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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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
Collections
Collections
British-Bangladeshis & the East End rag trade: A personal story
How Asma Begum’s parents travelled from Bangladesh in the 1960s to build a life in London’s East End
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
When did London get electricity?
Between 1901 and 1910, London began to find its spark
