COVID-19 has brought about many changes to Londoners’ lives, not just in the day to day, but also in relation to how we sleep and dream. According to a survey conducted by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI in June 2020, the anxiety, stress and worry brought on by the global COVID-19 crisis is not... Continue Reading →
News: Arsenal’s captain donates Black Lives Matter shirt to the Museum of London
The Museum of London is pleased to announce that it will be collecting one of Arsenal’s iconic Black Lives Matter tribute shirts worn by captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during the 2020-21 Premier League season. The striker will donate his shirt to the museum as part of its ongoing Collecting COVID project which is also documenting the... Continue Reading →
News: New free display, Dub London: Bassline of a City, opens 2 October at the Museum of London
The Museum of London is pleased to announce that its display Dub London: Bassline of a City, delayed due to COVID-19, will now open 2 October 2020. The exclusive free display will celebrate dub reggae music and culture in the capital, from its roots in Jamaican reggae to how it has shaped communities and culture over... Continue Reading →
News: Museum of London releases first ever recorded soundscapes of London alongside new recordings of London in lockdown
The first ever recorded soundscape of London was captured in September 1928 as part of a campaign led by the Daily Mail calling for noise restrictions on London's increasingly loud streets. Now, almost 100 years later, as part of the Museum of London’s ongoing collecting COVID project, the same five locations were re-captured in collaboration... Continue Reading →
News: Museum of London sites to reopen 6 August with four-week extension of The Clash: London Calling display
After almost five months of temporary closure, the Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands will be ready to open their doors on Thursday 6 August 2020 and welcome visitors once again. The Museum of London is pleased to announce that the exclusive display, The Clash: London Calling, celebrating the making of The Clash’s ground-breaking album ‘London Calling’, will... Continue Reading →
News: Dub and Reggae, Virtual Family Rave and more as part of Museum of London’s upcoming online events
Earlier this month the Museum of London shifted focus to temporarily become the Museum for London as part of a mission to bring first-class online content to visitors at home while our physical doors are closed. The most recent addition to the Museum for London online programming is a series of free stay-at-home events ranging across... Continue Reading →
News: The Museum of London collects shared experiences of Ramadan in lockdown as part of Collecting COVID project
In April, the Museum of London announced that it was seeking to collect both objects and first-hand experiences to reflect Londoners’ lives during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, as part of the wider Collecting COVID project, the Museum of London is pleased to share details of one of the earliest initiatives developed, aiming... Continue Reading →
News: Unheard oral histories released by the Museum of London to mark Windrush Day
In commemoration of Windrush Day, the Museum of London has released, for the first time, a selection of unheard oral histories from its collection. Recorded in 2018 as part of the Conversation Booth project at The Arrival event in City Hall, the Windrush Conversations tell each individual’s unique story of arrival in London and their... Continue Reading →
News: Museum of London launches Disease X as an online exhibition
Earlier this month the Museum of London shifted focus to become the Museum for London as part of a mission to bring first-class online content to visitors at home while our physical doors are closed. A primary strand of this digital programming is publishing objects and stories from some of the museum’s most popular exhibitions... Continue Reading →
News: Museum of London Docklands releases rare images from collection to commemorate VE Day
The East End played a significant role in World War II and visitors to the Museum of London Docklands can usually explore this astonishing history from the first night of the Blitz to the devastation that was left in its wake. However, with the doors to the museum physically closed, the Museum of London Docklands... Continue Reading →
