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.
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Top-Results
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
How the telegraph took off in Victorian London
This invention marked the beginning of instant messaging – and standardised time
From our experts
From our experts
What connects Elias Lindo & the Hanukkah lamp?
A 17th-century Jewish broker in London brings together objects from the collections of two museums in the most fascinating way
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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
