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Hidden London

Vote for Women: the groundbreaking election of 1918

In 1918, women won the right to vote for the first time. What happened next?

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Twelve Days of Festive Fatberg

A video of the festive song Twelve Days of Fatberg recorded by the London Gay Men's Chorus.

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Look of London

All the fun of the Frost Fair

Why did the Thames freeze for hundreds of years, and how did Londoners celebrate Frost Fairs?

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Where is the Whitechapel Fatberg?

Where is the Museum of London keeping the world's most famous fatberg? Find out we're preparing samples of the Whitechapel fatberg for our permanent collection.

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Archaeology at the Museum of London

Managing our collections

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Managing our collections

There are approximately one million items in the museum’s core collections, plus six million ‘finds’, discovered during archaeological excavations. Learn how we conserve these collections and make them accessible through loans.