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
11 – 23 Mar 2025
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s

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

Secrets of the warehouse tour
12 – 20 Mar 2025
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building

Great Fire of London family walk
15 – 29 Mar 2025
Guided walk
Join us in the great outdoors to explore the Great Fire of 1666
Tales time: Emmeline Pankhurst
15 – 30 Mar 2025
Performance
Hear the Suffragette leader's story brought to life

Welcome to Docklands tour
15 – 29 Mar 2025
Gallery tour
A tour around the very best bits of London Museum Docklands
Windrush & the NHS: A nurse called Ruby
15 Mar 2025
Talk
Hear the story of a Jamaican nurse who answered Britain’s call for help
Women in the docks in the Second World War
16 – 30 Mar 2025
Talk
The vital contributions of over seven million women to the war effort

Roman fort gate tours
16 – 30 Mar 2025
Guided walk
See the remains of Roman London's military fort – hidden beneath the streets
Poly Styrene: Godmother of punk
16 – 30 Mar 2025
Talk
Exploring the life of the woman who helped shape punk music

Second World War family walk
22 Mar 2025
Guided walk
See the marks the war has left on London and the stories they tell
The unsung abolitionists
22 Mar 2025
Talk
Discover the women who shifted public and political opinion around slavery

African women in Tudor London
22 – 29 Mar 2025
Talk
Uncovering the lives of African women in the Tudor period
Lesbian squatters
22 Mar 2025
Talk
Learn about a group of all-women squats established in Hackney
Dido Belle: From slavery to nobility
23 Mar 2025
Talk
Dido’s unique story unfolds within an aristocratic family in Hampstead