The London Museum, established to illustrate the history of London was inaugurated on 21 March 1912 by King George V with Queen Mary and Princes Mary and Prince George in temporary accommodation at Kensington Palace. Among the collections were drawings and models - and a range of objects which fascinated the public, such as the ‘Washing bowl from the Condemned Cell, Newgate Prison’.
Guildhall was founded by the Corporation of London in 1826 and administered by the Corporations Librarian.
In 1975 the London Museum was amalgamated with the City of London’s Guildhall Museum to form the Museum of London, which opened to the public in a new building in the Coty of London in 1976.
The Museum of London, located in the Barbican, offers a superb series of displays on the capital’s social, economic and political life from the earliest days of settlement to present times.
As part of the Barbican Estate, the Museum of London has become one of the largest urban history museums in the world, and holding the biggest archeological archive in Europe.
The Museum of London includes the London Archeological Archive and Research Center and until 2011 the commercial field unit, Museum of London Archeology, created in 1991, joining the Museum of London department Urban Archeology.
Museum of London
