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

Mudlarks family gallery
25 Apr – 4 May 2025
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s

Wonders of the warehouse tour
25 Apr – 2 May 2025
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building

In & around Smithfield Market
25 Apr – 29 May 2025
Guided walk
A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history

Great Fire of London family walk
26 Apr – 31 May 2025
Guided walk
Join us in the great outdoors to explore the Great Fire of 1666

Roman London family walk
26 Apr – 24 May 2025
Guided walk
Go back 2,000 years and walk Londinium's streets

Welcome to Docklands tour
26 Apr – 3 May 2025
Gallery tour
A tour around the very best bits of London Museum Docklands

Roman fort gate tours
27 Apr – 25 May 2025
Guided walk
See the remains of Roman London's military fort – hidden beneath the 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

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

Beyond the myths: African Tudor London
4 May 2025
Gallery tour
Explore the lives, talents and skills of these forgotten figures

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

Second World War family walk
17 – 30 May 2025
Guided walk
See the marks the war has left on London and the stories they tell

African women in Tudor London
18 May 2025
Talk
Uncovering the lives of African women in the Tudor period
Zak Ové: Exodus
29 Nov 2024 – 25 May 2025
Exhibitions & displays
A mixed-media installation exploring migration through the present lens