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First London Museum exhibit to be held in rediscovered underground vaults

Londinium: The Making Of A Roman City will transport visitors back in time to explore the first 50 years of Roman London.

Evening Standard · Oct 5

In 1818, British prisons adopted William Cubitt's treadmill as a tool of hard labor. 208 years later, the machine is a fitness staple, but its modern medical and exercise history evolved separately from the original punishment device

The treadmill has an unsettling place in the history of exercise: its story includes Victorian prisons, forced labor, physiological research and modern cardiac medicine. In the early 19th century, engineer William Cubitt adapted an older treadwheel into a machine that required prisoners to climb continuously, sometimes generating useful power and…

The Economic Times · Aug 13

OPINION - Markets are great places for people – that’s why we’re opening a museum in one

Londoners love a market and markets have been at the centre of it all since the days of Londinium. Indeed one of the very first was in the Roman Forum, now under the Guildhall in the City of London. Markets are where we gather, gossip, eat and eavesdrop, haggle and…

Evening Standard · Jun 18

Banksy’s Piranhas artwork moved into storage ahead of London Museum display

The artwork, which shows fish on a City of London Police sentry box, was part of the street artist’s animal-themed series from 2024.

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025

Historic Smithfield shops and bars parade to return in £400m London Museum move

The “houses” form part of the new site for the London Museum which is relocating from the Barbican next year

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Peter Fleming amazed to hear stolen Wimbledon medals were recovered by mudlark

The American’s medals feature in a new exhibition at London Museum Docklands.

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

Secrets of the Thames review: Engaging and carefully curated

The Secrets of the Thames runs from April 11, 2025, to March 1, 2026

Evening Standard · Apr 13, 2025

Secrets of ancient London revealed as more than 14,000 Roman artefacts unearthed

The finds were uncovered at the site of a 3rd century Roman temple

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

Thousands of Roman artefacts found during building work given to London Museum

The finds were uncovered at the site of a 3rd century AD temple to the Roman god Mithras, in the modern-day City of London.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025

Banksy ‘piranhas’ police sentry box artwork to go on display at London Museum

The artwork first appeared as part of the street artist’s animal-themed collection in the capital

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025