What's on
All events
In & around Smithfield Market
10 – 24 Oct 2024
Guided walk
A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history
Mudlarks family gallery
10 – 20 Oct 2024
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s
Great Fire of London family walk
12 – 29 Oct 2024
Guided walk
Join us in the great outdoors to explore the Great Fire of 1666
Beyond the myths: Black Tudor London
12 – 26 Oct 2024
Talk
Explore the lives, talents and skills of these forgotten figures
Windrush & the NHS: A nurse called Ruby
12 – 26 Oct 2024
Talk
Hear the story of a Jamaican nurse who answered Britain’s call for help
Secrets of the warehouse tour
10 – 20 Oct 2024
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building
Windrush voices
12 – 27 Oct 2024
Activity
Read and listen to first-hand testimony from the Windrush generation
An introduction to the London, Sugar & Slavery gallery
12 – 26 Oct 2024
Talk
Confront this history head-on and find out its significance to London
Roman fort gate tours
13 – 27 Oct 2024
Guided walk
See the remains of Roman London's military fort – hidden beneath the streets
Mini Mondays: Navigate by night – toddler sessions
14 Oct 2024
Activity
Sail under a starlit sky in a sensory session for under-5s
Mini Mondays: Navigate by night – baby session
14 Oct 2024
Activity
A baby sensory session with spices, songs and a starry night
Roman London family walk
19 – 30 Oct 2024
Guided walk
Go back 2,000 years and walk Londinium's streets
Words, actions & deeds
19 – 27 Oct 2024
Talk
Learn about the influential figures who fuelled the abolition movement
Post-war Poplar and the world of Call the Midwife
23 Oct 2024
Guided walk
A guided walk around Poplar uncovering stories from the East End in the 1950s
October half term
26 Oct – 3 Nov 2024
Activity
Brighten up the darker days with dance, crafts and storytelling
Walking London’s queer history
26 Oct 2024
Guided walk
Uncover hidden histories that prove queer people have always been here – and always will be
London in lights
28 – 29 Oct 2024
Activity
Create an artwork using silhouettes in this workshop for over-5s
Meet the lamplighter
28 – 30 Oct 2024
Performance
A storytelling adventure travelling to Victorian London