What's on
All events
Mudlarks family gallery
9 Oct 2024 – 8 May 2025
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s
Holding Emotions
9 Feb 2024 – 9 Feb 2025
Exhibitions & displays
A free display giving a moment to reflect on, process and release emotions
Secrets of the warehouse tour
9 – 20 Oct 2024
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building
In & around Smithfield Market
10 – 24 Oct 2024
Guided walk
A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history
Walking London’s queer history
11 – 26 Oct 2024
Guided walk
Uncover hidden histories that prove queer people have always been here – and always will be
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
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
9 – 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
London in lights
28 – 29 Oct 2024
Activity
Create an artwork using silhouettes in this workshop for over-5s