Behind the scenes

Meriel Jeater, curator and Luisa Duarte, conservator, tell us about the identification and use of animal materials in history and discuss animals and archaeology.

London now

Telling stories through hair: the subject in focus in our Talking Point gallery at the Museum of London.

London now

Which London river are you? Find out in our personality quiz inspired by the Secret Rivers exhibition at Museum of London Docklands.

Look of London

Find out how mourning jewellery was used in the 18th and 19th centuries and what some of the pieces in our collections can tell us about attitudes to loss and grieving.