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  The Museum of London documents the history of London from prehistoric to modern times. The museum is located on London Wall, close to the Barbican Centre.
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  The Museum of London Docklands is a museum on the Isle of Dogs, east London that tells the history of London's River Thames and the growth of Docklands.
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Londoners

Royal births and baby shoes

How did the Museum of London end up with a collection of shoes and blankets worn by tiny princesses and princes?

Look of London

London's lost rivers, then and now: Wandle and Lea

How have London's rivers regenerated from polluted sewers to slowly flourishing waterways?

Behind the scenes

Little Londoners: strange and delightful dolls

Five fantastic and weird dolls discovered in our fashion collections.

Londoners

Meet the Beast: Tiny the Wonder Dog

Tiny the Wonder was renowned in London for his skills, but what was his gruesome talent?

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Exhibition and free galleries

Beasts of London

Hear our stories

Image of London Before London gallery

London before London

450,000 BC – AD 50

Roman London

50 – 410

Medieval London gallery

Medieval London

410 – 1558

War, Plague and Fire gallery

War, Plague and Fire

1558 – 1666

Our Pleasure Gardens display, re-dressed with new costumes in 2018.

Expanding City

1666 – 1850s

People's City gallery

People's City

1850s – 1940s

World City

1950s – today

The London 2013 Cauldron gallery

The London 2012 Cauldron

The London 2012 Cauldron

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Museum of London Docklands

Discover London through history

Doll showing Diana, Princess of Wales and her two children.

Royal births and baby shoes

How did the Museum of London end up with a collection of shoes and blankets worn by tiny princesses and princes?

Croydon Church and the river Wandle in 1848 and 2019

London's lost rivers, then and now: Wandle and Lea

How have London's rivers regenerated from polluted sewers to slowly flourishing waterways?

Clipped art of Sindy dolls

Behind the scenes

Little Londoners: strange and delightful dolls

Five fantastic and weird dolls discovered in our fashion collections.

Tiny the Wonder dog kills rats.

Meet the Beast: Tiny the Wonder Dog

Tiny the Wonder was renowned in London for his skills, but what was his gruesome talent?

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