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Londoners have been awaiting the return of the former Museum of London – now rebranded as the snappier London Museum (admittedly now very difficult to Google) – since the OG site at London Wall closed its doors in December 2022. In 2026 the museum all about the Big Smoke officially returns. We are so back.
Time Out has named the London Museum as the best new thing to do in the capital in 2026. We can’t wait for its reopening not only because of its dashing new rebrand (which features a logo of a ceramic pigeon), but also because of its its shiny new home in Smithfield Market.
The new venue will boast an underground gallery space in the old Great Northern Railway depot and a big window in the market’s old salt store allowing visitors to watch trains carry passengers through Farringdon – a feature meant to connect the museum to the ‘London of today’.
The reborn London Museum has been a decade in the making and is expected to open towards the end of the year, just in time for the museum’s 50th anniversary. The museum is keeping shtum for now about the details of its opening exhibitions, but with all of London to choose from, we expect there will be some bangers.
In the meantime, check out Time Out’s guide to the London Museum in Docklands here.
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