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Market traders and locals in Middlesex Street, c.1900 © Museum of London

Museum of London


Our lower galleries are currently shut for an exciting redevelopment but you can still enjoy London's history up to 1666.


Discover prehistoric London, see how the city changed under Roman rule, and wonder at medieval London.

London chronicles

Image of Booth Map key showing colour coding according to statusSarah Wise
Tue 23 Mar, 7-8pm

Hear the author of The Blackest Streets discuss the slums of 19th century London as mapped by  Charles Booth in 1886.

 

Medieval marriage

Medieval woman corbelFri 26 Mar, 1-1.45pm

Join curator Jackie Keily as she explores the subject of medieval women and marriage in London.

 

Study day

Adults attending lectureThe City Musick
Sat 27 Mar, 10.15am – 5.30pm

Celebrate the lives and repertoire of the London Waits in this study day.
Book in advance £30, concs £25.

 

Button bonanza

ButtonsWed 31 Mar, 1-1.45pm

Hear about our new collection of over 2,500 medieval and early modern buttons recovered from the Thames.

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1550s-1660s: War, plague and fire

Great Fire Experience

See Charles I's execution tunic

As seen on BBC1's Seven Ages of Britain - Charles I's execution tunic is now on special display for one month only  in our new War Plague and Fire Gallery

Follow the turbulent years from Elizabethan times, through the ravages of Civil War, to the cataclysmic disasters of the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666. 

Galleries of Modern London

Opening 28 May

Our spectacular £20 million Galleries of Modern London, will tell the story of London and its people from 1666 to the present day.

7,000 objects, show-stopping interactives, specially designed family exhibits, film and changing displays, will transport you through the capital’s tumultuous history, rich with drama, triumph and near disaster!

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