What's on
All events

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

Women's History Month talks
1 – 30 Mar 2025
Series
Uncovering hidden stories of female pirates, pioneering abolitionists and Poplar midwives

Mudlarks family gallery
28 Mar – 6 Apr 2025
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s
Sensory celebration – toddler sessions
29 Mar 2025
Courses & workshops
Let's create some crafts and move to music!

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

Roman London family walk
29 Mar – 26 Apr 2025
Guided walk
Go back 2,000 years and walk Londinium's streets
Repopulating Poplar & Call the Midwife
29 Mar 2025
Talk
Hear about life in the 1950s as a midwife and district nurse

Welcome to Docklands tour
29 Mar 2025
Gallery tour
A tour around the very best bits of London Museum Docklands

African women in Tudor London
29 Mar 2025
Talk
Uncovering the lives of African women in the Tudor period
Tales time: Emmeline Pankhurst
30 Mar 2025
Performance
Hear the Suffragette leader's story brought to life

Secrets of the warehouse tour
28 Mar – 13 Apr 2025
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building

Roman fort gate tours
30 Mar – 27 Apr 2025
Guided walk
See the remains of Roman London's military fort – hidden beneath the streets
Poly Styrene: Godmother of punk
30 Mar 2025
Talk
Exploring the life of the woman who helped shape punk music

In & around Smithfield Market
4 – 25 Apr 2025
Guided walk
A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history

Second World War family walk
5 – 10 Apr 2025
Guided walk
See the marks the war has left on London and the stories they tell

Easter
8 – 17 Apr 2025
Series
Explore fascinating archaeology of the Thames in our free workshops
Rising river pop-up cards
8 – 17 Apr 2025
Courses & workshops
Craft a pop-up card inspired by the tidal Thames