Friday 27 January 2017

Museum of London - Tunnel exhibition, Blitz art and what's on in February

What's on in February?
Our latest exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail, opens on the 10 February. Observe fascinating objects spanning 8,000 years of human history unearthed during the Crossrail project from Roman horseshoes and Crosse & Blackwell jars from the 19th century.

Perspectives of Destruction at the Museum of London continues exploring how artists and photographers responded to the Second World War in a free display of artworks.

Check out the links below for the full range of activities available at the museum this month, including our free family events during half term and an opportunity to try something different this Valentine's Day with our special Great Fire of London walk followed by dinner and a glass of bubbly.
Events for adults
Make it: concrete jewellery
Thu 16 Feb, 7pm
Museum of London
Spend the morning knitting a ready-to-wear scarf using only your arms, or join us for an afternoon of macramé and pick up the skills to make a beautiful wall hanging, shawl and jewellery at our crafts workshops.
City | Space | Video games: politics
Mon 20 Feb, 7pm
Museum of London 
Explore the different ways that video games embody ideologies from the Thatcherism years to the most recent socio-political movements at this lively debate.
Citizen victims of the Great Fire of London
Wed 1 Feb, 3pm
Museum of London
What was the real impact of the Great Fire of 1666 on everyday Londoners? Join curator Hazel Forsyth at this free lunchtime lecture.
February walks and tours
Throughout the month
Off-site
Enjoy dinner for two on Valentine's Day after our Great Fire of London walk, strut along at our London Fashion 2017 inspired walk, delve into the scenes of the East End's most famous crimes or brave our ghost tour on one of our walks and tours this month.

Events for families
Half term at the Museum of London Docklands
11-19 Feb 
Museum of London Docklands
Create a pop-up ship and design a map of your favourite spots in London at one of our free drop in sessions this half term.
Half term at the Museum of London
11-19 Feb
Museum of London
Enjoy a fire themed half term with object handling, performance poetry and crafts at one of our free family sessions.
Discover 
Roman rubbish reveals lost Londinium >
An in-depth look at some of the Roman tools on show in our new display, Working the Walbrook, about relics of the ancient city of Londinium excavated from one of the rivers buried beneath our streets.
Commemorating Silvertown: 100 years since London’s biggest explosion >
100 years ago this January, London was rocked by the largest explosion in the city’s history. Newly digitised photos reveal the terrible devastation wreaked on the East End by the Silvertown disaster.