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Museum of London

 
Description: The Museum of London documents the history of London from the Palaeolithic to the present day. The museum is located in a 1970s building close to the Barbican Centre, approximately 10 minutes' walk north of St Paul's Cathedral and admission is free. It is ... more
Museum of London ... based on a modern idea of what a museum should be, and there are a lot of visual and audiovisual elements, many of them suitable for young people. It is operated by the Corporation of London and Department for Culture, Media and Sport and was opened in the 1970s, utilising collections previously held by the Corporation at the Guildhall and also items from other collections. Its first director was Max Hebditch who was succeeded in 1997 by Simon Thurley, now the Chief Executive of English Heritage. The current director is Professor Jack Lohman.

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