Space in a case

21 November 2006

E-bay watchers, get your bids in now for… thin air!

The Museum of London is putting an unusual lot up for sale on e-bay on 17 November: a square metre of unfurnished London space, in a prime City location.

The Museum of London is putting an unusual lot up for sale on e-bay on 17 November: a square metre of unfurnished London space, in a prime City location.

If yours is the winning bid, you’ll be able to put your London on display in the Museum, in whatever form you wish.  Your exhibit can be an object, a piece of film, a photograph, a letter:  in fact anything that you can think of.

You can give us a case history, a family heirloom, or a found treasure, your grandparents’ wedding photographs or your bar mitzvah tallas. Perhaps the P45 from that job you hated so much, a letter you never opened, or your sports day video. As long as it tells us something about your life in London, you can be as imaginative as you want. Maybe you’ll want to immortalise a flea-market piece of essential London fashion you picked up for a couple of quid.  It’s your place, and your case.

The auction winner will have their artefact, object, or idea exhibited in the Museum of London, until February 2007, and the most imaginative, inspiring and entertaining bids may even find their way into the Museum’s permanent collection. The auction lasts for ten days, so think outside the box, and get your idea of London inside it.

Visit the auction.

For images and information please contact:

Tim Morley
tel: 020 7814 5607
email: tmorley@museumoflondon.org.uk

Notes to editors

1. The Museum of London is the only museum to tell the story of London from pre-historic times to the present. From what Romans ate for dinner to the Great Fire, Medieval pointy shoes to a Victorian street and dazzling Lord Mayor’s coach.
2. In March 2007 the Museum of London will begin an £18 million initiative to redevelop the galleries which tell stories of London from 1666 up to today. The Capital City project will also include a new learning centre, an information zone, a coffee point and a lecture theatre, which will open in 2009. The museum will remain open throughout the project.
3. For more information, including about how to support the project by “buying a year of London’s history” and becoming part of the new display see www.museumoflondon.org.uk/buyayear or call 020 7814 5505.
4. On 16 November 2006, the Museum of London launched a major new website called “Map My London” (www.mapmylondon.org) which will revolutionise the way the history of the city is gathered and displayed. People are invited to upload their impressions of the city, and create an emotional memory bank. The website will be available in the new 20th Century gallery and embodies the Museum’s commitment to make history relevant to all London’s communities.