Museum of London Docklands
A museum inside a genuine early-19th-century Georgian sugar warehouse at West India Quay, covering London's history as a port city, including its role in the transatlantic slave trade.
- Museum
- Price: Free
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Did you know
It holds the London, Sugar & Slavery gallery, the only permanent UK museum gallery dealing directly with London's role in slavery and the slave trade. The building itself, a real 1802 sugar warehouse, was part of the trade it now documents.
Local tip
The warehouse setting means low ceilings and original timber beams throughout. It's a genuinely different feel from a purpose-built museum, so allow time to also look at the building itself, not just the exhibits inside it.
Finding it
- Address
- London Museum Docklands, Hertsmere Road, Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, E14 4AL
- Nearest station
- West India Quay DLR Station, 186 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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