Plan your school visit to London Museum Docklands

We highly recommend that all teachers leading school visits make a planning visit before bringing a class, to get an idea of the space and content.

There's no need to book in advance for our free galleries, but if you'd like to make a free planning visit to a paid exhibition or our interactive Mudlarks gallery, please call our Box Office on 020 7001 9844, or email [email protected].

We’re fully accessible and you can borrow a wheelchair or powered scooter – make sure to request this at the point of booking.

We regularly run activities tailored for SEND students, which you can find on our school sessions page.

You can also use our visual story and sensory map below to prepare your visit.

Accompanying staff are responsible for their group’s behaviour and we ask groups to split into smaller units when exploring the museum and shop.

Your group should meet our required staff/pupil ratio:

Early Years Foundation Stage – 1:3
Key stage 1 – 1:6
Key stage 2 – 1:6
Key stage 3 – 1:10
Key stage 4 – 1:15
Key stage 5 – 1:15
SEND – 1:5

Here's all you need to know about our risk assessment advice for schools.

Please book a 30-minute slot in our dedicated lunch space. This is a space where you can eat packed lunches. No food is allowed in the galleries.

Feel free to take as many photos as you like of your group for educational use, just make sure they are taken without flash or a tripod and include only your own group

We’re easily accessible by public transport, coach and even river. Find out more about getting here.

When you arrive at the museum, one of our friendly team members will greet you and show you to cloakrooms, toilets, galleries and activity spaces. They’ll be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

We’re a cashless museum, so we take card and contactless payments only for our shop and café.