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MUSEUM OF LONDON 150 LONDON WALL, LONDON EC2 Phone: 020 7600 3699 |
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Situated above street level on the edge of the Barbican, where Aldersgate meets London Wall, the Museum of London has a walkway across the traffic. The purpose-built museum opened in 1976 on the site of a Roman fort, at the centre of a busy roundabout.
Inside, the museum traces the growth of London through from the first hunter-gatherers of 400,000 years ago, Roman settlement in 50 AD, to the city of the present day. Reconstructed street scenes and interiors are mixed with displays of original domestic items and items found in the museum's archaeological excavations. Highlights include a Roman interior, with its original mosaic pavement, the Cheapside hoard, fine jewels dating from 1560 discovered in a box beneath a shop, and the 'Great Fire Experience', an illuminated model showing the fire which destroyed 80% of London in 1666. There is also a late Stuart interior with features from several great houses of the late-17th century and reconstructions of Newgate prison cells. The original restaurant and shop interiors from Victorian and Edwardian London include a Art Deco elevator from Selfridges. The Lord Mayor's ceremonial state coach is another exhibit. Major historical events of the 20th century are represented in such displays as votes for women, World War II, the rise of cinema and 'Swinging London'. Recent redevelopment at the museum has allowed more room for post-1945 history. New in the museum is "London before London", a look at the area before London existed, and "World City 1789-1914", showing London's growth from the French Revolution to the opening shots of the First World War. This has displays, oral history, hands on activities and the Victorian Walk of original shop fronts and interiors, as well as featuring the lives of important people such as Lord Shaftesbury, Elizabeth Fry, Queen Victoria, and Wellington. Temporary exhibitions are also held. London hotels near Museum of London with online reservations The Rookery, Peters Lane, Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DS Thistle City Barbican, 120 Central Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 8DS Citadines Apart'hotel Barbican, 7-21 Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AH Express by Holiday Inn London City, 275 Old Street, Shoreditch, London EC1V 9LN Novotel London Tower Bridge, 10, Pepys Street, London EC3N 2NU London Liverpool Street Hotels |
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