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How we care and preserve thousands of photo negatives in our collection, dating from the 1880s
Collections
A look at four different hats and the stories of the people who wore them
A look at 700 years of public executions in London through five objects
How 18th-century British reformers questioned capital punishment and the fight continues today
Unravel the fascinating world of Tudor knitting in contemporary London
What happens when 28 boxes from a 1950s’ excavation near Orpington find their way to London Museum?
The journey of Caribbean languages to MLE
Conservator Mathilde Renauld shares the challenges of preserving photographic history in our collections
Sr Curator of Archaeology, Dr Rebecca Redfern’s interest in the intriguing Spitalfields Princess spans over two decades
Can you guess what these artefacts from Londinium are?
Who wore this Beefeater dress by designer Colin Wild?
What’s your favourite object connected to women’s history? One of ours is a Bow Bear
London’s headgear has more history than you’d imagine
Find out more about the home of England’s first ‘magazine’
The changing nature of uprisings in Brixton, from 1981 to 2020
What can fragments of a 19th-century child’s mug tell us about the history of British Sign Language?
Here’s how we’re missing a crucial piece of the life in London’s docklands
Discover the romantic history behind love tokens like bent coins, lovespoons and whale’s teeth
What three sets of teeth reveal about an individual’s dietary habits and socio-economic status
The power of ephemera. How discarded tickets are testament to London's history
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