Curating London

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  Finding home in football: a report

  How does London’s varied football spaces empower communities to forge a sense of “home” in the city? This collaborative report between the Museum of London and the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre explores this relationship between football, home and London.

  Read and download the report
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  Let’s talk about Sport: a report

  To understand more about what Londoners want to see in the new London Museum, we commissioned a survey asking Londoners specifically about sport.

  Read and download the report
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  Calling for Change Report

  What does a sustainable London in 2035 look like for young Londoners, how do we get there, and what role might museums play in engaging young people in the process? Young Londoners’ views on a sustainable future for their city.

  Read and download the report
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  Dub London across the capital

  There are many voices of dub. Its history, spirituality, movers and influencers shape London’s multicultural landscape.

  Find out more about the Dub London project
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  We are the Youth of Today

  The museum has published its findings from a major piece of research carried out with over 3,000 young Londoners in the summer of 2020 to find out about how they feel about their lives and their city.

  Read the full report and download the open source data set here
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  We the People in Brixton

  Lambeth has a strong legacy of grassroots activist. But what makes Brixton one of London’s most socially active communities?

  Find out more about the We the People project
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  Community History at Docklands

  A key part of Curating London’s work in Docklands looks at how we can use the London, Sugar and Slavery gallery (LSS) as a launch pad to rethink contemporary collecting?

  Find out more about the Community History at Docklands project
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  Weaving London’s Stories in Tower Hamlets

  This project explored the relationship between dress and identity within the British-Bangladeshi community in Tower Hamlets, in partnership with the Osmani Trust, a local youth and community organisation.

  More about Weaving London’s Stories in Tower Hamlets project
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  Collecting Ends in North Kensington

  Throughout November and December 2019, a shop front in the iconic Portobello Arcade was transformed into a West London living room and live collecting space curated by local young people.

  Find out more about the Collecting Ends project
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  Archaeology of Now in Finsbury Park

  We worked over a year in Finsbury Park, using archaeological methods to document, research and collect changes in the social life of a north London park. The role and purpose of London parks is increasingly questioned by phenomena, such as corporate events (e.g. festivals) and rough sleeping that are shifting the nature of contemporary urban parks.

  Find out more about the Archaeology of Now in Finsbury Park project
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  Brexit Talks across London

  We wanted to know what it meant to be a London in Brexit times. We asked Londoners to tell us, in person and on social media, to what extend is Brexit affecting their sense of belonging to the city and also how it is reconfiguring intergroup dynamics in London.

  Find out more about the Brexit Talks project
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  Data Flow following the course of the River Lea

  We worked with visual artist Michael Takeo Magruder, and a group of schoolchildren and families from the River Lea area, to create Data Flow: a digital river made up of drawings created by the schoolchildren and inspired by their memories of the River Lea and the Limehouse Cut. The project explored the role that the River Lea plays in people's lives.

  Find out more about Data Flow

A map of Curating London projects so far

These include (1) Brexit Talks across London, (2) Data Flow following the course of the River Lea, (3) We the People in Brixton, (4) Community History at Docklands, (5) Archaeology of Now in Finsbury Park, (6) Weaving London’s Stories in Tower Hamlets, (7) Collecting Ends in North Kensington, (8) Dub London across the capital.

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