Oceania: Australian
Museum of London
There are a few Australian items in the Museum of London, although most of these are not on display. The Museum of London collected a handful of Australian ephemera at the time of its Peopling of London exhibition in 1992. This included magazines for Australians…
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Oceania
Museum of London
From the Layton and Lloyd collections:From Australia – weaponsFrom New Zealand - a bronze copy of a Maori stone hand-axe, dated 1772 and one of only 6 (out of 100 made) surviving – taken by Captain Cook on his 2nd and 3rd expeditions; a carved…
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North, West & Southern Europe: Travelling Communities
Museum of London
The Museum of London has a handful of papers and photographs relating to the history of Gypsies and Travellers in London. Most are not on display, but you can see a representative sample by following the link below.Gypsy and Traveller objects on the Museum of…
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North, West & Southern Europe: Spanish
Museum of London
From the reserve collections: fragmentary pieces of rare Islamic 14th and 15th century glass and ceramics from excavations; a good collection of ceramics, both collected and excavated - Valencian lustreware from Catalonia; Isabella polychromes from SevilleSpanish objects on the Museum of London's website
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North, West & Southern Europe: Italian
Museum of London
Early material from the reserve collections includes: A very good collection of examples of ceramics - majolica, faience and north-Italian marbled slipware, all found in London; many examples of good quality pieces of Venetian glass; a group of late 19th century - early 20th century…
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North, West & Southern Europe: Greeks
Museum of London
The Museum holds a couple of items relating to the presence of Greeks in Roman London. One object belonged to a man named Demetrius. It is a thin piece of lead, with writing on it in Greek asking Apollo to protect him from the plague.…
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North, West & Southern Europe: German
Museum of London
From the reserve collections: The biggest collection of ceramics in the UK – Pingsdorf, Langerwehe, Raeren, Cologne, Westerwald, Seigburg and Aachen Metals from Nuremberg, Augsburg and Solingen for swords, clocks, watches, armour etcA good collection of medieval and post-medieval lead cloth seals, excavated from waterfront…
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North, West & Southern Europe: French
Museum of London
From the reserve collections:A few good quality watchesA good collection of swordsMedieval and post-medieval cloth seals from waterfront excavations or as foreshore finds in LondonFrench objects on the Museum of London's websiteFind out about French objects in the Medieval London displays
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North, West & Southern Europe
Museum of London
Early material from the Netherlands in the reserve collections includes:A large number of examples of ceramics - majolica, redwares, greywares and slipwares from excavationsGood quality post- medieval London prints A very fine collection of post-medieval medalsA good collection of pistolsTwo very fine post-medieval chairsAn Antwerp…
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North America
Museum of London
From the Layton and Lloyd ethnographic collections: a stone ploughshare, pipes, arrowheads, axes and a ceremonial paddle from the north-west coast of AmericaFrom the reserve collections: Glass trade beads that were taken from London to the Americas in order to trade beaver pelts in return.…
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Near & Middle East: Kurdish
Museum of London
In 2005 the Kurdish Association in Hammersmith took the oral histories of Kurdish people living in London. Ten of these oral histories are now held at the Museum of London. They are not on public display.
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Eastern Europe
Museum of London
Russian material from the reserve collections:A few excavated sherds of post-medieval Muscovy glassA rare excavated fragment of hempRare post-medieval lead cloth seals, excavated from waterfront sites or as foreshore finds on the Thames. The Museum has a large collection of material relating to the Russian…
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Cross-cultural
Museum of London
Two large collections in the Museum cross cultural boundaries.The oral history collection includes individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, covering most countries of the world. The Museum began to collect Londoners life stories in 1992 and from the beginning has always aimed to use…
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Central & South America
Museum of London
From the Layton and Lloyd collections: weapons and pottery with the ceramic items coming from Mexico and Peru. From the reserve collections: A rare silver ingot from Peru and a huge Columbian emerald that provided the setting for a watch in the Cheapside HoardCentral and South…
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Caribbean
Museum of London
Material related to C18th / C19th sugar trade with the Caribbean, which touches on slavery, plus some material from abolitionist campaigns. The prints and paintings collections and printed ephemera collections include some images of named and unnamed African – Caribbeans in London settings. The Museum…
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Asian: Japanese
Museum of London
In late Victorian England there was an explosion of interest in all things Japanese, with plates, boxes and toys being decorated with Japanese designs, and an enthusiasm for lacquering - an artfom inherited from Japan. Lacquered items were referred to as "japanned". Although there are…
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Asian: Chinese
Museum of London
Much of the Museum's Chinese collection is made up of Chinese porcelain. The porcelain was brought back from China by the East India company. Their primary cargo was tea, with porcelain used as ballast. There is a small display in the Museum's late Stuart galleries…
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Asian: Bangladeshi
Museum of London
The Museum of London holds a handful of objects relating to Bangladeshis in London, although none of these are on display. They consist of oral histories, pamphlets from the GLA telling people where they can get assistance or how to challenge racism, an advertisment for…
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Asian
Museum of London
Early material from the Layton and Lloyd collections:Weapons and votive artefacts from IndiaA manuscript on lonthar leaves possibly from East IndiaBronze artefacts, elephants tusks and weapons from BurmaA plaque, figure and pair of shoes from ChinaA bow from China/MongoliaA sword, figures, dish, spears and two…
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African
Museum of London
Early material from the Layton and Lloyd collections includes:Spears from Somalia:A vase and dagger sheath from Algeria:Zulu weapons from South Africa:From the reserve collections; :Islamic glass and ceramics, cameos from Egypt:Islamic glass and ceramics from Syria:Gold and a balance from Guinea :Congolese coins: There has…
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