London Museum Docklands
Open today
Monday to Sunday:
10am – 5pm
Free entry
Pop along to our beautiful riverside setting and step into 400 years of Docklands history – free and open to all.
Tube and DLR
West India Quay (DLR) – 3-min walk
Westferry (DLR) – 7-min walk
Canary Wharf (DLR, Jubilee, Elizabeth line) – 7-min walk
Bus
Buses 135, 277, D3, D7, D8, N277 and N550 all stop close to the museum
River Bus
River Buses RB1 and RB6 stop at Canary Wharf pier – 8-min walk
Cars
Join the A1206 that leads to Ontario Way. Follow it to the left onto Hertsmere Road, where you will find a public car park. The museum entrance is on the quayside of the building, which is not accessible for cars.
Coach
The coach drop-off point is directly behind the museum on Hertsmere Road, but please note that parking is not permitted. For details on nearby parking, use TfL’s coach parking map.
There are PlantLock planters outside our front entrance and a bicycle rack behind us on Hertsmere Road, by Cineworld. Please note that bicycles are left at visitors’ own risk.
Now you know how to get here, it's time to plan your visit and find out everything you can get up to.
Festive opening hours
We're closed on 24, 25 & 26 December. Other than that, we're open as normal between 10am – 5pm.
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London Museum Docklands
London Museum DocklandsZak Ové: Exodus
29 Nov 2024 – 25 May 2025
Exhibitions & displays
A mixed-media installation exploring migration through the present lens
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London Museum Docklands
London Museum DocklandsMudlarks family gallery
12 – 22 Dec 2024
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s
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London Museum DocklandsNo. 1 Warehouse: Intro gallery
Our building is a rare survivor of the old docks and its story is at the heart of this gallery
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London Museum DocklandsTrade Expansion: 1600–1800
Meet the merchants, sailors and pirates who transformed London in the 1600s
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London Museum DocklandsLondon, Sugar & Slavery: 1600 – present
Shining a light on London’s overlooked role in slavery
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London Museum DocklandsCity and River: 1800–1840
A city transformed by its river with new docks, new bridges and new tunnels
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London Museum DocklandsSailortown: 1840–1850
Experience the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian London in a recreation of a street in Wapping
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London Museum DocklandsFirst Port of Empire: 1840–1880
When London was at the centre of the British empire and world trade
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London Museum DocklandsWarehouse of the World: 1880–1939
London's docks housed everything you could think of, giving them the title: Warehouse of the World
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London Museum DocklandsDocklands at War: 1939–1945
How London survived and helped the war effort, from Dunkirk to D-Day
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London Museum DocklandsNew Port, New City: 1945 – present
How Docklands was reinvented for a new century – from rebuilding, dereliction and back to rebuilding
Info & facilities
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Plan your visit
Everything you need to know before your visit to London Museum Docklands
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Ticketing info
Buying tickets for our events and exhibitions
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Families
Set sail for a fun day out at London Museum Docklands
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Shop, eat & drink
Stop for a tea break in our cafe, or pick up a souvenir from our shop
