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Museum of London Docklands
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Hidden London

Lucile: hunting the couturiere

Beatrice Behlen, senior curator of fashion, tells us of her quest to find the fashion houses of Lucile, a designer from the turn of the 20th century.

Hidden London

Running the Tyburn

Secret Rivers curator, Tom Ardill, charts his journey along the course of the Tyburn river from Hampstead, through central London and on to the River Thames.

Hidden London

Inside the Vegetable Kingdom

Lucie Whitmore, curator of fashion, tells us the story of a collection of vegetable-themed cloth dolls and their maker, writer and illustrator, Una Maw.

Hidden London

Meet the Beast: Peregrine of St. Paul's

Francis Marshall, curator of Beasts of London at the Museum of London, tells us the story behind the peregrine falcon on display as part of the exhibition.
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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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The Krios of Sierra Leone

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

24 May - 27 October 2019
Discover the secrets of London's historic waterways and the art they have inspired at our major exhibition.
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