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All events

London-wide

In & around Smithfield Market

10 – 24 Oct 2024

Guided walk

A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history

London Museum Docklands

Mudlarks family gallery

10 – 20 Oct 2024

Activity

Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s

London-wide

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

London Museum Docklands
Free

Beyond the myths: Black Tudor London

12 – 26 Oct 2024

Talk

Explore the lives, talents and skills of these forgotten figures

London Museum Docklands
Free

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

London Museum Docklands

Secrets of the warehouse tour

10 – 20 Oct 2024

Gallery tour

Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building

London Museum Docklands
Free

Windrush voices

12 – 27 Oct 2024

Activity

Read and listen to first-hand testimony from the Windrush generation

London Museum Docklands
Free

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

London-wide

Roman fort gate tours

13 – 27 Oct 2024

Guided walk

See the remains of Roman London's military fort – hidden beneath the streets

London Museum Docklands
Free

Mini Mondays: Navigate by night – toddler sessions

14 Oct 2024

Activity

Sail under a starlit sky in a sensory session for under-5s

London Museum Docklands
Free

Mini Mondays: Navigate by night – baby session

14 Oct 2024

Activity

A baby sensory session with spices, songs and a starry night

London-wide

Roman London family walk

19 – 30 Oct 2024

Guided walk

Go back 2,000 years and walk Londinium's streets

London Museum Docklands
Free

Words, actions & deeds

19 – 27 Oct 2024

Talk

Learn about the influential figures who fuelled the abolition movement

London-wide

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

London Museum Docklands
Free

October half term

26 Oct – 3 Nov 2024

Activity

Brighten up the darker days with dance, crafts and storytelling

London-wide

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 Museum Docklands
Free

London in lights

28 – 29 Oct 2024

Activity

Create an artwork using silhouettes in this workshop for over-5s

London Museum Docklands
Free

Meet the lamplighter

28 – 30 Oct 2024

Performance

A storytelling adventure travelling to Victorian London