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Museum of London Docklands
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Quiz: Which London river are you?

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

Objects of love and loss: mourning jewellery

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.

Behind the scenes

Uncovering Secret Rivers: creating the exhibition

How do you put the lost rivers of London on public show? Our curators explain how we made Secret Rivers happen.

Hidden London

Meet the Beast: Jumbo the Elephant

Meet one of the biggest stars of Beasts of London: London's largest elephant.
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Exhibitions and displays

The Museum of London Docklands has a variety of smaller display areas and the large Ellmers Gallery, housed in our grade 1 listed Georgian warehouse.

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Current exhibitions and displays

Slavery, culture & collecting

15 September 2018 - 15 September 2019
By exploring the life of slave-owner and art collector George Hibbert, this challenging display investigates the role of Western culture in disseminating perception of African civilisation as inferior, which ultimately perpetuated the slave trade.
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Secret Rivers

Opening 24 May 2019
Discover the secrets of London's historic waterways and the art they have inspired at our next major exhibition.
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