Guided tours
Complement your visit to Museum of London Docklands with one of our guided tours, walks or talks. Whether you are after highlights of the Museum or a more in-depth introduction to London and the slave trade our tours will inspire your curiosity. And if you’re looking for something different you can also request special behind-the-scenes visits as well as tours focusing on alternative subjects.
Get free entry to the Museum for your group when you book a tour.
Introductory talk
Duration: 45 minutes
Price: £7.50 per person
Relax within the Museum of London Docklands’ Wilberforce Theatre while curator Tom Wareham gives you an illustrated overview of the gallery narrative and Museum history.
With Dr Tom Wareham, Curator of Community and Maritime Histories, Museum of London Docklands
Highlights tour
Duration: 1 Hour
Price: £7.50 per person
Join one of our Visitor Assistants for a highlights tour that will give you an overview of the London’s river, port and people. The tour will focus on key exhibits and displays in the Museum story.
London, Sugar & Slavery
Duration: 45 minutes
Price: £7.50 per person
An introduction to London and the slave trade
This illustrated talk within the Museum in Docklands Wilberforce Theatre explores London's largely unknown role in the transatlantic slave trade. The talk reveals how intimately London's wealth was connected with the slave plantations of the West Indies, and how the profits and produce from the sugar colonies helped create the greatest imperial port in the world. This talk can be complemented by a visit to the critically-acclaimed London, Sugar & Slavery gallery.
With Dr Tom Wareham, Curator of Community and Maritime Histories, Museum of London Docklands
Archaeological archive tour
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: £7.50 per person
See behind the scenes at the Museum of London's Mortimer Wheeler House based in Hackney, with this tour of the Museum's award winning archaeological archive. Mortimer Wheeler House has an incredible 10 km of shelves to hold the archaeological archives of London, allowing community members and researchers to try and make sense of the past. So take a visit to see where London's finds go after the excavations finish and also marvel at the Museum of London's collection of ceramics and glass.
Please note all tours, with the exception of the Introductory Talk, can accommodate a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 20. If your group size exceeds this please contact the Box Office on 020 7001 9844 to discuss how we can accommodate your group.