Working History
This collection reflects the historic trade and industry of the city through tools and workshop treasures, from clocks to wheelwrights to ballet shoe-making.
Top-Results
Top-Results
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
When did London get electricity?
Between 1901 and 1910, London began to find its spark
Building a museum
Building a museum
Smithfield Market: The iron legacy of Sir Horace Jones
The innovative use of ironwork is testament to the market's unique place in the history of civil engineering
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
Chimney sweeps’ soot-stained past
Brush up on the history of a trade that once sent children climbing into danger
