What's on
All events

Secrets of the Thames
15 Apr 2025 – 1 Mar 2026
Exhibitions & displays
Unearth London’s past in the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to mudlarking

Easter
8 – 17 Apr 2025
Series
Explore fascinating archaeology of the Thames in our free workshops

Mudlarks family gallery
15 – 27 Apr 2025
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s
Meet a Victorian mudlark
15 – 17 Apr 2025
Performance
Join our mudlark as they comb the foreshore of the Thames

Wonders of the warehouse tour
15 Apr – 2 May 2025
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building
Foreshore finds
16 Apr 2025
Courses & workshops
Help create a foreshore full of undiscovered objects

Great Fire of London family walk
17 Apr – 3 May 2025
Guided walk
Join us in the great outdoors to explore the Great Fire of 1666
Rising river pop-up cards
17 Apr 2025
Courses & workshops
Craft a pop-up card inspired by the tidal Thames

Post-war Poplar and the world of Call the Midwife
18 – 30 Apr 2025
Guided walk
A guided walk around Poplar uncovering stories from the East End in the 1950s

Walking London’s queer history
19 Apr 2025
Guided walk
Uncover hidden histories that prove queer people have always been here – and always will be

In & around Smithfield Market
20 – 25 Apr 2025
Guided walk
A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history

Roman fort gate tours
24 – 27 Apr 2025
Guided walk
See the remains of Roman London's military fort – hidden beneath the streets

Roman London family walk
26 Apr 2025
Guided walk
Go back 2,000 years and walk Londinium's streets

Secrets of the Thames tours
27 Apr 2025
Gallery tour
Join us for an after-hours tour of our mudlarking exhibition
Tots at the docks
30 Apr – 25 Jun 2025
Activity
Free monthly play sessions inspired by the history of London's Docklands

African Remembrance Day
10 May – 1 Aug 2025
Series
A year-long series of activities commemorating African victims of slavery
Crimes without criminals
10 May 2025
Talk
A talk examining the legacies of slavery's oppressors and resistors