What's on
All events

Secrets of the Thames
21 Oct 2025 – 1 Mar 2026
Exhibitions & displays
Unearth London’s past in the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to mudlarking

Black History Month talks
1 – 31 Oct 2025
Series
Uncover the legacies of Londoners of African heritage in these free talks

Saturdays at the Studios
11 Oct – 6 Dec 2025
Series
Join us every first Saturday of the month for some fun for all ages

Meet the mudlarks!
21 Oct – 21 Dec 2025
Exhibitions & displays
Meet a mudlark and hear some first-hand stories from the riverbank

Mudlarks family gallery
21 Oct – 2 Nov 2025
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s
Traces
22 Oct – 5 Nov 2025
Exhibitions & displays
A display sharing the personal stories of London’s bus users through items of lost property

Wonders of the warehouse tour
22 – 30 Oct 2025
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building
St Bartholomew's Hospital patient wellbeing day
23 Oct 2025
Activity
Improve your wellbeing with a day of expert cancer and cardio advice

Secrets of the Thames & foreshore tour with Thames Explorer
24 Oct – 28 Nov 2025
Guided walk
Step onto the Thames foreshore and discover what it's like to be a mudlark
Caribbean involvement in the Second World War
24 Oct 2025
Talk
Hear stories of over 10,000 people who responded to Britain’s call to join the army
An introduction to the London, Sugar & Slavery gallery
24 Oct 2025
Talk
Explore the history of this gallery and its significance to London

Roman London family walk
25 Oct 2025
Guided walk
Go back 2,000 years and walk Londinium's streets

Great Fire of London family walk
25 – 30 Oct 2025
Guided walk
Join us in the great outdoors to explore the Great Fire of 1666
Windrush & the NHS: A nurse called Ruby
25 Oct 2025
Talk
Hear how a Jamaican nurse answered Britain’s call for help
Tudor Africa: Before we forgot
25 Oct 2025
Talk
What was Africa like before the arrival of European ships?

London Museum Docklands highlights tour
25 Oct 2025
Gallery tour
A tour around the very best bits of London Museum Docklands

Walking London’s queer history
25 Oct 2025
Guided walk
Uncover hidden histories that prove queer people have always been here – and always will be