Free galleries
London Museum Docklands is home to nine galleries you can visit in person, with each one 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 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
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London Museum DocklandsThe Reflections Room
A free-to-visit rotating gallery space for contemporary artists
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London Museum DocklandsPlan your visit
Everything you need to know before your visit to London Museum Docklands
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