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- Our London Wall museum is now closed to visitors, but is still available for venue hire and private events.
  The new museum coming in 2026 will be situated at the heart of the capital’s historic Smithfield area next to Farringdon.
  
  Until then, the fun continues at our Docklands museum!
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East London and the popularity of gospel choirs

The Jubilee Singers sang for Queen Victoria in 1873, but gospel choirs became popular only in the 1960s. Now they often sing with icons like Madonna.

Behind the Scenes

Rare books: What makes them special and how to care for them

What makes a book rare? Tips on identifying special books, storage and safe handling techniques to preserve these literary artefacts.

Fashion

Music icons, Soho fashion streets & the Swinging 60s

From The Beatles to The Rolling Stones, and from Carnaby Street to West End, here’s how music and fashion were intrinsically linked in 1960s’ London.

Londoners

Disability: A child’s perspective from 1950s’ London

These photos of disabled children in specialist schools in 1950s’ London attempt to fill a crucial gap in documenting our history.
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Watch Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail

Take a look inside our 2017 exhibition, Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail at the Museum of London Docklands. Exhibition curator Jackie Keily goes underground to reveal the amazing artefacts we displayed.

29 June 2017

Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail closed on 3 September 2017.

29 June 2017

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A view of the mass grave uncovered at Liverpool Street by the Crossrail tunnel.

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Excavating Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail

Discover the incredible archaeology of London uncovered during the Crossrail Project, including Roman artefacts and a burial site from the Great Plague of 1665.

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Saint Barbara of the Tunnel

Who was Saint Barbara and what does a medieval saint have to do with the Crossrail tunnel beneath London?

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A rubbish display: 2000 years of Junk

See how Londoners have turned their trash into treasure for centuries.

Devastation City : Panorama of Ruin, 1941

Perspectives of Destruction trailer

How do artists portray war? Watch our exhibition trailer to find out.

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