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Discover London Through History
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Look of London

Hattention, please!

We flipped through 600 items of headgear for the most cap-tivating stories.

Books

Information in your pockets, in a pre-Google era

Long before smartphones, almanacs and pocket books were the main source of handy, relevant information in Europe.

Behind the scenes

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.

London now

Boring London: digging the Crossrail Tunnel

The extraordinary story of digging the Elizabeth Line under London.
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Archaeology at the Museum of London

Find out about the Archaeological Archive and the Centre for Human Bioarchaeology.
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