The gallery dedicated to the sugar industry at this museum will shock you into knowing just how much the appalling slave trade helped to build the London’s wealth.
For instance, did you know that the Bank of England was key in funding slave plantations, and equipping Britain to fight for control over the Caribbean?
Other collections show the devastating impact of the Great Fire of 1666, which left hundreds of thousands of people homeless, the suffragette campaign, and a splendid collection of dance costumers worn by ballerinas, cabaret performers and theatrical actors.
