(Above) The Museum of London Docklands will be free to get in to for the first time
Since opening at West India Quay in 2003, the excellent Museum of London Docklands has taxed visitors £5 to peruse the myriad of shadowy displays which form their nautically-inspired history of the capital.
Set in a 208-year-old warehouse housing whale bones, bloodied robes, Roman artefacts and modern perspectives of the city, the Museum has now dropped the fee, making it a free-for-all in line with its sister site, the Museum of London at the Barbican.
"We hope that free entry will encourage local workers to pop in at lunchtime, families to visit and return time and time again and tourists to explore this fascinating part of the city," says Head of Communications Antony Robbins.
"This is a great Museum and a unique opportunity to explore Docklands history."
The pocket-pleasing decision was made at a summit of the Board of Governors, who are hoping it will attract unprecedented visitor numbers to summer show Here Come the Girl Guides: 100 Years of Guiding in London.
Exhibition opens June 26 2010.
Check out our report from the War, Plague and Fire show at the Museum and see curator Meriel Jeater's Curator’s Choice for Culture24.
