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The galleries describe how London became the first great metropolis of the industrial age. They cover 125 years of London's history from the French Revolution of 1789 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Pupils can experience the feel and atmosphere of Victorian London with recreated shops including a toyshop, a grocer and a pawnbroker. The displays are complimented by extracts of unique original oral testimony, film and photographs.
The World City galleries address many themes identified in the National Curriculum; Lord Shaftesbury and the welfare of children, Elizabeth Fry and improving the lives of ordinary people, Queen Victoria, the Great Exhibition, Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, working life, education, rail travel and its impact on the local area, holidays and entertainment.
For key stage 3 students, relevant exhibits include: the Napoleonic Wars, Nelson and Wellington, The development of Empire and colonial rule in India and Africa, industrialisation, legislation to improve living and working conditions, the role of scientists, cultural developments, the work of Charles Dickens, Gilbert and Sullivan, the slave trade and the abolition of slavery, Olaudah Equiano, Chartism, Suffragettes and the extension of the franchise, political parties, relations between Britain and Ireland and the role of political leaders including Robert Peel and Queen Victoria.
For more online information see the World City website.
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