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
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
Chimney sweeps’ soot-stained past
Brush up on the history of a trade that once sent children climbing into danger
Building a museum
Building a museum
5 things about Smithfield Market you might not know
What connects London’s iconic Smithfield Market to the Sydney Opera House?
From our experts
From our experts
Trick or treat? Things that go chomp in the night
Find out what's chewing on our collections, and how you can protect your own house from these tricky pests