Museum of London Docklands

Babies and Carers Group

Learn, play and explore together every Monday during term-time in our Mudlarks gallery. The session is for babies aged 6-18 months and their carers and includes soft play, rhyme time and an opportunity to meet others in a relaxed setting.
Repeated
Monday, July 13, 2009, 13:00 - 13:45
Monday, July 20, 2009, 13:00 - 13:45

Suitable for

• Family friendly

When

1-1:45pm

Admission

Museum annual adult £5.00 ticket needed. Kids go free. Call 020 7001 9844 for more information

Toddlers and Carers: Messy Mondays

Come and use your senses to explore a variety of art materials. Special monthly creative session as part of our Toddlers and Carers group. For those aged 12 months to 5 years and their carers.
Ticketed event
Fee payable £0.50

Suitable for

• Family friendly

When

10:15am-12pm

Admission

Ticketed event
Fee payable £0.50
Museum annual adult £5.00 ticket needed. Kids go free. Call 020 7001 9844 for more information

Pirate Leghorn

Prepare to come aboard and hear the adventures of Alice Leghorn, female pirate, as she talks about the truth - or is it fable? - of life as a pirate on the high seas. Hear about Jack Rackham, Blackbeard and Mary Read, amongst others, and the most blood thirsty of them all...Sir Francis Drake...?
repeated
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 14:30 - 15:00
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 14:30 - 15:00
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 15:30 - 16:00
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 15:30 - 16:00
Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:30 - 13:00
Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:30 - 13:00
Monday, July 27, 2009, 14:30 - 15:00
Monday, July 27, 2009, 14:30 - 15:00
Monday, July 27, 2009, 15:30 - 16:00
Monday, July 27, 2009, 15:30 - 16:00

Suitable for

• Family friendly

When

12:30-1pm

Admission

Museum annual adult £5.00 ticket needed. Kids go free. Call 020 7001 9844 for more information

Toddlers and Carers Group

Learn, play and explore together every Monday during term-time in our Mudlarks gallery. The session is for children aged 1-5 years and their carers and involves soft play, rhyme time, play materials and refreshments.
Ticketed event
Fee payable £0.50

Suitable for

• Family friendly

When

10:15am-12pm

Admission

Ticketed event
Fee payable £0.50
Museum annual adult £5.00 ticket needed. Kids go free. Call 020 7001 9844 for more information

Exploring the archive

Archivist Claire Frankland talks about the Port of London Authority Archive and gives you the chance to look at some of the fascinating documents and photographs it contains.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
No fee
Dates & times
Saturday 1 August: 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

3-4pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required.

Coracle making

Meet Damian Goodburn, an expert in ancient wood-working techniques, and learn how coracles (small boats made of animal skin) and wooden paddles were made.
Duration: 2 hour(s) .
Saturday 1 August: 11.0am and 2.0pm
Sunday 2 August: 11.0am and 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11am-2pm

Admission

NO Fee

Mini boat making

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?
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Saturday 1 August: 11.15am & 1.15pm & 3.15pm
Sunday 2 August: 11.15am & 1.15pm & 3.15pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11:15am-12:15pm

Admission

No Fee

Roman lamps

Make your own Roman lamp and decorate it with a nautical design.
Duration: 3 hour(s) .
Saturday 1 August: 1.30pm
Sunday 2 August: 1.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

1:30-2:30pm

Admission

No Fee

River police

The Thames has been the scene of many crimes through history. Meet members of the Metropolitan Marine Policing Unit and find out more about their work and their involvement in archaeology.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Saturday 1 August: 11.0am and 1.0pm
Sunday 2 August: 11.0am and 1.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11am-2pm

Admission

No Fee

Tales of old London Bridge

Enjoy an action packed tale and recreate the sights, sounds and movement of the crowded thoroughfare of old London bridge.
Duration: 45 mins.
Saturday 1 August: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm
Sunday 2 August: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30pm-3:30am

Admission

No fee

All creatures great and small

The Thames has been a source of London's food for thousands of years, supplying fish, shellfish and the occasional whale. It has also been a route for unwelcome guests, such as the black and brown rat. The bones of many species are often found on archaeological digs. Find out some fantastic fishy and furry facts from animal bone specialists.
Duration: 2 hour(s) 30 mins.
Saturday 1 August: 11.0am
Sunday 2 August: 11.0am

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11am-2:30pm

Admission

No fee

A walk through Rotherhithe

Blue Badge guide and Dockland expert Nick Tallentire leads a fascinating tour. The village of Rotherhithe was originally home to fishing boats, then the ship building industry and finally the mighty Surrey Docks. This walk looks at the reminders of all three phases of the settlement's history.
Duration: 2 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Sunday 2 August: 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2:30-4:30pm

Admission

£8.00
Ring 020 7001 9844

Discover the archaeology of the Thames

Join the members of the Thames Discovery Programme and learn about their work to record the fragile archaeology of London's river.
Duration: 5 hour(s) 30 mins.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11am-4:30pm

Admission

No Fee

Hands-on Thames finds

Try sorting and identifying objects found on the foreshore in this activity run by the Thames Discovery Programme.
Duration: 45 mins.
11.30am & 1.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11:30am-12:15pm

Admission

No Fee

Let's go on a journey

Have a look at some of our paintings then make your own boat and sail away. Where will you go?
Duration: 30 mins.
Sunday 2 August: 11.0am & 12.0pm & 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11am-2pm

Admission

No Fee

Old Limehouse to Chinatown

Take a summer evening walk tour from old Limehouse to Chinatown with long term local resident Brian Grover.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 30 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Wednesday 5 August: 6.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

6-7:30pm

Admission

Fee: £8 ring 020 7001 9844 to book

Sailor's 1000 stories

Join us for a fun story and turn your favourite character into a puppet to take home with you.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-2:30pm

Admission

No fee

Discover North Greenwich

Join Matthew Martin for a new tour of North Greenwich exploring its fascinating history and recent regeneration. The walk will cover the industrial history of the peninsula itself, sweeping views down Blackwall Reach and Bugsby's Reach, the shipping routes into London, the Blackwall Tunnel underneath, prospects of the Isle of Dogs, the old East India Docks site and Trinity Buoy Wharf - plus of course the Dome itself and the surrounding regeneration project bringing nature back into this previously contaminated stretch of the Thames.
Duration: 2 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Sunday 9 August: 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2-4pm

Admission

Fee: £8 call 020 7001 9844 to book

Finds washing

Come and help our archaeologist to wash away the mud and discover some objects collected from an archaeological dig.
Duration: 30 mins.
12.30pm & 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30pm-2am

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee

Old Limehouse to the river

Take a summer afternoon walking tour from old Limehouse to the river with long term local resident Brian Grover.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 30 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Sunday 16 August: 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

Admission

Fee: £8 ring 020 7001 9844 to book

Walk the Olympic Way

Take a preview of the progress on the Olympic site with Museum guide Dave Matthews, and look at the old Pumping House at Stratford.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £6.5
Dates & times
Wednesday 19 August: 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2:30-3:30pm

Admission

Fee: £6.5 call 020 7001 9844 to book

Summer storytime: The secret of London Bridge

Let's travel to London Bridge with a pedlar! Touch and see the objects that he sold and join in with his interactive storytelling adventure, based on a real legend about a man called John Chapman and the treasure that he found.
Duration: 30 mins.
12.0pm & 1.30pm & 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12-2pm

Admission

No fee

Digger

Meet an archaeologist called Digger in this fun storytelling session and find out why digging for treasure can be fun.
Duration: 30 mins.
12.30pm & 2.0pm & 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30pm-3am

Admission

No fee

Remembering African Ancestors

A memorial event with the equiano Society hosted by Arthur Torrington.
Duration: 5 hour(s) 30 mins.
No fee
In partnership with Equiano Society
Dates & times
Sunday 23 August: 12.0am

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

12-6pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

Summer storytime: Treasure in the mud

Join Alfie the mudlark in this tale of adventure set in Victorian London. What treasure will he find on the shores of the Thames? An interactive storytelling session for children under 5 and their carers.
Duration: 30 mins.
12.0pm & 1.30pm & 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12-3pm

Admission

No Fee

The Sampler

What better way to spend a late Saturday afternoon than listening to the scintillating verse of three of the most gifted contemporary poets living in the UK today?
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
No fee
Dates & times
Saturday 29 August: 4.30pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

4:30-5:30pm

Admission

Free

Roman object handling

Touch and learn about some real Roman objects with one of the museum's archaeologists.
Duration: 30 mins.
12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-3:30pm

Admission

No Fee

A walk through Silvertown

Explore the little known area of Silvertown with Blue Badge guide and Docklands expert Nick Tallentire. Silvertown a largely twentieth century settlement built to serve Thameside industries of which many interesting reminders can be seen on this walk.
Duration: 2 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Sunday 30 August: 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2:30-4:30pm

Admission

Fee: £8 to book call 020 7001 9844

Childsong

'Childsong' is a short film about the African Academy in Clapham, a school started in 1790 by Zachary Macaulay, a prominet campaigner for the abolition of slavery. It was set up to educate young men from Sierra Leone in Africa, a country formed from land bought by the Clapham Sect, the group of campaigners to which Macaulay belonged. To make the film, Ruth Dupre, artist and film maker, and Hazel Holder, actor and singer, worked with children from Macaulay school in Clapham, which has a strong ethnic mix and reputation for racial harmony, yet is situated in one of the toughest boroughs in london. Most of the local children have had no introducton to the cinema, and no understanding of filmmak

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

2:30-3:30pm

Admission

No fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

Poplar

Take a summer evening walking tour of Poplar with long term resident Brian Grover.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 30 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Wednesday 2 September: 6.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

6-7:30pm

Admission

Fee: £8 To book call 020 7001 9844

The docks in wartime

Revisit the drama and devastation of the docks during war time in this gallery tour.
Duration: 40 mins.
Tickets on application
No fee
Dates & times
Thursday 3 September: 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2-2:40pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

The story of Great Eastern

Discover the chequered history of the SS Great Eastern on the 150th anniversary of her launch. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel she was at the time of her launch the largest ship ever built.
Duration: 40 mins.
No fee
Dates & times
Saturday 5 September: 12.30pm & 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

12:30-1:10pm

Admission

Annual adult ticket required

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! (BSL interpreted event)
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Saturday 5 September: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Admission

No fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

Mini Mudlarks babies group

Learn, play and explore 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.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
No fee
Monday 7 September: 12.45pm
Monday 14 September: 12.45pm
Monday 28 September: 12.45pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:45-1:45pm

Admission

No fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

Little Mudlarks toddlers group: Messy Mondays

Come and use your senses to explore a variety of art materials. A special monthly creative session as part of our Little Mudlarks toddlers group.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15-11:30am

Admission

£0.75 but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry too

Discover North Greenwich

Join Matthew Martin for a new tour of North Greenwich exploring its fascinating history and recent regeneration. The walk will cover the industrial history of the peninsula itself, sweeping views down Blackwall Reach and Bugsby's Reach, the shipping routes into London, the Blackwall Tunnel underneath, prospects of the Isle of Dogs, the old East India Docks site and Trinity Buoy Wharf - plus of course the Dome itself and the surrounding regeneration project bringing nature back into this previously contaminated stretch of the Thames.
Duration: 2 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Wednesday 9 September: 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2-4pm

Admission

Fee: £8 To book call 020 7001 9844

Under 5s storytime

Join us in our galleries for stories, music and fun every Thursday during term-time, then come and play in Mudlarks.
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Thursday 10 September: 3.0pm
Thursday 17 September: 3.0pm
Thursday 24 September: 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Admission

No fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

Tudor object handling

Touch and learn about some Tudor objects from the London Archaeological Archive.
Duration: 30 mins.
Saturday 12 September: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1pm

Admission

No fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

New Poplar

Take a summer evening walking tour of new Poplar looking at developments before and after World War 2, with long term local resident Brian Grover.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 30 mins.
Tickets on application
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Sunday 13 September: 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2-3:30pm

Admission

Fee: £8 to book call 020 7001 9844

Little Mudlarks toddlers group

Learn, play and explore together every Monday during term-time in our Mudlarks gallery. This session is for children who are walking-5 years and their carers and involves soft play, rhyme time, play materials and refreshments.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Admission

£0.75 £5.00 plus annual adult ticket needed for entry

Little Mudlarks toddlers group

Learn, play and explore together every Monday during term-time in our Mudlarks gallery. This session is for children who are walking-5 years and their carers and involves soft play, rhyme time, play materials and refreshments.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15-11:30am

Admission

£0.75 plus £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

Walk the Olympic Way

Take a preview of the progress on the Olympic site with Museum guide Dave Matthews, and look at the old Pumping House at Stratford.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £6.5
Dates & times
Thursday 17 September: 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2:30-3:30pm

Admission

Fee: £6.5 to book call 020 7001 9844

Open House London 2009

Our No.1 Warehouse tour brings to life this architecturally magnificent, grade 1 listed building. Picture the building in its heyday, brimming with goods from the West and East Indies.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 15 mins.
Advanced booking required.
No fee
Dates & times
Saturday 19 September: 1.30pm & 3.15pm
Sunday 20 September: 1.30pm & 3.15pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

1:30-3pm

Admission

£5 Annual adult ticket required

Summer storytime: The secret of London Bridge

Let's travel to London Bridge with a pedlar! Touch and see the objects that he sold and join in with his interactive storytelling adventure, based on a real legend about a man called John Chapman and the treasure that he found.
Duration: 30 mins.
Thursday 20 August: 12.0pm & 1.30pm & 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12-12:30pm

Admission

No fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

Eid decoration

Create beautiful festive decorations for Eid with artists Mohammed Fakkruzzaman.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Tickets on application
Sunday 20 September: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Admission

No fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry
Ticketed event, ring for more

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.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15-11:30am

Admission

£0.75 plus £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

Silvertown

In her book Silvertown, award-winning author Melanie McGrath wrote a vivid and poignant memoir of the east End. McGrath spent years wondering about herEast End roots. At the turn of the twenty-first century the places where her grandparents lived out their lives Poplar, East ham and Silvetown - are virtually unrecognisable; her granparents, Jenny and Len Page, long since dead and already half forgotten. Silvertown teems with stories of life in the docks and pubs and dog tracks of the old East End where Melanie McGrath's granparents scraped a living. here are the bustling alleys and lanes of poplar in 1914, where eleven year old Jenny watches the men to go off to fight; the Moses sweatshop on

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

1:10-2pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

A walk through Limehouse

Explore historic Limehouse with blue Badge guide and Docklands expert Nick Tallentire. Limehouse was a sailor town, the haunt of Charles Dickens, and the first 'chinatown' in London. The walk looks at the built environment and fascinating history of this riverside settlement.
Duration: 2 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £8
Dates & times
Sunday 27 September: 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2:30-4:30pm

Admission

Fee: £8 to book call 020 7001 9844

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 part of our Little Mudlarks toddlers group.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15-11:30am

Admission

Fee: £0.75 plus £5.00 annual adult ticket needed for entry

East Words @Late

East Words Five of the best London poets come to DOcklands...Plus Open Mic Hosted by Christopher Horton and Richard Tyrone Jones East Words takes place at the Museum of Docklands on 6th October from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Featuring some of the most exhilarating poetry and spoken word talent this side of Tower Bridge - you'd be crazy to miss it! Please turn up half an hour early to sign up for the ope mic. There will only be a limited number of slots.
Duration: 2 hour(s) .
No fee
Dates & times
Thursday 1 October: 6.30pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

6:30-8:30pm

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.
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Thursday 1 October: 3.0pm
Thursday 8 October: 3.0pm
Thursday 15 October: 3.0pm
Thursday 22 October: 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Admission

No fee
But £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

Nanny of the Maroons

Discover the amazing story of Nanny of the Maroons. Nanny is said to have been a fierce military leader in 1740s Jamaica. She is known for her resistance, for outwitting the British Army and for leading many Africans to freedom. (BSL interpreted event)
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Saturday 3 October: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm
Wednesday 28 October: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1pm

Admission

No Fee
But £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

Mini Mudlarks babies group

Learn, play and explore 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.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
No fee
Monday 5 October: 12.45pm
Monday 12 October: 12.45pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:45-1:45pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
No fee
But £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

Little Mudlarks toddlers group: Messy Mondays

Come and use your senses to explore a variety of art materials. A special monthly creative session as part of our Little Mudlarks toddlers group.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15am-12pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75
With £5.00 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! (BSL interpreted event)
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
No fee
Saturday 7 November: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Admission

No fee
Nut £5.00 annual adult ticket required.

The docks in wartime

Revisit the drama and devastation of the docks during war time in this gallery tour.
Duration: 40 mins.
Tickets on application
No fee
Dates & times
Friday 9 October: 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2-2:40pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

Running 1000 miles to freedom

Discover the inspiring story of Ellen Craft, the talk of Victorian London, and find out how she overcame many dangers to become a celebrated campaigner against the slave trade.
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Saturday 10 October: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm
Monday 26 October: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1pm

Admission

No Fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

Little Mudlarks toddlers group

Learn, play and explore together every Monday during term-time in our Mudlarks gallery. This session is for children who are walking-5 years and their carers and involves soft play, rhyme time, play materials and refreshments.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15am-12pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75
With £5.00 annual adult ticket

Hopping

Melanie McGrath in her new book Hopping, focuses on a generation of 'hoppers' in the first half of the 20th century, piecing together bits of biography to create a vibrant social history. For centuries families from London's East End made their way down to Kent for the hop-picking season. Known as the 'Londoners Holiday', it was in most cases, the only time the families left the city, and although the work was back-breaking, the fresh air and countryside made the trip a welcome respite from the poverty of their lives.
Duration: 50 mins.
No fee
Dates & times
Thursday 15 October: 1.10pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

1:10-2pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

Diwali decorations

Create some beautiful festive decorations for Diwali.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Tickets on application
No fee
Saturday 17 October: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee
PLus £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.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15am-12pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75
But £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

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.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
No fee

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:45-1:45pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
No fee
But £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

Object handling and drawing

Touch and learn about some decorative objects from the London Archaeological Archive and draw your favourite.
Duration: 60 mins.
Tickets on application
No fee
Saturday 21 November: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee
But £5.00 adult annual ticket needed

The price of sweetness

200 years ago Londoners, campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade, used sugar bowls to tell people about the evils of the slave trade. Join us for an interactive workshop of poetry and rap with BREIS (breeze), a rap artist from Student of Life Ltd, and decide what your sugar bowl should say.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Tickets on application
No fee
Saturday 24 October: 12.30pm & 2.30pm
Tuesday 27 October: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee
Plus £5.00 annual adult ticket

The Big Draw at Docklands

Celebrate The Big Draw at Museum of London Docklands with drawing and making activities and special workshops throughout the day.
Duration: 5 hour(s) 30 mins.
No fee
Sunday 25 October: 10.30am
Monday 26 October: 10.30am

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:30am-4pm

Admission

No fee
But £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

The Big Draw at Docklands: A day in the life of sailor town

Come and help us create a gigantic smelly model of a Victorian sailor town, to be exhibited in our Museum as part of the Big Draw at Docklands. This is a creative workshop for families. Suitable for children aged 2+.
Duration: 45 mins.
Tickets on application
No fee
Sunday 25 October: 11.0am & 12.30pm & 2.0pm
Monday 26 October: 11.0am & 12.30pm & 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11-11:45am

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee
But 35.00 annual adult ticket needed

The Big Draw at Docklands: Sailor's 1000 stories

Join us for a fun story and turn your favourite character into a puppet to take home with you!
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Tickets on application
No fee
Sunday 25 October: 12.0pm & 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12-1pm

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee
But £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

Caribbean Anansi stories

Enjoy some fun Caribbean songs and Anansie stories with storyteller and musician Alex D Great.
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Friday 30 October: 12.30pm & 1.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1pm

Admission

No fee
Bu £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

Drum making

Join a member of our Host team and learn about some different types of drums. Then have fun making your own drum from recycled materials.
Duration: 45 mins.
Tickets on application
No fee
Saturday 31 October: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:15pm

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee
But £5.00 annual adult ticket needed

Mini Mudlarks babies group

Learn, play and explore 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.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
No fee
Monday 2 November: 12.45pm
Monday 9 November: 12.45pm
Monday 23 November: 12.45pm
Monday 30 November: 12.45pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:45-1:45pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
No fee
But 35.00 annual adult ticket required

Little Mudlarks toddlers group: Messy Mondays

Come and use your senses to explore a variety of art materials. A special monthly creative session as part of our Little Mudlarks toddlers group.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15am-12pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75
Plus £5.00 annual arult ticket 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.
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Thursday 5 November: 3.0pm
Thursday 12 November: 3.0pm
Thursday 19 November: 3.0pm
Thursday 26 November: 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Admission

No fee
£5.00 annual adult ticket required

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 part of our Little Mudlarks toddlers group.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15am-12pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75
Plues £5.00 annual adult ticket required

The docks in wartime

Revisit the drama and devastation of the docks during war time in this gallery tour.
Duration: 40 mins.
Tickets on application
No fee
Dates & times
Wednesday 11 November: 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

2-2:40pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

Remembrance day

A remembrance service for local men and women, led by the Docklands chaplain and accompanied by the FSA choir, followed by refreshments and an opportunity for reminescence and discussion.
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Dates & times
Wednesday 11 November: 11.0am

Suitable for

• Family friendly

When

11-11:30am

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket reqiured

Words of the Golden Lotus

Join Shanti, the lost daughter of an old merchant, on her perilous journey of trials and adventures to save her family and discover her new heritage. A tale inspired by traditional Bengali folktales, Words of the Golden Lotus is astory told in poetic verses in English with elements of Bengali song, rhyme and rhythm.
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Saturday 14 November: 12.30pm & 2.30pm & 3.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1pm

Admission

No Fee but £5.00 annual adult ticket required

Racism on the Victorian Stage

Author and academic Hazel Waters explores the racial stereotypes in popular cutlure in nineteenth century Britain.
Duration: 50 mins.
No fee
Dates & times
Thursday 19 November: 1.10pm

Suitable for

• Not suitable for children

When

1:10-2pm

Admission

35 annaul adult ticket required

Little Mudlarks toddlers group

Learn, play and explore together every Monday during term-time in our Mudlarks gallery. This session is for children who are walking-5 years and their carers and involves soft play, rhyme time, play materials and refreshments.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75
Monday 23 November: 10.15am
Monday 30 November: 10.15am

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15am-12pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75
Plus £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.
Duration: 30 mins.
No fee
Thursday 3 December: 3.0pm
Thursday 10 December: 3.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

3-3:30pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

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! (BSL interpreted event)
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
No fee
Saturday 5 December: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

Little Mudlarks toddlers group: Messy Mondays

Come and use your senses to explore a variety of art materials. A special monthly creative session as part of our Little Mudlarks toddlers group.
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 mins.
Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

10:15-11:15am

Admission

Advanced booking required.
Fee: £0.75
£5 annual adult ticket required

Mini Mudlarks babies group

Learn, play and explore 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.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Advanced booking required.
No fee

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:45-1:45pm

Admission

Advanced booking required.
No fee
£5 annual adult ticket required

Oh Christmas tree!

Discover spices and flavours from across the seas that are associated with Christmas and use some to make your own Victorian style decorations.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Tickets on application
No fee
Saturday 12 December: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee
£5 annual adult ticket required

Father Christmas comes to Docklands

Father Christmas will be visiting the Museum today. Drop by for a chat and tell him about your Christmas hopes and dreams.
Duration: 45 mins.
No fee
Saturday 19 December: 11.0am & 1.0pm & 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11-11:45am

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

Victorian trinkets

Come and make your own Victorian trinket to decorate your home. A fun, creative session for children aged 2-5 years and their carers.
Duration: 30 mins.
Tickets on application
No fee
Monday 28 December: 11.0am & 12.0pm & 2.0pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

11-11:30am

Admission

£5 annual adult ticket required

Christmas pomanders

Recreate the spicy smells of the dock warehouses as you make a pomander. Using spices and fruit once brought from overseas into these docks, your pomander could be a Christmas decoration, something to scent your wardrobe or take home as a gift.
Duration: 1 hour(s) .
Tickets on application
No fee
Monday 28 December: 12.30pm & 2.30pm
Wednesday 30 December: 12.30pm & 2.30pm

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12:30-1:30pm

Admission

Tickets on application
No fee
£5 annual adult ticket required