Events listings for lectures, guided walks and other activities at the Museum of London until January 2013

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Eating and drinking West India Quay, Canary Wharf
The Museum’s two cafés, run by benugo, offer a menu of
delicious hot and cold deli salads, freshly made sandwiches
From Roman settlement to Docklands’ regeneration, this 200
and cakes. A lunch space is also available during weekends and
year old warehouse reveals the long history of London as a port
school holidays. Our restaurant London Wall Bar Kitchen
through stories of trade, migration and commerce.
serves a menu of British classics and is a great place to unwind
with family and friends before or after your visit. Open Discover a wealth of objects from whale bones to World War II
Mon-Fri, 11am – 11pm. For reservations and information visit gas masks in state-of-the-art galleries, including Sailortown, an
www.londonwallbarandkitchen.com or call 020 7600 7340. atmospheric recreation of 19th century Wapping, and London,
Sugar Slavery, which reveals the part the capital played in the
Access and facilities for visitors with disabilities transatlantic slave trade.
The Museum is fully accessible to wheelchair users. The Galleries
of Modern London include induction loops, Braille panels, touch With archaeological finds, unusual objects, fascinating talks,
objects and audio guides for the visually impaired. Please call films and events, as well as an extensive archive and library, the
or visit our website to find out about the facilities that may help Museum of London Docklands is one of the capital’s hidden gems.
you during your visit. Free Vocaleyes tours are also available for You can also explore the objects in our galleries through free
visually impaired visitors and some lectures and walks can be highlights tours. www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands
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West India Quay, London E14 4AL
Admission FREE
Group visits
From exclusive tours to catering offers, find out how we can make
your group visit a day to remember. Call 020 7001 9844 for more
information or visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk/groups.
Opening times
Open daily 10am – 6pm. Closed 24-26 December.
Closed until 16 September 2012 to host Deutsches Haus,
the official base for the German National Olympic Committee.
Eating and drinking
Enjoy a drink, snack or freshly-made cake in our Museum café,
or stop in at our bar and restaurant, Rum Sugar (open Tue-Sat)
to enjoy classic dishes with a contemporary twist.
Visit www.rumandsugar.co.uk or call 020 7538 2702.
A picnic area is available during weekends and school holidays.
Access and facilities for visitors with disabilities
The Museum is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Please
call or visit our website to find out about the services and facilities
we provide that may help you during your visit. Free Vocaleyes
tours are available for visually impaired visitors and some lectures
and walks can be BSL interpreted on request. To book a Vocaleyes
tour or to enquire about BSL interpreted events please call
020 7001 9844 at least two weeks before your intended visit.
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16 Nov Roman fort visit Archaeology p16
events at a glance 17 Nov St James’s: for gentlemen Walk p18
and ladies
Various Behind the scenes at the Archaeology p16
19 Nov Murder and grave-robbery Special event p13
dates archaeological archive
in 1830s London
17 Aug Archaeology up close Archaeology p16
24 Nov Lomography workshop Special event p12
17 Aug Roman fort visit Archaeology p16
24 Nov Millwall Docks Walk p18
29 Aug What’s eating the Museum? Meet the expert p15
26 Nov A photographer speaks: Special event p13
15 Sep A post-war bus tour Special event p12 Dorothy Bohm
15 Sep Docklands on film Walk p17 28 Nov Doctors, Dissection and Meet the expert p15
17 Sep London through a lens: Course p20 Resurrection Men
absolute beginners 30 Nov Londinium @ late Special event p13
21 Sep Archaeology up close Archaeology p16 1 Dec George Peabody: Walk p18
22-23 Open House London 2012 Archaeology p16 East End to the City
Sep 8 Dec Lomography workshop Special event p12
24 Sep Get started using computers Course p20 8 Dec Resurrection men Walk p18
and the internet
14 Dec Roman fort visit Archaeology p17
24 Sep Roman and saxon London Course p20
14 Dec Sparrers Can’t Sing (1962) PG Docklands Cinema Club p14
26 Sep Women capturing the city Meet the expert p15 15 Dec A Victorian Christmas Walk p19
26 Sep A real rum do @ late Special event p12 21 Dec Archaeology up close Archaeology p16
29 Sep Lomography workshop Special event p12 29 Dec The City in the Blitz Walk p19
29 Sep Secrets of the Strand Walk p17 9 Jan London Short Film Festival Docklands Cinema Club p14
1 Oct Body horror in 19th century Course p20 10 Jan London Short Film Festival Docklands Cinema Club p14
literature
12 Jan Spitalfields Walk p19
1 Oct Port of London Study Group Course p21
16 Jan The bare bones: basic anatomy Course p22
3 Oct Writing London Course p21
16 Jan The body politic: society, religion Course p22
6 Oct Shakespeare in lust Walk p17 and medicine in the 19th century
12 Oct Babylon (1980) 15 Docklands Cinema Club p14 16 Jan Mysteries of London: researching Course p22
17 Oct Medicine, the media and me Course p21 the metropolitan past
17 Oct Behind the blog Special event p12 16 Jan Anglo-Norman London Course p22
19 Oct Archaeology up close Archaeology p17 18 Jan Archaeology up close Archaeology p16
19 Oct Roman fort visit Archaeology p16 18 Jan Roman fort visit Archaeology p16
20 Oct Clerkenwell: pubs and breweries Walk p17 19 Jan Buried London Walk p19
24 Oct Creating Canary Wharf Meet the expert p15 21 Jan Port of London Study Group Course p21
27 Oct Lomography workshop Special event p12 26 Jan Bells, beer and bullets: Walk p19
27 Oct Hauntings and hangings Walk p17 industrial Whitechapel
28 Oct Hauntings and hangings Walk p17 30 Jan Our Londinium 2012 Meet the expert p15
31 Oct Doctors and Dissection @ late Special event p13
3 Nov Clerkenwell: housing for Walk p18
the people
5 Nov London through a lens: Course p21
beginners SLR
9 Nov The Skin I Live In (2011) 15 Docklands Cinema Club p14
10 Nov The art of digital drawing: Course p21
an introduction to anatomy and
life drawing
16 Nov Archaeology up close Archaeology p16
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MAJOR EXHIBITIONS DISPLAYS
Doctors, Dissection and Media partner At Home with the Queen
Resurrection Men Until 28 October 2012
19 October 2012 – 14 April 2013 This striking photographic display reflects Londoners’ enduring
Explore the early 19th century history of human dissection affection for the Queen, capturing them at home with their
and the trade in dead bodies through dramatic evidence royal memorabilia.
unearthed during Museum of London excavations at the Museum of London. FREE
Royal London Hospital. Bringing together human and animal
remains, anatomical models and drawings, historical documents
Journeys and Kinship
and original artefacts, the exhibition will reveal the shadowy Until 18 November 2012
practices prompted by a growing demand for corpses, and the Is the face not currency enough? This display of face casts
intimate relationship between the surgeon-anatomists and the responds to the irony that members of the African Diaspora
resurrection men who supplied them. must pay to visit sites from which their ancestors were
Due to its subject matter this exhibition is not recommended for children under 12.
transported into enslavement.
Online booking fee and timed entry apply. Museum of London Docklands. FREE
Museum of London. Adult £9, child (12+), concs £7
To book tickets call 020 7001 9844 or visit LomoWall
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/dissection Until 6 January 2013
Scan this QR code to visit our Virtual Study Zone. Explore this arresting mosaic made up of thousands of
photographs taken using analogue cameras, depicting
this Olympic year.
Museum of London. FREE In partnership with
Many East Ends
Opens 22 September 2012
Where is the East End today and what are the distinct
characteristics that make it so unique? Join us to explore these
© Wellcome Library, London
questions. This display announces a major new programme at
the Museum of London Docklands.
Museum of London Docklands. FREE
Women in Focus
16 November 2012 – 17 February 2013
Our Londinium 2012 Dorothy Bohm, one of Britain’s greatest living
© Dorothy Bohm 2012
Now open photographers, focuses her attention on
Young people have reinvented women in London with this selection of colour
the Museum’s popular Roman photographs dating from the 1980s to date.
Museum of London. FREE
London gallery. Through newly-
created films, poetry, sculpture,
Roman and contemporary objects, discover how Londinium
Take Another Look
Opens 7 December 2012
still lives on in today’s modern capital.
Museum of London. FREE Consider Leslie Braine Ikomi’s unique collection of ephemera
Our Londinium 2012 is part of London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme depicting London’s people of African descent, and what the
Stories of the World. images say about the hearts and minds of their times.
Museum of London Docklands. FREE
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Doctors and Dissection
Special eventS @ late
© Science Museum / Science
Wed 31 Oct, 7-9.45pm
A post-war bus tour
Society Picture Library
Discover our new exhibition,
Sat 15 Sep, 2-5pm
Doctors, Dissection and
Enjoy an afternoon touring London’s
Resurrection Men, after dark
post-war architecture in one of the
this Halloween. Immerse yourself
city’s 20th century icons – an original
in macabre activities and
red Routemaster bus. Historian and
performances inspired by the world of the early 19th century
working London bus driver, Professor
body snatchers and the surgeons they supplied.
Joe Kerr, will lead this unique tour,
In addition to special late events, the exhibition will stay open until 9pm
mapping the architectural innovations
on 2 Nov 2012, 4 Jan, 1 Feb and 1 Mar 2013.
and experiments that shaped
Museum of London. Book in advance £10 (concs £9, Friends FREE)
post-war London.
Museum of London. Murder and grave-robbery
Book in advance £18 (concs £16, Friends £15)
in 1830s London
A real rum do @ late Mon 19 Nov, 7-8.30pm
Wed 26 Sep, 7-9.30pm The gory business of body snatching in
Enjoy an intoxicating evening exploring the history of rum, 19th century London has an enduring
once stored in the building that is now home to the Museum appeal in popular fantasy. Author Sarah
of London Docklands. Sample and learn how to mix the perfect Wise reveals that truth can be much
cocktail, listen to steel band performances and curator talks, stranger than fiction. Wise explores the
and design your very own rum miniature label to take home. grotesque world of the resurrectionists,
Museum of London Docklands. and paints a haunting picture of the lives of the hopelessly
Book in advance £8 (concs £7, Friends £6) poor in London whose fate, often bound up with this brutal
reality, is largely forgotten.
Lomography workshops Museum of London. Book in advance £7 (concs £6, Friends £5)
Sat 29 Sep, 27 Oct, 24 Nov
8 Dec, 1.30-3.30pm A photographer speaks:
Discover the thriving world of Dorothy Bohm
analogue photography! Lomography Mon 26 Nov, 7-8.30pm
experts will show how to achieve Join one of Britain’s most revered female photographers as she
vibrant results with old school cameras speaks about her extraordinary career and her new exhibition
and film, just like those in our LomoWall. Women in Focus: Colour Photographs by Dorothy Bohm.
Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands Museum of London, Book in advance,£7 (concs £6, Friends £5)
Book in advance £12 (concs £10, Friends £9), including camera hire,
one roll of film and 10% discount on film processing. Londinium @ late
Fri 30 Nov, 7-9.45pm
Behind the blog Begin the festive season in style with this creative evening of
Wed 17 Oct, 7-8.30pm
fashion, craft and performance, all inspired by Roman London
Join us for an open discussion with a group of prominent and its contemporary influences. Curated by the Museum’s
London bloggers, exploring the rise of blog culture in youth panel, Junction and students from the University of the
the capital. How have blogs transformed the way we read and Arts London.
write about London and experience the capital? Museum of London, Book in advance, £7 (concs £6, Friends £5)
Museum of London. Book in advance £7 (concs £6, Friends £5)
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Docklands Cinema Club Meet the Expert
Watch a great film every month screened in a Grade I listed On the last Wednesday of the month enjoy free daytime talks
Georgian warehouse, with introductions by leading writers, by curators, conservators, historians and archaeologists, from
directors, critics and fans. Screenings take place on the second the Museum of London and beyond.
Friday of every month. Tickets can be bought for individual
screenings, or for an annual fee of £25 (£18 concs) members can What’s eating the Museum?
enjoy 6 free Docklands Cinema Club tickets per year. Wed 29 Aug, 1-2pm
Adrian Doyle, Collections Care Conservator at the Museum,
Babylon (1980) 15 discusses the daily war he wages on insect pests and the
Fri 12 Oct, 7-9pm importance of collections care in museums.
To mark black history month, join us for a film which is a Museum of London. FREE
potent mix of music and social commentary about the young
black community in 1980s South London. Screenwriter Martin Women capturing the city
Stellman and director Franco Rosso have crafted a superb, Wed 26 Sep, 1-2pm
truthful film which stands up more than thirty years later. Join Curator of Photographs, Charlotte Samuels, as she
Museum of London Docklands. Book in advance £7 (concs £5) discusses the work of some of the pioneering female
photographers in the Museum’s Historic Photographs collection.
The Skin I Live In (2011) 15 © El Deseo S.A. / The Kobal Collection
Museum of London. FREE
Fri 9 Nov, 7-9pm
Join us for this chilling ‘body horror’ from Creating Canary Wharf
one of Spain’s leading directors, Pedro Weds 24 Oct, 1-2pm
Almodóvar. A brilliant doctor, haunted by Author Kevin d’Arcy uses his book, London’s
past tragedies, creates a synthetic skin 2nd City, to explore the origins of the new
designed to withstand any damage. financial centre of the world.
Spanish with English subtitles. Museum of London Docklands. FREE
Museum of London Docklands. Book in advance £7 (concs £5)
Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men
Sparrers Can’t Sing (1962) PG Weds 28 Nov, 1-2pm
Fri 14 Dec, 7-9pm Exhibition curator, Jelena Bekvalac, reveals how human skeletal
Joan Littlewood’s cinematic debut is a real cockney comedy and remains can help us understand the story of early 19th century
a fascinating snapshot of a rapidly changing East End of London anatomical study, human dissection, comparative anatomy and
in the 1960s. Populated with real-life locals including Queenie the trade in dead bodies.
the landlady and Momma the baker. Museum of London. FREE
Museum of London Docklands. Book in advance £7 (concs £5)
Our Londinium 2012
London Short Film Festival: Weds 30 Jan, 1-2pm
Urban Shorts and London Lives Join the young people and curator
Wed 9 Thu 10 Jan, 7-9pm responsible for reinventing our new
Join us for a special Cinema Club where we will host two Roman gallery to find out how we
evenings of short films by emerging filmmakers that show off can still draw parallels between
the glory and diversity of the capital. Wednesday explores Londinium and today’s capital.
documentary while Thursday focuses on fiction. Museum of London. FREE
Museum of London Docklands.
Book in advance £6 (concs £5, Friends £4) per night
In partnership with the London Short Film Festival – celebrating 10 years.
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ARCHAEOLOGY EVENTS Walks
All walks are £10 per person (concs £8, Friends £7)
Behind the scenes at the
Archaeological Archive
Various dates, see
website for details
Visit the London Archaeological
Archive and Research Centre
to see and handle some of the
thousands of finds not yet in
the Museum’s galleries.
Mortimer Wheeler House. Book in advance £5 Docklands on film
Sat 15 Sep, 11am – 1pm
Archaeology up close
Tour the Canary Wharf estate and discover how the area has
Fri 17 Aug, 21 Sep, 19 Oct, 16 Nov, 21 Dec 18 Jan, 12-2pm
appeared on film in ways you would never imagine.
Drop in on monthly object-handling sessions with members of
the Museum’s Archaeological Collections department. Secrets of the Strand
Museum of London. FREE
Sat 29 Sep, 11am – 1pm
Roman fort visit Weave through alleyways leading down to the Thames and
uncover the little known sites of the Strand from a centuries-
Fri 17 Aug, 19 Oct, 16 Nov, 14 Dec 18 Jan, 2-2.30pm
old public bath to a present day palace and glorious gem of a
3-3.30pm
Gilbert Scott chapel.
Tour the remains of the western gate of London’s Roman
military fort, located beneath the streets next to the Museum. Shakespeare in lust
Please note that due to the terrain on site at the Roman fort Sat 6 Oct, 11am – 1pm
this tour is not accessible to wheelchair users.
Poet, Niall McDevitt, takes a revealing walk in
Museum of London. FREE but tickets allocated on arrival
London’s East End, discussing Shakespeare
and his relationship with the Anglo-Jewish
feminist poet, Emilia Lanier, and visiting the
sites of the Theatre and the Curtain.
Clerkenwell: pubs and breweries
Sat 20 Oct, 11am – 1pm
Join City Highlights guide, Chris Everett for a daytime ‘pub
crawl’ around hostelries past and present. Discover Liquorpond
Road and why we should be grateful to Lady Meux.
Hauntings and hangings
Open House London 2012 Sat 27 Sun 28 Oct, 6-8pm
Sat 22 Sun 23 Sep A spine-tingling, evening stroll
through the darker side of London,
On Sat 22 and Sun 23 Sep tour the remains of the rarely-seen
with tales of churchyard murders
Billingsgate Roman house and baths between 11am and 4pm
and public executions.
or on Sat 22 Sep find out more about the Roman military fort
beneath the Museum of London between 12-4pm.
FREE
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Clerkenwell: housing for the people A Victorian Christmas
Sat 3 Nov, 11am – 1pm Sat 15 Dec, 11am – 1pm
Explore the rich history of social housing. Learn how Join us on this festive walk exploring how the Victorians have
almshouses gave way to Victorian philanthropic tenements and shaped the way we celebrate Christmas.
20th century council facilities.
The City in the Blitz
By Kind Permission of The Commissioner
St James’s: for gentlemen and ladies Sat 29 Dec, 11am – 1pm
Sat 17 Nov, 11am – 1pm See the crucial sites and
St James’s, usually associated with gentlemen, has a wealth of hear the poignant stories of
of the City of London
female links too. Hear about its famous clubs and fascinating ordinary Londoners and
personalities such as Beau Brummell and the ‘Duchess of fire-fighters on the
Jermyn Street’. We end with a treat, a visit to one of the area’s anniversary of the worst
most historic shops. night of the Blitz in London.
Millwall Docks Spitalfields
Sat 24 Nov, 11am – 1pm Sat 12 Jan, 11am – 1pm
Wander around these Victorian docks and learn how Isambard Hear stories about those who have lived in and helped to shape
Kingdom Brunel, Millwall FC and World War II all left their mark Spitalfields through the centuries.
on the Isle of Dogs.
Buried London
George Peabody: Sat 19 Jan, 11am – 1pm
East End to the City From single burials to ‘plague pits’ and mass graves, the history
Sat 1 Dec, 11am – 1pm of London is made present through the silent witness of these
Stroll through 150 years of Peabody history, bodies across the city.
from the earliest estate through to the seat
of his financial successes and his statue Bells, beer and bullets: industrial Whitechapel
next to the Royal Exchange. Sat 26 Jan, 11am – 1pm
Learn about Whitechapel’s industrial history. Hear about its
Resurrection men famous Bell Foundry, the headquarters of the Worshipful
Sat 8 Dec, 11am – 1pm Company of Gunmakers and the famous Albion Brewery.
Encounter the grisly haunts of London’s infamous body
snatchers, from the Barber-Surgeons’ Hall to St Bartholomew’s
hospital and execution sites.
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Port of London Study Group
courses Term one starts Mon 1 Oct; term two starts Mon 21 Jan,
11.30am – 1.30pm (10 weeks per term)
To find out more about our adult courses visit
Join this self-directed special interest group which meets
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/courses
on Mondays at the Museum of London Docklands to share
research ideas.
London through a lens: absolute beginners Museum of London Docklands. Book in advance † † £30
Starts Mon 17 Sep, 2.30-4.30pm (5 weeks)
Learn to use a compact digital camera from scratch, while Writing London
recording London’s rich historical past. Term one starts Wed 3 Oct; term two starts Wed 16 Jan,
Museum of London. Book in advance* £48 (concs £14) 10.30am – 1pm (20 weeks – 10 weeks per term)
In partnership with City of London Adult Skills and Community Learning Inspired by the objects, galleries and exhibitions in the
Museum, learn how to produce writing that comes alive for
your reader.
Museum of London. Book in advance** £187.50 (concs FREE)
In partnership with WEA
Medicine, the media and me
Starts Wed 17 Oct, 2-4.30pm (8 weeks)
How do the media influence our responses to medical
developments, past and present? How do we respond when it
is our body in the press?
Museum of London. Book in advance** £75 (concs FREE)
In partnership with WEA
Get started using computers and the Internet London through a lens: beginners SLR
Starts Mon 24 Sep, 6-8pm (10 weeks) Starts Mon 5 Nov, 2.30-4.30pm (5 weeks)
This practical course for beginners will provide you with the An introduction to SLR (single lens reflex) digital photography.
skills and knowledge needed to get started using computers Learn more about your SLR camera to gain confidence in
and the internet safely. capturing London’s rich history.
Museum of London. Book in advance** £75 (concs FREE)
Museum of London. Book in advance* £48 (concs £14)
In partnership with WEA
In partnership with City of London Adult Skills and Community Learning
Roman and saxon London The art of digital drawing:
© Science Museum / Science Society Picture Library
Starts Mon 24 Sep, 6.30-8.30pm (10 weeks)
an introduction to anatomy
Discover the changing role and status of Roman and Saxon
Londinium, Lundenwic and Lundenburh through historical and and life drawing
archaeological evidence. Starts Sat 10 Nov,
Museum of London. Book in advance † £325
10.30am – 4.30pm (weekend)
In partnership with Birkbeck College This beginners course explores
ways of using digital tablets to create
Body horror in 19th century literature drawn responses to the human body.
Starts Mon 1 Oct, 2.45-4.45pm (10 weeks) Museum of London. Book in advance † †
Rediscover 19th century horror classics, such as Frankenstein, £150 (students £90, concs £35)
Dracula and The Island of Doctor Moreau, and explore their
status as contemporary myths.
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In partnership with WEA
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12. Book online at www.museumoflondon.org.uk/events or call 020 7001 9844
The bare bones: basic anatomy Museum of London apps
Images © Science Museum / Science Society Picture Library
Starts Wed 16 Jan, 6.30-8.30pm (4 weeks) Take the Museum to the streets with our award-winning apps!
An introduction to the human skeleton and
the techniques used for assessing age and sex. Streetmuseum™ (iPhone/Android)
Museum of London. Download our original, multi award-winning app and
Book in advance † † £50 (concs £20) be guided to over 200 images of London from the
Museum’s extensive art and photographic collections.
The body politic: society, Explore in 2D or use the 3D augmented reality view
to compare past and present views in situ.
religion and medicine in
FREE to download from iTunes and Android Market
the 19th century
Starts Wed 16 Jan, 2-4.30pm Streetmuseum Londinium
(10 weeks) (iPhone/iPad)
Explore social and religious attitudes Presented by the Museum of London and
to medical experiments in the early HISTORY™, Streetmuseum Londinium
19th century. combines the latest map of Roman London with the present
Museum of London. day capital to reveal the hidden city beneath your feet.
Book in advance** £94 (concs FREE) Unearth exquisite artefacts; listen to the sounds of the city;
In partnership with WEA and watch scenes of Roman London overlaid on today’s
modern backdrop.
Mysteries of London: researching FREE to download from iTunes
the metropolitan past
Starts Wed 16 Jan, 2.30-4.30pm (10 weeks) Dickens: Dark London (iPhone/iPad)
Research and analyse real documents and objects from the Our serialised graphic novel app brings to life
Museum, the Guildhall Library and the London Metropolitan Dickens’s short stories through evocative
Archive in this hands-on course. illustrations by David Foldvari and narration by actor
Museum of London. Book in advance* £115 Mark Strong. Bonus material features passages from Dickens’s
In partnership with City of London Adult Skills and Community Learning most famous novels, while all five editions are brought together
on an 1862 map of London, overlaid with today’s satellite view.
Anglo-Norman London First edition FREE to download from iTunes
Starts Wed 16 Jan, 6.30-8.30pm (10 weeks) Each subsequent edition is £1.49
Using written sources, archaeological evidence and art, this
course looks at the development of London and what life was Royal Timetrip (iPhone/iPad)
like for Londoners 1000-1200 AD. This unique iPhone and iPad app, produced with
Museum of London. Book in advance † £325 Hydrogen Films, celebrates the capital’s enduring
In partnership with Birkbeck College relationship with the royal family. Watch iconic royal
events in the same locations today, create souvenir photos of
yourself as a Prince or Princess, and test your royal knowledge!
£1.49 to download from iTunes
* Book via City of London on 020 7608 2753 Soundtrack to London (Nokia smartphones)
† Book via Birkbeck on 0207 631 6316 Impress your friends with this London music trivia
** Book via WEA on 0800 328 1060 app. Search over 200 locations and 160 artists to
† † Book via our box office on 020 7001 9844 discover why London is one of the world’s greatest
To find out more about our adult courses visit cities for music.
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/courses FREE to download from the Ovi Store
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