{"id":15274,"date":"2014-09-01T10:30:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15274"},"modified":"2014-09-02T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T14:32:11","slug":"exploring-london-and-the-river-thames-at-the-museum-of-london-docklands-at-west-india-quay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/exploring-london-and-the-river-thames-at-the-museum-of-london-docklands-at-west-india-quay\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring London and the River Thames at the Museum of London Docklands at West India Quay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-01.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Located in West India Quay &#8211; right next to Canary Wharf &#8211; is the fabulous Museum of London Docklands, a free exhibition space dedicated to the history of the River Thames and Docklands.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-02.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based\u00a0around the\u00a0museum and archives of the Port of London Authority, the museum opened in 2003 in a group of grade I listed early 19th century Georgian &#8220;low&#8221; sugar warehouses built in 1802.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-03.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Covering the period from\u00a0the first port of London in Roman times to the closure of the central London docks in the 1970s and the massive redevelopment in recent times, the museum offers\u00a012 galleries and a children&#8217;s gallery, located actross three floors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-04.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ground floor cafe space.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-05.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The displays are arranged in chronological order, with the exhibition starting from the top floor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-06.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A wonderfully detailed model of the old London bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-07.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-08.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parts of the old docklands have been recreated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-09.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The particularly grim gibbet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-10.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition doesn&#8217;t shy away from handling sensitive topics. The slavery display was very powerful.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-11.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-12.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-13.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-14.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-15.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Painting of Brixton Market from 1988.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-16.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-17.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The museum was pleasingly\u00a0quiet when I visited on a Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-18.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thames Frost Fair engraving.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-19.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cardboard mock up of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-walk-through-the-thames-tunnel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rotherhithe and Wapping tunnel<\/a>, built between 1825 and 1843 by Marc Brunel and his son, the legendary Great Western railway engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.<\/p>\n<p>Hailed in its day as the eighth wonder of the world, it was the first tunnel in the world to be constructed under a navigable river and is now regarded as one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-20.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-21.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the atmospheric Sailortown.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-23.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the Three Mariners pub.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-24.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-25.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-26.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-27.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-28.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-29.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-30.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A warning about &#8216;improper characters.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-31.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-32.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-33.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-34.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-35.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-36.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WW2 shelter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-37.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wartime food from the USA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-38.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the section\u00a0retelling the community resistance to the redevelopment of the Isle of Dogs, and the subsequent fight for jobs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-39.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-40.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Display about the notorious <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wapping_dispute\" target=\"_blank\">Wapping Dispute<\/a> of 1984-5.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-41.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-42.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-43.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-44.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On until the 2nd November 2014 is the Bridge exhibition, which features rarely seen contemporary and historical artworks, plus photos and film clips highlighting the importance of bridges within London\u2019s landscape.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/museum-of-london-docklands-45.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London E14\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Museum of London Docklands [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumoflondon.org.uk\/docklands\/visiting-us\/map-museum-london\/\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a>]<br \/>\nNo.1 Warehouse<br \/>\nWest India Quay<br \/>\nLondon E14 4AL<\/p>\n<p>FREE ENTRY<\/p>\n<p>Mon-Sun: 10am \u2013 6pm<br \/>\nClosed 24-26 Dec<br \/>\nGalleries begin to close at 5.40pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumoflondon.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.museumoflondon.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in West India Quay &#8211; right next to Canary Wharf &#8211; is the fabulous Museum of London Docklands, a free exhibition space dedicated to the history of the River &hellip; 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