Victorian (1837 – 1901)
Explore objects, stories and blogs illuminating an era defined by the 63-year monarchy of Queen Victoria.
Blogs-And-Stories
The jobs that made London’s docks run
London’s port relied on dock workers doing an array of back-breaking and highly skilled jobs
A Little Italy in London
Clerkenwell and Soho were once the centres of London’s Italian community
Inside the Cutler Street Warehouses
Once a centre of London’s trade and imperial ambitions
The last galleried coaching inns left in London
These Victorian photos captured the decline of historic rest stops for travellers and their horses
John Snow: Cholera & the Broad Street pump
Sure that the deadly disease spread through water, Snow traced a cholera outbreak to a Soho water pump
Plunge into the past of London’s indoor pools
With Victorian baths and Olympic arenas, Londoners can take a dip in pools built across three centuries
Holborn Viaduct: The City’s bright red bridge
This ornate Victorian viaduct connects Holborn with the City of London
When London was swept up in balloon mania
Balloon ascents were all the rage in the late 1700s and 1800s
