What's on
London Museum Docklands
Holding Emotions
Exhibitions & displays
9 Feb 2024 – 9 Feb 2026
A free display giving a moment to reflect on, process and release emotions
London Museum Docklands
Zak Ové: Exodus
Exhibitions & displays
29 Nov 2024 – 25 May 2025
A mixed-media installation exploring migration through the present lens
London Museum Docklands
Caribbean Voices: Shaping Docklands trail
Activity
25 Jan 2025 – 24 Jan 2027
A museum trail shedding light on the Caribbean community's contributions to London Docklands
Blogs & Stories
From our experts
‘A leather jerkin well examined’: Tudor fashion's unsung hero
A rugged, sleeveless jacket that shaped 16th-century style
From our experts
Food rationing & wartime trading at Sainsbury’s
From food rationing to setting up emergency shops, here’s how Sainsbury’s operated during First & Second World Wars
Fashion & Style
How Mary Quant revolutionised 1960s fashion
This champion of super short hemlines influenced how a generation dressed
Collections

School resources
KS1, KS2
Prehistory
Explore this wealth of suggested activities for accessible primary prehistory teaching
KS1
Great Fire of London lolly stick theatre
Create your very own lolly stick theatre and re-tell the story of the Great Fire of London! Follow these simple instructions, with templates, to create your own theatre for your performance
KS1
The Great Fire of London
Explore the Great Fire of London with animated videos and downloadable PDF activities about life in 17th-century London, Samuel Pepys's diary and how people reacted to the fire
Everything else
Objects & Stories
Collections access & enquiries
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London Museum Docklands
Free galleries
Step into 400 years of London Docklands' river, port and people