Museum of London Docklands

Stoke Newington

Find out how Stoke Newington grew from a small village on the edge of north London into a smart eighteenth-century suburb, attracting a large number of the capital's dissenting intelligentsia like Daniel Defoe, and educational pioneers like Letitia Barbauld. With its old sixteenth-century parish church, eighteenth-century parkland now a public space (Clissold Park), extraordinary non-denominational cemetery (Abney Park) and a high street with a provincial air, Stoke Newington now attracts a new fashionable set who continue this special history.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

11am-1pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

£8

Docks in wartime

Revisit the drama and devastation of the docks during wartime. Discover the impact of the Blitz and 'Black Saturday' and how the docks helped prepare for the D-day landings.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

2-2:40pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket

Dockyard dictionary

Spoken-word artist Germander Speedwell marks World Poetry Day by leading a wordy wander around the docks, spotting nautical curiosities and performing en route her factual but fun pieces about the Thames and its dockyards. From ship names and shellfish to curious cargoes and strange occupations, Germander will explain many of the interesting examples of nomenclature and terminology she has found in the Museum of Docklands and elsewhere, and point out examples and evidence along the way. Germander Speedwell collects words and terminology on overlooked or unexpected subjects, and crafts these into spoken word pieces, in combinations that are packed with plosives, littered with alliteration, ri

Suitable for

• All ages

When

11am-12pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

£5

The Sampler

Enjoy some of the most exhilarating poetry that London's contemporary poets have to offer, in an afternoon hosted by Christopher Horton. Limited open mic slots are also available so join in by registering half an hour before the event starts.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

11am-1pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

£8

Mini Mudlarks babies group

Learn, play, explore and have fun together every Monday during term-time in our Mudlarks gallery. The session is for babies aged 6 months-walking and their carers and includes stories, rhyme time and an opportunity to meet others in a relaxed setting.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:45-1:45pm

Admission

FREE

Under 5s storytime

Join us in our galleries for stories, music and fun every Thursday during term-time, then come and play in Mudlarks.
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 15:00 - 15:30
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 15:00 - 15:30
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 15:00 - 15:30
Thursday, March 25, 2010, 15:00 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket

Make a miniboat

The Thames has been a busy river for centuries, with boats arriving from all over the world. Make your own boat using a range of exciting materials. Will it float?
Minimum age: 5
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket. Tickets allocated upon arrival.

Mini Mudlarks babies group

Learn, play, explore and have fun together every Monday during term-time in our Mudlarks gallery. The session is for babies aged 6 months-walking and their carers and includes stories, rhyme time and an opportunity to meet others in a relaxed setting.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:45-1:45pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

FREE with £5 annual adult ticket - advance booking required.

Under 5s storytime

Join us in our galleries for stories, music and fun every Thursday during term-time, then come and play in Mudlarks.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

FREE

Under 5s storytime

Join us in our galleries for stories, music and fun every Thursday during term-time, then come and play in Mudlarks.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket

BSL signed storytelling

Join us for a fun story and turn your favourite character into a puppet to take home with you. This event will have BSL interpretation.
Minimum age: 5
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Musuem of London Docklands

Sailor's 1000 stories and puppet making (BSL)

Join us for a fun story and turn your favourite character into a puppet to take home with you. BSL signer.
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

FREE

Easter egg creatures

Come and make a tasty chocolate creature and find out all about chocolate in this hands-on, sweet and sticky workshop for under 5s and their carers.
Minimum age: 2
Monday, April 5, 2010, 11:00 - 11:30
Monday, April 5, 2010, 12:00 - 12:30
Monday, April 5, 2010, 14:00 - 14:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11am-2:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket. Ticketed event: tickets allocated upon arrival

Put yourself in the picture

Dress up, have your picture taken and then see yourself in one of the old photographs from our collection. Ride an elephant, arrest a suffragette or much more.
Instructions
Arrive early to be sure of your ticket. Craft activities provided while you wait for your picture to be taken.
Minimum age: 5
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket. Ticketed event: tickets allocated upon arrival

London, Sugar & Slavery

Take a guided tour of our thought-provoking gallery that delves into London's involvement in transatlantic slavery.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

1:30-2:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

FREE with £5.00 annual adult ticket

Victorian working life: tales and tunes

Join us to hear stories about children working in Victorian London. Dress up, play an instrument.
Feel free to bring your own instrument along.
Minimum age: 5
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12:30 - 13:15
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 14:30 - 15:15
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 15:30 - 16:15

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-4:15pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket.

Chocolate tasting

Would this be your dream job? Come along and join Brenda Coyle in her quest for the perfect chocolate bar. Learn the history and the contents of your favourite chocolate bar and how it makes the journey to your local corner shop.
Instructions
Health & Safety Warning: All ingredients in this workshop may contain or be made in a factory that uses: Nuts / E additives/Preservative etc. Please note: You should not attend this workshop if anyone in your group has any known food allergies.
Minimum age: 2
Friday, April 9, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Friday, April 9, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Musuem of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket. Ticketed event: tickets allocated upon arrival

Maeve Dawson, pub landlady

Meet Maeve the Victorian pub landlady in Sailortown. Drop in for a chat -you'll find Maeve has some amazing stories to tell.
Minimum age: 6
Saturday, April 10, 2010, 12:30 - 13:00
Saturday, April 10, 2010, 14:30 - 15:00
Saturday, April 10, 2010, 15:30 - 16:00

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket.

Musical jobs

Sailor, diver, dockworker or coachman: if you lived in London 150 years ago, what job would you have liked to do? Through sound, musical games, objects and instruments have fun exploring the work of some exciting London characters in this interactive musical session. Especially for children under 5 and their carers.
Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:30 - 11:00
Monday, April 12, 2010, 11:15 - 11:45
Monday, April 12, 2010, 14:00 - 14:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:30am-2:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket. Ticketed event: tickets allocated upon arrival

Put yourself in the picture

Dress up, have your picture taken and then see yourself in one of the old photographs from our collection. Ride an elephant, arrest a suffragette or much more.Craft activities provided while you wait for your picture to be taken.

Minimum age: 5
Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket. Ticketed event: tickets allocated upon arrival

Champion of the Sweeps

Join us to hear the legend of Elizabeth Montagu whose young son was allegedly kidnapped for his fine clothes. Years later, she found him working as a chimney sweep and every May Day after that held a feast for all the young chimney sweeps of London.
Minimum Age: 2
Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 12:30 - 13:00
Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 14:30 - 15:00
Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 15:30 - 16:00

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-4pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket.

All aboard!

Our ship is nearly ready to leave but we need your assistance. Help us load our ship by making something we need on board. The final model will be displayed.

Minimum age: 5
Friday, April 16, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Friday, April 16, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket

All aboard!

Our ship is nearly ready to leave but we need your assistance. Help us load our ship by making something we need on board. The final model will be displayed.

Minimum age: 5
Saturday, April 17, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Saturday, April 17, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Dcoklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket

Royal Mint to Tobacco Dock

Take a fascinating walk from the old Royal Mint buildings on Tower Hill, through the area of Cable Street and down into Tobacco Dock at Wapping. Look at the social history of an area once dominated by the river and the docks: from its famous parish church built by Nicholas Hawksmoor to the Ratcliff Murders of 1811, from seamen's missions and music halls, to memories of the infamous anti-fascist demonstrations of 1936 known as the Battle of Cable Street.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

11am-1pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Ticketed event: advance booking only
Fee payable £8.00

To have and to hold

Meet the Museum's collection care team to learn how they keep objects safe from numerous hazards including insect pests, floods and urban smog! Find out how they prevent insect damage, how they decide which materials to use for showcases, and how they undertake disaster planning to reduce the risks to collections. Discover how collection care conservators prioritise objects for salvage in case of emergency as well as the salvage techniques used by the response team.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

2-4:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

FREE with £5.00 annual adult ticket

River police

The Thames has been the scene of many crimes throughout history. Drop in to meet members of the Metropolitan Marine Policing Unit and find out more about their work and their involvement in archaeology.
This event is in association with the Police Museum of London.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

1-4:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

FREE with £5.00 annual adult ticket

Little Mudlarks toddlers group: Musical Mondays

Sing, rhyme and play together in this special monthly musical session as part of our Little Mudlarks toddlers group.
Minimum age: 1

Suitable for

• Especially for children
• All ages

When

10:15am-12pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Ticketed event: advance booking only
Fee payable £1.00

Mini Mudlarks babies group: Musical Mondays

Sing, rhyme and play together in this special monthly musical session as part of our Mini Mudlarks babies group.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:45-1:45pm

Where

Museum of London

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket.
Ticketed event: advance booking only

Under 5s storytime

Join us in our galleries for stories, music and fun every Thursday during term-time, then come and play in Mudlarks.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket.

Exploring the archive

Archivist Claire Frankland talks about the Port of London Authority Archive and offers the chance to look at some of the fascinating documents and photographs it contains.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

3-4pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

FREE with £5.00 annual adult ticket

The rope maker

Join us to discover how to make extraordinary knots. Then make your very own friendship bracelet or magical amulet to take home.
Minimum age: 2
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 12:30 - 13:30
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 14:30 - 15:30

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket. Ticketed event: tickets allocated upon arrival

Blood alley and beyond

Join historian S. I. Martin on a gallery tour and walk around West India Docks, as he reveals the stories behind their creation and the diverse communities that settled around them.
NB: This walk is unsuitable for participants with mobility issues

Suitable for

• All ages

When

3:30-5pm

Where

Museum of London Dcoklands

Admission

Ticketed event: advance booking only
Fee payable £6.50

Little Mudlarks toddlers group: Puppets and stories

Make your own puppet together and then help us to tell a story. A special creative workshop as aprt of our Little Mudlarks toddlers group.
Minimum age: 1

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15am-12pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Ticketed event: advance booking only
Fee payable £1.00

Docks in wartime

Revisit the drama and devastation of the docks during wartime. Discover the impact of the Blitz and 'Black Saturday' and how the docks helped prepare for the D-day landings.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

2-2:40pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Ticketed event: tickets allocated upon arrival
FREE with £5.00 annual adult ticket

Under 5s storytime

Join us in our galleries for stories, music and fun every Thursday during term-time, then come and play in Mudlarks.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with annual adult ticket

Sailor's 1000 stories and puppet making

Join us for a fun story and turn your favourite character into a puppet to take home with you.
Minimum age: 5

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

Free with £5 annual adult ticket

Museums at Night: London horror

Visit Museum of London Docklands after-hours for an evening of guts and gore, including a screening of 80s cult classic 'An American Werewolf in London'. From 6pm you can enjoy open galleries and a themed bar serving cocktails and traditional cinema food. Entry is free but tickets are on a first come, first served basis therefore booking is advised for the screening. The galleries and tours are open to all. Film starts at 7.30pm so please allow plenty of time to obtain your tickets and get to your seats.

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

6-9pm

Where

Museum of London Docklands

Admission

FREE, please book in advance for the film as capacity is limited.