There are many museums in the world dedicated to the history of this or that city, but the Museum of London stands out among them. Firstly, because he is one of the world's largest urban museums. Secondly, because it is interactive and child-oriented.

History

The London Museum was created in 1964 by the merger of two large collections: Kensington the Royal Palace and Guildhall (this is the residence of the local administration of the oldest district of London - City). On what the British monarchy is capable of collecting, it's probably not necessary to explain, but the Guildhall collection is curious.

The fact is that the oldest part of London is the City, and until the 16th century it was the City, surrounded by the city wall , and was actually London. The aristocracy lived at the royal court - that is, in the Tower, and the city was inhabited by various kinds of workers: blacksmiths, bakers, seamstresses, etc., who formed professional guilds.

City City Corporation - the oldest still functioning world elected administration , once in several years selected by a general vote of the candidates nominated by the guilds. The king ruled in the country, so the opportunity to have his own local administration was a special and very serious privilege, which the monarch gave as a special favor. Now the City is still run by the Corporation and Guildhall has been her residence for more than six hundred years

Accordingly, two collections have merged in the Museum of London, then something else has been added.

Collection

The Guildhall collection is much more interesting. It consists of permanent items used by people who inhabited the City and samples of the goods they produce. It was these people who made up London, so this is the largest (and most interesting) part of the current collection.

The next stage in the collection of the museum collection was archaeological excavations. This includes most of the finds found in the City, and since this area is inhabited since prehistoric times, there are many things: primitive stone axes, Roman swords, arrows of the Age of William the Conqueror, knights' armor, bottles straight from the Middle Ages (part so far clogged), 18th century glass, Victorian machine tools, fragments of fascist bombs and much more

Here also belong things related to different cultures (from the armor of Roman legionnaires to the punk t-shirts and pants klesh, which the hippies loved) , various movements in London (suffragettes, colonial liberators, etc.), areas of history (medicine, medieval jurisprudence, etc.), and innovative mechanisms, tools, tools and much more at the time.

Basis This museum is the everyday life of ordinary people living in London, and what surrounded them daily - on the street, at work or at home.

Here you can see how the Celts looked, the personal belongings of Roman legionnaires from a shoulder bag or jewelry Anglo-Saxons, what a sword was in the ordinary city guard in 12 century and children's toys of the Tudor dynasty, what shirt the scribe was wearing during the era of Oliver Cromwell and what kind of boots they relied on for the graduate of the orphanage parish in the reign of Queen Victoria, what words were written on the clothes of punks and what really was the length of the world's first mini, created by the fashion designer Mary Kwont.

You can learn how to bake bread, sew clothes or worked metal in the 12th, 15th or 17th century, which was worn at the master, what tools he used, how much he paid the assistant and what he had as a result received . S

Private large exposition - documents and photographs. Documents - from the Middle Ages, photos - since the invention of photography. A contract for hiring a maid, registering a baby tossed to a door, buying grain for a bakery, registering a marriage, allowing to trade - everyday life included a wide variety of documents, and all of them can be seen.

For children

The museum is interactive and completely child-centered - it was created not only as a museum, but also as an educational center. There are group classes for children from 1 year and older - for all ages. In such group classes, the child will be given a Roman, knight or medieval sword (reconstruction, of course, but an exact copy of the present), to measure the powdered court wig or try to make a copy of the Celtic plate from clay. All this is free, the only problem is that there are no classes in Russian

Practical information

Getting there is easy on the metro, Barbican "and" Saint-Paul "," Saint Paul "is closer, walk about 10 minutes

Address: London EC2Y 5HN, 150 London Wall, Museum of London

Around Museum - "Barbican" and London Wall

The museum is built as a part of the famous innovative residential complex "Barbican", so after visiting the museum you can see it. Also part of the museum is the London Wall - London Wall.

London (ie the City) was surrounded by a city wall, the last remains of which were demolished in the middle of the 18th century - because the practical need for it has disappeared, its city has long outgrown, and the wall hindered the movement transport . But when after the Second World War in the ruined City they began to disassemble the rubble, it turned out that in one place in the middle of the sea of ​​ruins stands a wall that stood strong in the bombardment of an impressive thickness . To it were built buildings, they all collapsed, and the wall - no . Archaeologists check and it turned out that this is the rest of the city wall, and the oldest parts of it are still Roman .

The wall was cleaned and preserved as a tourist attraction, it is considered part of the museum. A walk along the wall - London Wall Walk - starts from the London Wall directly opposite the museum to see it, you just have to cross this street

London Museum

One of the exhibits, The London Museum

Woodcarving, Museum of London

Luxury Coach, Museum of London

The Symbol of the Museum of London