Museum of London

Gallery tours

Gain fresh insight into our collections with one of our unique tours.

Highlights tour

Every day, 11-11.45am, 12-12.45pm, 3-3.45pm & 4-4.45pm
FREE
Gain fresh insight into the Museum's collections and learn something new about the galleries with our fascinating tours.

Objects in focus

Throughout the day
FREE
Enjoy our 10 minute sessions highlighting some of our frequently overlooked objects.

Victorian poverty

Fri 6 Aug & 29 Oct, 2.45-3.15pm
FREE
Join curator Beverly Cook to learn about the lives of London's poor in the second half of the 19th century. This tour will explore, through objects on display, how London struggled to provide adequate housing, clean water and basic sanitation for its growing population.

The modern woman

Fri 3 Sep, 2.45-3.15pm
FREE
This tour with curator Beverley Cook will look at objects on display in the Galleries of Modern London to explore how the role of women changed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Looking at exhibits in the People's City gallery Beverley Cook will discuss how women moved away from their traditional, domestic roles to develop a more active and public presence in the city.

Beneath the costume

Fri 24 Sep, 2.45-3.15pm
FREE
Find out how curators prepared and presented the 70 costumes on display in the Galleries of Modern London? This tour looks at the conservation and mounting of key pieces.

Roman industries

Fri 1 Oct, 2.45-3.15pm
FREE
Tour the Roman gallery with curator Jackie Keily to find out about Roman technology and the industries that kept Roman London a thriving working city. What types of objects were being made in Roman London and where did the raw materials come from? Find out through some of the fascinating objects on display.

19th century posters

Fri 5 Nov, 2.45-3.15pm
FREE
Join curator Julia Hoffbrand as she speaks about the technical advances that transformed poster-making in the 19th century. New typefaces where seized upon by advertisers to create bold and eye-catching notices. Wood-block engraved illustrations were often used to add interest. Discover more about the posters featured on the Pleasure Garden's walls.

The Fanshawe dress

Fri 26 Nov, 2.45-3.15pm
FREE
Textile conservator Kate French talks about the work involved in conserving and displaying one of the most magnificent fashion pieces in our collection. The Fanshawe dress, made from the finest Spitalfields silk, is thought to have been worn by Mrs Ann Fanshawe when her father, Crisp Gascoyne, was Lord Mayor of London in 1752-53.

Life chances

Fri 3 Dec, 2.45-3.15pm
FREE
Curator Jim Gledhill explores the specific challenges and life choices that Londoners faced in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Medieval entertainment

Fri 7 Jan, 2.45-3.15pm
FREE
From ice-skating and archery to feasting and football, curator Meriel Jeater looks at entertainment in London during the middle ages.

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