Docklands sugar and slavery museum london uk youtube. This painting shows a view of the great fire as imagined between eight and nine oclock on the evening of tuesday, 4 september 1666, from a boat in the vicinity of tower wharf. The british trade in enslaved african people was ended in 1807, and the legal condition of slavery abolished throughout the british empire in 1833. Learn how the atlantic slave trade shaped london and the impact of ww2 on the area. Join us on facebook and share your views on current london issues. After the docks closed, the area had become derelict and povertyridden by the 1980s. Museum of london docklands free guidebook with london pass. The latest display in the london, sugar and slavery gallery at the museum of london docklands highlights the connection to slavery of some of. Museum of london docklands antislavery usable past. The greatest stories from the greatest city in nine galleries. Our free galleries explore the story of london s docks through history. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. A new book documenting londons part in the transatlantic slave.
With ancient finds, unusual objects and fascinating tours, the museum of london docklands is one of londons hidden treasures. The business of slavery read the mills plantation archive, books and letters of the london slave owning mills family including a strange correspondence with an enslaved man named pembroke. The latest display in the london, sugar and slavery gallery at the museum of london docklands highlights the connection to slavery of some of britains oldest cultural organisations. Opening times for museum of london docklands tower hamlets. And in that time millions of men, women and children from africa were treated as if they were subhuman, disposable objects, moving parts of a machine, whose sole purpose was to make even. The museum itself starts from the roman times and as you walk through the three floors, you are taken on a historical journey which takes you through the development of the docklands in a chronological narrative. As a warehouse and part of a significant port, the building was once used to store valuable shipments of sugar arriving from. The museum of london docklands traces the 2000 year history of londons river, port and people, from the arrival of the romans to the rise of canary wharf. Sailortown, an atmospheric recreation of 19th century riverside wapping. London, sugar and slavery was originally produced in 2007 as part of the. Located outside the square mile, this 200 year old sugar warehouse reveals the long history of the capital as a port through stories of trade, migration and commerce from roman settlement to the more recent development of canary wharf. London could be getting a slavery museum londonist. In keeping with its waterside location, the museum of london docklands focuses on the history of the east end with particular emphasis on the river thames and the lives that have ebbed and flowed with it. As an african american i was quite surprised to see it all displayed as it was.
Slavery, culture and collecting museum of london docklands. Sugar and slavery docklands museum outing london on vimeo. London pass holders can also receive a 10% discount in the museum of london docklands cafes. It is located over five floors within a splendid late georgian warehouse and is canary wharfs only grade 1 listed venue.
The museum of london docklands opened the london, sugar and slavery gallery in 2007, and it remains a permanent exhibition. The sugar and slavery gallery at the museum of london. The museum of london docklands is housed in an original warehouse at the west india docks, which were built in 1802 at the initiative of londons plantation owners and sugar traders. Six things you need to know about suffragette hunger strikes discover six key facts about the suffragette hunger strikes, including why they went on hunger strike, why they were force fed, and emmeline pankhursts role. The international slave trade was in force between the mid seventeenth and the late nineteenth centuries. Everyone in the diaspora should experience and discuss it among. All featuring as part of the museum tour, the galleries are the thames highway gallery, london sugar and slavery, docklands at war, trade expansion gallery, sailortown, city and river gallery. The only permanent exhibition marking londons role in the transatlantic slave trade, with a collection of artifacts, stories, art and music telling the story of the real people behind the history, debunking many myths along the way. In london the processed sugar was made into sugar loaves using molds like these.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. London, sugar and slavery a new permanent slavery exhibition has opened to the public at the museum in docklands but not without a little controversy, writes kurt barling video report. The docks were formerly part of the port of london, at one time the worlds largest port. The museum of london docklands is surrounded by buildings, streets and statues built with the profits of slavery, in many cases commemorating the owners and traders of enslaved people. The key role london played in the global slave trade is one of the citys shameful secrets. Free daily the museum is closed plan your visit for families for schools collections. Mapping the legacy of londons slave trade museum of london.
London docklands is the riverfront and former docks in london. Explore the history of london through the museum of londons sister site at the docklands and take a trip through the citys past and learn about the fascinating story of londons first port. The docklands light railway dlr trains give amazing panoramic views of the docklands area of london and do not have a driver so children can sit at the front and pretend to drive the train. Step inside a 200yearold warehouse revealing the long history of london as a port, through stories of trade, migration and commerce. The area around the museum of london docklands and even the building itself have so much to tell. Museum of london docklands slavery and remembrance. The museum of london docklands is housed in a listed warehouse on west india quay.
The museum of london docklands is a british museum that educates on londons docklands, londons maritime trade and the history of the river thames. The museum contains a mixture of permanent collections, temporary exhibitions and. Use londons journey planner to plan your route to the museum of london docklands by public transport. A history of the lost quarter reprint by fiona rule isbn. Curator danielle thom maps traces of the atlantic slave trade in the london docklands area. From roman settlement to docklands regeneration, unlock the history of londons river, port and people in this historic warehouse. The museum of london docklands houses the port and river collections of the. This was one of the best attractions in a twoweek stay in london, maybe because the primary exhibit on the history of sugar and slavery at the london docks fit my professorial interests, nevertheless, the museum and the exhibit were perfectly in scale and situated in. The building in which the museum is housed is pertinent, too. Follow us on twitter for news, views and conversation about london. The business of slavery read the mills plantation archive, books and letters of the london slaveowning mills family including a strange correspondence with an enslaved man named pembroke. Magazine article history today london, sugar and slavery. From roman settlement to the development of canary wharf, this 200 year old warehouse reveals the long history of the capital.
The museum of london docklands has six stimulating and informative galleries which can be hired together for larger events and receptions. Since 2007 the gallery has been visited by around 2 million people, including 250,000 school pupils. It is located in inner east and southeast london, in the boroughs of southwark, tower hamlets, lewisham, newham, and greenwich. It is situated at the heart of londons old docks at west india quay.
The museum of london docklands formerly known as museum in docklands is a museum on the isle of dogs in east london that tells the history of london s river thames and the growth of docklands. Museum of london docklands from roman settlement to the development of canary wharf, this 200yearold warehouse reveals the long history of the capital as. In autumn 2007, museum in docklands, one of britains few surviving buildings with a direct link to the slave trade, will open the only dedicated permanent gallery looking at the trade of sugar and enslaved africans which connects london with west africa and the caribbean. The museum of london docklands formerly known as museum in docklands is a museum on the isle of dogs in east london that tells the history of londons river thames and the growth of docklands. Browse our youtube videos of teaching resources, london history, fashion and more. The museum of london docklands has an excellent permanent exhibition london, sugar. Although it was abolished in 1838 it didnt magically stop on that date. We recommend booking museum of london docklands tours ahead of time to secure your spot. The museum of london docklands displays the port and river collection.
Museum of london docklands all you need to know before. Discover how the trade in enslaved africans and sugar shaped london. The museum of londons london, sugar and slavery gallery illustrates. The book enabled us to add more information and also to give references to the sources of som eof the information contained in the gallery text. Discover a wealth of objects in worldclass galleries, including sailortown, an atmospheric recreation of 19thcentury london. Museum of london docklands, london, united kingdom.
Discover the history of london at the museum of london, near st pauls and barbican. It is the location of the acclaimed london, sugar, and slavery gallery, the only permanent gallery to deal with londons involvement in both slavery and the slave. The museum offers outstanding settings for meetings and events. The museum is part of the museum of london jointly funded by the city of london corporation and the greater london authority the museum opened in 2003 in grade i listed early19th century georgian. See a map of how london s docklands are connected to slavery slavery, culture and collecting follows slave owner and art collector george hibbert, a prominent member of a large subsection of british society. See all 3 museum of london docklands tours on tripadvisor. Museum of london docklands london nearby hotels, shops. The museum of london docklands focuses on the history of london s port and river and the people that lived and worked in the area. An introduction to the museum of london docklands youtube. The collection tells the story of londons river, port and people from the arrival of the romans to the construction of canary wharf. London, sugar and slavery at museum of london docklands. The area around the museum of london docklands and even the building itself have so much to tell us. Slavery and sugar museum of london docklands tripadvisor.
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