Between Friday 6 – Sunday 8 August 2010 Londoners will be able to enjoy programme of exhibitions, costumed characters, guided walks and live music celebrating local history, international contemporary art and engineering masterpieces.
Highlights of the weekend include the chance to see George Washington’s false teeth and find out more about the Elephant Man at the Royal London Hospital Museum, a look at how suffragettes used the postal system during their campaign for the vote at the Women’s Library and a guided tour of one of London’s most iconic lost buildings, the Crystal Palace.
Venues taking part:
Hackney Museum, Reading Lane, E8 1GQ
Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, E2 8EA
Wesley’s Chapel, City Road, EC1Y 1AU
The Royal London Hospital Museum, Whitechapel Road, E1 1BB
Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
The Women’s Library, Old Castle Street, E1 7NT
Brunel Museum, Railway Avenue, SE16 4LF
Horniman Museum, London Road, SE23 3PQ
Crystal Palace Museum, Anerley Hill, SE19 2BA
Museum of Croydon, Katharine Street, CR9 1ET
For more details visit cultureline.org.uk
