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London Museum Docklands
Family Galleries

Mudlarks family gallery

9 – 22 Sep 2024

Activity

Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s

London-wide
Exterior of Hanbury Buildings, Poplar crop

Post-war Poplar and the world of Call the Midwife

13 – 26 Sep 2024

Guided walk

A guided walk around Poplar uncovering stories from the East End in the 1950s

London-wide
City bomb damage, south side of Paternoster Square

Second World War family walk

14 Sep 2024

Guided walk

See the marks the war has left on London and the stories they tell

London-wide
Coloured version of opening pages of Shlohavot, or, The burning of London in the year 1666

Great Fire of London family walk

14 – 28 Sep 2024

Guided walk

Join us in the great outdoors to explore the Great Fire of 1666

London Museum Docklands
New Signage outside London museum Docklands

Welcome to Docklands tour

14 – 28 Sep 2024

Gallery tour

A tour around the very best bits of London Museum Docklands

London-wide
The Meat Market, Smithfield, at two in the Morning, 15 January 1870

In & around Smithfield Market

14 – 18 Sep 2024

Guided walk

A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history

London-wide
Londinium in the Reign of Hadrian

Roman fort gate tours

19 – 29 Sep 2024

Guided walk

See the remains of Roman London's military fort – hidden beneath the streets

London-wide
Free
The Companion arts & crafts

Play Cycles

21 Sep 2024

Activity

These pedal-powered play units are cycling across London this summer

London Museum Docklands
Free
Turner Slave Ship

How many gone – counting the victims

21 Sep 2024

Talk

Bringing together leading experts to define what we mean by "victims of African enslavement"

London Museum Docklands
Free
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African Remembrance Day

1 Aug 2024 – 1 Aug 2025

Talk

A year-long series of activities commemorating African victims of slavery

London Museum Docklands
Free
Early Years only day

Tots at the docks

25 Sep 2024

Activity

Free monthly play sessions inspired by the history of London's Docklands

London Museum Docklands
Free
Mudlarking Showcase

Mudlarking weekend

28 – 29 Sep 2024

Activity

A showcase of the forgotten objects discovered on the Thames' foreshore

London Museum Docklands
Mudlarking Showcase 2023

Exploring mudlarking treasures

28 Sep 2024

Talk

How can objects found on the River Thames' foreshore reveal traces of London’s past?

London-wide
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Walking London’s queer history

28 Sep 2024

Guided walk

Uncover hidden histories that prove queer people have always been here – and always will be

London Museum Docklands
Mudlarking weekend

Searching London’s lost River Westbourne talk + Q&A

29 Sep 2024

Talk

Explore the artefacts recovered from the lost River Westbourne and what they can tell us about London's history

London Museum Docklands
Free
HOLDING EMOTIONS OPENING 9th February 2024

Holding Emotions

9 Feb 2024 – 9 Feb 2025

Exhibitions & displays

A free display giving a moment to reflect on, process and release emotions