Free galleries
London Museum Docklands is home to nine galleries you can visit in person, each exploring a different theme of London's river, port and people – all free to visit.
We recommend you explore in chronological order. You can start your visit with our first gallery, No. 1 Warehouse, on the Third Floor and work your way down.
There's over 400 years of history to uncover in these galleries, so we recommend around two hours for your visit.
And if you can't make it in person, there's plenty to discover online about our object highlights and their stories.
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London Museum Docklands
No. 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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Trade Expansion: 1600–1800
Meet the merchants, sailors and pirates who transformed London in the 1600s
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London, Sugar & Slavery: 1600 – present
Shining a light on London’s overlooked role in slavery and how it shaped the city
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City and River: 1800–1840
A city transformed by its river, with new docks, new bridges and new tunnels
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Sailortown: 1840–1850
Experience the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian London in a recreation of a street in Wapping
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First Port of Empire: 1840–1880
When London was at the centre of the British empire and world trade
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Warehouse 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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Docklands at War: 1939–1945
How London survived and helped the war effort, from Dunkirk to D-Day
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New Port, New City: 1945 – present
How Docklands was reinvented for a new century – from rebuilding, dereliction and back to rebuilding
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Plan your visit
Everything you need to know before your visit to London Museum Docklands
