Museum of London - London Wall

Diverse London resources

This page lists all of our resources that support the teaching of Black history, diversity, multi-culturalism and citizenship themes. We hope to add to these resources in the coming years.

Pocket Histories and online information resources

• Where do Londoners come from?
• London's Black history personalities
• Reassessing what we collect
  London is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. The Reassessing What We Collect online resource currently features over 800 objects linked to 42 communities who have settled in London from prehistory to the present day. Our definition of cultural diversity includes ethnicity, religious faith, sexual orientation and disability.

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Oral histories

Listen to the personal stories of people who came to London as as refugees. These interviews were recorded for a previous exhibition entitled Belonging: voices of London’s refugees, which was held at the Museum of London between 26 October 2006 and 25 February 2007. You can find information and resources on the archived Belonging website.

Listen to personal stories around the themes of:

• Families
• Communities
• London (its challenges and barriers, and people's determination and achievement)
• World (people talking about their country of origin)

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Black history classroom resources

• Black history presentation
• Black history quiz
• Black history timeline

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