Museum of London - London Wall

About the collections

Explore the links below for a summary of the main types of object we hold. To find out how the objects arrived at the Museum, read our short history of the collections.

History and archaeology collections

• Prehistoric
• Roman
• Saxon and medieval
• Tudor and Stuart
• Decorative arts
• Dress and fashion
• Paintings, prints and drawings
• Photographs
• Social and working history
• Port and river collection
• Life stories and oral history

Library and archive collections

• Library
• Port of London Authority Archive
• Non Port of London Authority archives
• The Mills Plantation Archive
• Sainsbury Archive

The Archaeological Archive

• London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre 
• Centre for Human Bioarchaeology

Read about our current work around collections in Collections News, which includes news of recent acquisitions.