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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.
  
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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 an antique fire engine rise from the ashes

2016 marks 350 years since one of the greatest and most infamous disasters in London's history: the Great Fire of 1666. As part of the commemorations, the Museum of London spent over a year rebuilding a 17th century fire engine, one of the oldest surviving in the world. Watch a large wooden cask be transformed back into a working engine from the time of the Great Fire.

Alwyn Collinson

Digital Editor

21 June 2016

Alwyn Collinson

Digital Editor

21 June 2016

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17th century fire engine reconstructed for Museum of London by Croford Coachbuilders. Credit Matt Alexander/PA Wire.

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Building a 17th century fire engine

Find out how over a year of reconstruction turned an old barrel back into a working Stuart fire engine.

The London Stone, photographed at the Museum of London.

London Stone in seven strange myths

Discover the truth behind London Stone, the city's most ancient, mysterious, and myth-laden monument.

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Meet Christina Broom

Christina Broom was Britain's first female press photographer and a pioneer of London photography.

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Smithfield past and future

Watch this video charting the history of Smithfield general market, planned site of the new Museum of London.

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