug & 7 Dec,
1-1.45pm
Discover the challenges faced
by curators when preparing
our new pleasure gardens.
Museum of London
FREE
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Natasha McEnroe: foul Snapshot London
of mouth and evil eyed Tue 5 Oct, 1-1.45pm
Thu 2 Sep, 1-1.45pm Mike Seaborne explains
Natasha McEnroe explores the the making of our ambitious
world of Victorian eugenics interactive which uses
and criminal profiling. thousands of photographs
Museum of London Docklands of London.
FREE Museum of London
FREE
Royal Mint plague pits
Tue 19 Oct, 1-1.45pm
Discover London’s Jewish Discover what the skeletal
heritage as curator Julia remains of plague victims
Hoffbrand talks about objects tell us about life in the
recovered from a kosher Middle Ages.
distillery in Brick Lane. Museum of London
FREE
Museum of London
FREE but tickets allocated
on arrival Docklands roots:
In partnership with B’nai B’rith European a study session for
Days of Jewish Culture & Heritage
family historians
From Whitechapel Sat 6 Nov, 3-4pm
to White Cube Find out how our broad
range of archive materials
can help you connect with
Join us for a lecture by
Rachel Dickson exploring your Docklands past.
100 years of Jewish artists Museum of London Docklands
in London. FREE
Museum of London
Bioarchaeology
FREE
In partnership with Ben Uri Gallery, of Roman women
London Jewish Museum of Art
Tue 23 Nov, 1-1.45pm
Dr Rebecca Redfern reveals
Spoken histories
how the human remains of
Tue 21 Sep, 1-1.45pm
Roman women can inform
Join our curator as they us about their everyday lives.
discuss the interviews Museum of London
undertaken for our new FREE
spoken word exhibits.
Museum of London
FREE
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Sixties fashion
Tue 25 Jan, 1-1.45pm
Beatrice Behlen explores the
fashions that made London
the style capital of the
swinging sixties.
Museum of London
FREE
Gallery tours
Daily highlights tours
Daily 11am, 12pm, 3pm
and 4pm at Museum of
London and Wed, Sat &
Sun at 3pm at Museum
of London Docklands.
FREE
London, Sugar
& Slavery
Tue 3 Aug, 7 Sep, 5 &
19 Oct, 2 & 30 Nov,
28 Dec & 25 Jan, 3-4pm
Uncover London’s involvement
in the transatlantic slave trade.
Museum of London Docklands
FREE
Victorian poverty
Fri 6 Aug & 29 Oct,
2.45-3.15pm
Join curator Beverly Cook
to learn about the lives of
Victorian London’s poor.
Museum of London
FREE
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Vocaleyes
Sun 8 Aug, 10 Oct
& 12 Dec, 3-3.30pm
Explore Docklands’ history
in this gallery tour for visually
impaired visitors.
Museum of London Docklands
FREE
The modern woman
Fri 3 Sep, 2.45-3.15pm
Curator Beverley Cook
explores the changing role
of women in the 19th and
20th centuries.
Museum of London
FREE
Docks in wartime
Tue 17 Aug, 21 Sep, 16 Nov,
14 Dec & 11 Jan, 3-3.40pm
Hear about the devastation of
the docks during wartime.
Museum of London Docklands
FREE
Beneath the costume
Fri 24 Sep, 2.45-3.15pm
Find out how curators
prepared the seventy
costumes on display in the
Galleries of Modern London.
Museum of London
FREE
Roman industries
Fri 1 Oct, 2.45-3.15pm
Curator Jackie Keily looks at
the industries that kept Roman From feasting to football,
London a thriving working city. Meriel Jeater looks at
Museum of London
FREE
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19th century posters
Fri 5 Nov, 2.45-3.15pm
Listen as curator Julia
Hoffbrand speaks about
the technical advances that
transformed poster-making.
Museum of London
FREE
The Fanshawe dress
Fri 26 Nov, 2.45-3.15pm
Conservator Kate French
talks about the work involved
in displaying one of the
most magnificent pieces
in our collection.
Museum of London
FREE
Life chances
Fri 3 Dec, 2.45-3.15pm
Curator Jim Gledhill explores
the challenges that Londoners
faced in the 18th and early
19th centuries.
Museum of London
FREE
Medieval
entertainment
Fri 7 Jan, 2.45-3.15pm
entertainment in the
Middle Ages.
Museum of London
FREE
Object-focused God save the King!
drop in sessions Fri 19 Nov, 12-2pm
Find out how the political
Objects in focus controversies of medieval
Throughout the day England were fought out with
Enjoy our 10 min sessions badges and symbols.
highlighting some of our Museum of London
frequently overlooked objects. FREE
Museum of London
FREE Bring a bottle
Fri 17 Dec, 12-3.30pm
Toy stories See bottles ranging
Fri 20 Aug, 12-3.30pm from chemist’s
Handle toys and games phials to stoneware
found at archaeological sites ginger beer bottles.
over the past 30 years. Museum of London
Museum of London FREE
FREE
Ritual and
Reading and writing magic
Fri 17 Sep, 12-2pm Fri 21 Jan, 12-2pm
Handle objects such as Roman Find out about slashed
military inscriptions and shoes in chimneys and
Victorian school slates. witch bottles in attics in this
Museum of London handling session that looks
FREE
at ‘ritual practice’.
Museum of London
Hands on archaeology
FREE
Mon 4 Oct – Fri 10 Dec,
10am – 4pm
Join us on Mondays, Tuesdays
Performance
and Fridays for interactive
workshops and help improve World City Music
our archaeological collection. afternoons
Museum of London
FREE
Sun 15 Aug, 17 Oct
& 16 Jan, 12-12.30pm
& 2-2.30pm
Call of the wild
Enjoy live music by
Fri 15 Oct, 12-2pm
outstanding international
Study the vast array of animal
musicians based in London.
bones found on archaeological
Museum of London
digs which reveal the animals FREE
that inhabited London. In partnership with Cultural Co-operation
Museum of London
FREE
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Lay lines in the limelight The belles of Bow
Wed 25 Aug, 6-8pm
Watch a performance of Align, Tread in the footsteps of
a mesmerising audio-visual
essay revealing the secret
landscape of London.
Museum of London
Book in advance £5 (concs £3)
Queen Nanny
of the Maroons
Tue 26 Oct, 1-1.30pm
Discover the story of this
fierce 1740s military leader.
Museum of London Docklands
FREE
Art
The Big Draw: Mapping
London Futures
Sun 10 Oct, 11am – 4pm
Contribute to a futuristic
fantasy map of London.
Museum of London
FREE
In partnership with The Big Draw. Part of
the Mayor’s Story of London festival.
It’s a wrap!
Sun 12 Dec, 11am – 4pm
Make your own vintage-style,
hand-made Christmas cards
and wrapping paper.
Museum of London Docklands
Book in advance £12 (concs £8)
Walks and visits
Walking the Roman wall
Sat 7 Aug & 2 Oct, 2-4pm
Follow the Roman wall of the
City of London.
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London burials Dickens’ London
Wed 11 Aug, 2.30-4.30pm Sat 4 Sep, 2-3.30pm Wed 10 Nov & Sat 8 Jan,
From graves to plague pits, 11am – 1pm
Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst. find out where London’s Walk the streets with Charles
Book in advance £8 bodies are hidden. Dickens and his characters.
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Roman amphitheatre
Thu 12 Aug, Wed 8 Sep, Historical Pimlico Victorian Christmas
Tue 12 Oct, Thu 11 Nov, Wed 8 Sep & Wed 12 Jan, Sat 4 & Wed 8 Dec,
Wed 8 Dec & Tue 25 Jan, 11am – 1pm 11am – 1pm
2-3pm Find out how the Victorians
From marshy outpost to
Visit the remains of London’s celebrated Christmas and
genteel suburb, learn about
only Roman amphitheatre. the history of Pimlico. discover the traditions
Book in advance £5 (concs £3) Book in advance £8 they introduced.
Book in advance £8
Roman fort City in the Blitz
Thu 19 Aug, Wed 15 Sep, Wed 6 Oct, Sat 6 Nov & West India Docks
Tue 19 Oct, Thu 18 Nov, Wed 29 Dec, 11am – 1pm Sat 18 Dec & Wed 26 Jan,
Wed 15 Dec & Tue 18 Jan,
2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm Discover the stories of danger 2-4pm
and destruction that faced Join long-term resident Brian
Tour the remains of London’s
Londoners during the Blitz. Grover for a tour of London’s
Roman military fort, next
Book in advance £8 oldest enclosed docks.
to the Museum.
Book in advance £8
Museum of London Blood alley and beyond
FREE
Wed 27 Oct & Sat 20 Nov, Old Poplar
Publish and be damned 3.30-5pm Sat 22 Jan, 2-4pm
Sat 21 Aug & Wed 29 Sep, Historian S.I. Martin explores Hear the story of old Poplar
11am – 1pm the West India Docks, revealing and learn how life in this
Stroll through 500 years of its links to the slave trade. historic area has changed.
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London’s publishing trade.
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Hauntings and
Jewish East End hangings Special events
Wed 25 Aug & Sun 26 Sep, Sun 31 Oct & Wed 24 Nov, Remembrance
2.30-4.30pm 6-8pm
Stroll through the darker
Day service
Discover the rich Jewish
side of London, with tales Thu 11 Nov, 10.50-11.15am
history of Spitalfields.
Book in advance £8 of murders, executions and Remember all those who have
died in wars fighting for peace.
In partnership with B’nai B’rith European
Days of Jewish Culture & Heritage
body snatchers.
Museum of London Docklands
Book in advance £8
FREE
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