The museum of London Docklands has one of only three permanent galleries in the UK dedicated to the history of transatlantic slavery.
The Museum of London Docklands, which was first called the Museum in Docklands, is based in a warehouse built in 1802In 2003 a new museum opened in a Grade I-listed Georgian warehouse in London's docklands to explore the history of a part of the capital which at its height was the busiest port in the world.
The surrounding area of Canary Wharf has changed radically since those days and has continued to do so over the two decades since the museum opened, with new skyscrapers popping up to dramatically alter the skyline.The Port of London was once the busiest in the world with goods arriving from all over the globe"The area has changed dramatically but we still tell the story of trade, of migration, of this part of London and its development," he says.
In recent years, the museum has found visitors are increasingly keen to explore this sometimes troubled history."It's our responsibility in the coming years, in the coming months, in the coming decades, to make the audience... understand that this is your story." It is these stories about how the past affects us today the museum is planning to carry on telling as it looks towards the next 20 years.impact of London's Jewish designers on the fashion world
Until 2020 the monument stood on a plinth outside the museum's front door but was removed by Tower Hamlets Council and the Canal and River Trust in the wake of a statue of"They did a public consultation and that's what was decided, to have it removed, and then it just sat sort of in limbo for a while and there was a whole debate because no-one knew who owned it; it was really bizarre.
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