The exhibition

Exhibition dates:
November 2001 - May 2002

This exhibition is part of a large-scale programme of activities devoted entirely to the recorded memories of Londoners

The exhibition's starting point is the Museum's oral history archive. Established in 1992, the archive contains nearly 4000 hours of tape-recorded interviews with ordinary citizens. Drawing upon these interviews, London's Voices reveals how people have coped with life in London over the past 100 years, highlighting both unexpected similarities and unusual differences between Londoners.

As a visitor, you can follow individual life stories, access particular interviews using computers, or sit and listen to compilations of extracts from the oral history archive. You also have the opportunity to tell the Museum about yourself using the unique Voices Census. Or nominate somebody you know to be recorded and to have their life story permanently stored at the Museum.

London's Voices is the first in a series of projects aimed at extending access to the Museum's oral history resources. The programme is funded jointly by the Museum and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Watch this space for further details as the project progresses.

Find out more about the London Voices project