Museum of London
150 London Wall, City,  EC2Y 5HN
Telephone: 020 7001 9844
info@museumoflondon.org.uk Email info@museumoflondon.org.uk
 
Location Map of Museum of London
 
NOTE: THE LOWER GALLERIES - WHICH EXPLORE LONDON'S HISTORY FROM 1666 ONWARDS - ARE CLOSED UNTIL 2010. SIGNIFICANT WORKS ARE TAKING PLACE WHICH MAY DISRUPT YOUR VISIT.

Experience the real flavour of London life from the prehistoric to present day at Museum of London, a modern museum boasting over 1.1 million objects – many rescued from archaeological digs or discovered during building works in the City. The museum has a permanent display on the Great Fire of 1666 as well as the 'London before London' exhibition and collections from Roman times up until the 17th century. A chain of chronological galleries guide visitors through the history of this ancient city; you can explore the story from 450,000BC to the founding of Londinium in AD50 and see the old bones of a skeleton aged between 5640 and 5100 years old. Among the 47,000 objects from Roman London are some stunning marble sculptures from the Temple of Mithras which show how this great empire paved the way for the city as we know it. Don't miss fragments of the old London Wall located just outside the museum.
 
Visiting Museum of London
 
 
Opening Times
Daily 10am-6pm | Last admission 5.30pm
 
Ticket Prices
Free
 
Travel
 
Underground Stations
Barbican Tube (4 minutes)
St. Paul's Tube (5 minutes)
Railway Stations
Moorgate Railway Station (8 minutes)
Farringdon Rail (9 minutes)
 
 
 
Car Parking
 
Smithfield Central Market NCP (4 minutes)
Barbican Centre 22 Legion (4 minutes)
 
 
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20 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Barbican - Curve Gallery
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4 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Silk Street, The City,  London,  EC2Y
4 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Citadines Barbican
7-21 Goswell Road, London,  EC1M
6 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Club Quarters St Pauls
24 Ludgate Hill, London,  EC4M7DR
8 minutes distance from Museum of London
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4 minutes distance from Museum of London
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St Paul's Christmas Carols & Services 2009
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7 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Ted Baker & Friends
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5 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Barbican Chimes Music Shop
Cromwell Tower,  Silk Street, The City,  London,  EC2Y
6 minutes distance from Museum of London
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57 West Smithfield, The City,  London,  EC1A
4 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Carluccio's
12 West Smithfield, The City,  London,  EC1A
6 minutes distance from Museum of London
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City Journalism
106 Bunhill Row, The City,  London,  EC1Y
12 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Career Energy
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14 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Postman's Park
King Edward Street, The City,  London,  EC4M
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Urban Golf
12 Smithfield Street, The City,  London,  EC1A
6 minutes distance from Museum of London
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The Old Red Cow
71 Long Lane, Clerkenwell,  London,  EC1A
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Ye Old Mitre Tavern
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Fabric
77a Charterhouse Street, Clerkenwell,  London,  EC1M
9 minutes distance from Museum of London
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Museum of London
150 London Wall, The City,  London,  EC2Y
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Shaftesbury Place,  Barbican, The City,  London,  EC2Y
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