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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.
  
  Until then, the fun continues at our Docklands museum!
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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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Walks from Home

Explore London from the comfort of your home thanks to our brilliant walks, from the Southbank to the Docklands.

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Follow us on our social channels @MuseumofLondon for our #WednesdayWalks series where we'll release a new episode from our London's Lost Rivers tour every Wednesday.

World Docks tour

Put your feet up and enjoy our World Docks online walk. Every Wednesday we'll share a new stop from historian and author, Steve Martin's Black history tour through the streets around the West India Docks.
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Uptown Talks

Join Blue Badge Tourist Guide Julie Chandler as she shares some of her favourite quirky, weird and wonderful bits of London.
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Imagined London: The City

Put on your headphones and join us on an imagined audio walk through the City of London’s streets, from the Millennium Bridge to Smithfield Market, accompanied by the voices of Londoners past and present.
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London's Lost Rivers

Dive into our new, free video series exploring London's Lost Rivers with our expert Blue Badge Guide Julie Chandler.
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Hackney caught on camera

How can experimental photography teach us more about our communities? A Museum of London project in Hackney offers beautiful reflections of how Londoners see their home.

Recording London Soundscapes, Past & Present

Listen to early London soundscapes from 1928 made by the Daily Mail, and to the silence of 2020 lockdwon.

Small shot of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern print.

The Royal Vauxhall Tavern: charting an iconic LGBTQ venue

A two-metre wide hand-drawn map shows the queer history of South London.

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?