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

Mudlarks family gallery
9 – 18 May 2025
Activity
Get hands-on in our interactive play area for under-8s

African Remembrance Day
10 May – 1 Aug 2025
Series
A year-long series of activities commemorating African victims of slavery

Great Fire of London family walk
10 – 31 May 2025
Guided walk
Join us in the great outdoors to explore the Great Fire of 1666
Crimes without criminals
10 May 2025
Talk
A talk examining the legacies of slavery's oppressors and resistors

Welcome to Docklands tour
11 – 31 May 2025
Gallery tour
A tour around the very best bits of London Museum Docklands

Roman fort gate tours
11 – 28 May 2025
Guided walk
See the remains of Roman London's military fort – hidden beneath the streets

Wonders of the warehouse tour
12 – 30 May 2025
Gallery tour
Delve into the hidden history of our Georgian museum building

Second World War family walk
17 – 30 May 2025
Guided walk
See the marks the war has left on London and the stories they tell

African women in Tudor London
18 May 2025
Talk
Uncovering the lives of African women in the Tudor period

In & around Smithfield Market
18 – 29 May 2025
Guided walk
A guided tour through an area packed with medieval and Tudor history
Mini Mondays: Rescue our river – baby sessions
19 May 2025
Activity
Enjoy props and play in this interactive storytelling session
Mini Mondays: Rescue our river – toddler session
19 May 2025
Activity
Join us for some sensory storytelling about a fish in the Thames

Post-war Poplar and the world of Call the Midwife
22 May 2025
Guided walk
A guided walk around Poplar uncovering stories from the East End in the 1950s

Roman London family walk
24 May 2025
Guided walk
Go back 2,000 years and walk Londinium's streets
Zak Ové: Exodus
29 Nov 2024 – 25 May 2025
Exhibitions & displays
A mixed-media installation exploring migration through the present lens