Sunday 8 January 2017

Museum of London - What's on in January?

What's on in January?
Chinese New Year takes place on the 28 January. Join us at the Museum of London Docklands to celebrate the year of the rooster at our family festival with traditional Chinese stories, paper cutting, a dragon dance and more.

Fire! Fire! closes in April this year. Warm up from the cold with a visit to this popular exhibition that commemorates the Great Fire of 1666.  

Check out the links below for the full range of activities available at the museum this month from crafts workshops and walks to themed gallery tours and interesting reads.
Events for adults
Make it
Sat 28 Jan, 10am & 1.30pm
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.
Religion, myth and superstition tour
Sat 28 Jan, 11am
Museum of London 
Come face to face with remarkable objects, from prehistoric swords to plague remedies and hear the incredible stories attached to them on this guided gallery tour.
Docks after dark
From Fri 13 Jan, 6.30pm
Museum of London Docklands
Are you brave enough to enter our 200 year old warehouse after dark and learn its eerie, ghostly secrets? Our popular ghost tour is back for another season.
January walks
Throughout the month
Off-site
Immerse yourself in the ancient sites of Londinium, explore the secrets of West End theater, take a stroll through Medieval and Tudor Smithfield or round up a Great Fire of 1666 themed walk with a cocktail on one of our walks this month.
Events for families
Music and movement
Tue 17 Jan, 10 & 11am
Museum of London Docklands
A free active music session for toddlers to enjoy with their parents, carers and siblings.
Great Fire family walk
Sat 21 Jan, 11am
Starts from the Museum of London
Join us on a family friendly and fun tour of one of London's most infamous moments; the Great Fire of 1666.
Discover 
Fashion on ice: London's skatingcraze >
Did you know that Londoners went mad for ice-skating in the 1920’s? Curator Beatrice Behlen investigates the craze that swept the city after the invention of indoor icerinks, from frosty fashions to high society skaters.
A New Year’s Letter from the second Great Fire of London >
The museum has recently acquired a letter written by a London fireman to his wife at the height of the Blitz. George Britchford’s personal account of one of the most terrible nights in London’s history shows the human side of the Second World War.
Partner events
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 
Until 10 Sep 2017, Natural History Museum
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition tells the story of Earth’s wildlife through 100 award-winning images from the world’s best wildlife photographers. Associate sponsor DONG Energy
Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London
14 Jan - 2 Apr 2017, V&A
Explore the life, work and lasting impact of John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), a fascinating but lesser known figure of the Arts and Crafts movement, Victorian polymath and father of the renowned Rudyard Kipling.