What's on

LGBTQ+ History Month talks
8 – 28 Feb 2025
Series
Explore and celebrate London's queer history with talks and craft activities

February half term
17 – 23 Feb 2025
Series
Explore tales (or tails?) of London's birds and beasts with a host of free activities

Secrets of the warehouse tour
17 Feb – 20 Mar 2025
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building

Great Fire of London family walk
18 Feb – 29 Mar 2025
Guided walk
Join us in the great outdoors to explore the Great Fire of 1666
Where are all the gay dockers?
22 Feb 2025
Talk
What do we know about gay people who lived and worked on the docks?

Welcome to Docklands tour
22 Feb – 29 Mar 2025
Gallery tour
A tour around the very best bits of London Museum Docklands

Post-war Poplar and the world of Call the Midwife
22 Feb – 6 Mar 2025
Guided walk
A guided walk around Poplar uncovering stories from the East End in the 1950s
Molly houses: London's early club scene
23 Feb 2025
Talk
Uncover an early queer subculture that dwarfs today's gay scene

Beyond the myths: African Tudor London
23 Feb 2025
Gallery tour
Explore the lives, talents and skills of these forgotten figures
Modern queer east London
23 Feb 2025
Talk
Delve into queer activism, community and gentrification in east London

In & around Smithfield Market
27 Feb – 23 Mar 2025
Guided walk
A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history
Lesbian squatters
28 Feb 2025
Talk
Learn about a group of all-women squats established in Hackney

Walking London’s queer history
28 Feb – 29 Mar 2025
Guided walk
Uncover hidden histories that prove queer people have always been here – and always will be

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