6-631: The London Museum may refer to: London Museum (1912–1976) , a museum in London that merged with another in 1976 to form the Museum of London London Museum, the new name selected for the Museum of London in preparation for its reopening at a new Smithfield site in 2026 See also [ edit ] List of museums in London Topics referred to by
12-573: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages London Museum (1912%E2%80%931976) The London Museum , established in 1912, was a museum illustrating the history of London, England. It was one of two precursors to the Museum of London , which opened in 1976 and was renamed the London Museum in 2024. It was inaugurated on 21 March 1912 by King George V with Queen Mary , Princess Mary and Prince George in temporary accommodation within
18-565: The Ministry of Works as a conference centre and base for the new European Advisory Commission , the museum retaining only the basement for storage of its collections. After World War II, attempts to reclaim Lancaster House for the museum's use failed. Eventually in 1948 George VI agreed that the museum might be accommodated once more in part of Kensington Palace, this time on the lower two floors, and it reopened there in July 1951. In 1975, under
24-508: The museum was Sir Guy Francis Laking , and from 1926 to 1944 the Keeper was the archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler . During World War II, much of the collection was evacuated for storage at nearby Dover Street tube station , and later at Piccadilly Circus tube station . Some of the galleries at Lancaster House reopened to the public in 1942, but in November 1943 the building was requisitioned by
30-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title London Museum . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=London_Museum&oldid=1238817564 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-540: The second-floor State Apartments at Kensington Palace . It opened to the public on 8 April, admitting more than 13,000 visitors during the day. The museum acquired the Cheapside Hoard in the same year, a cache of early Stuart and Elizabethan jewellery. Two years after opening, the collections were moved to Lancaster House in St James's , and the museum remained there until World War II . The first Keeper of
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