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A conservator cleaning painted stonewall in the Charnel House at St Mary Spital

Museum of London Archaeology


The Museum of London is internationally renowned for its archaeological work. We operate both a commercial archaeological service  - Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) - and an archaeological archive and research centre.

Archaeology Up Close events

LAARC staff member at a finds handling session, Museum of London foyer

Handle the objects and explore the issues. Visit us on the third Friday (lunchtime) each month to chew over finds of major archaeological importance with experts from the LAARC.


 

Radcliffe Observatory Quarter

Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) has carried out an evaluation in advance of a major development scheme for Oxford University.

London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre (LAARC)

Archives stored at the LAARC

Over 200 new archives were deposited at the LAARC in 2009.

These included the archive for the Princes Channel Wreck (PCO03), and the archive for an excavation at the site of the London Transport Museum (LTM03) which revealed significant Saxon remains, in addition to Post-Medieval remains.

Publications News

A ground-breaking new MOLA book tells all about the Rose and the Globe, two famous playhouses of Shakespeare’s Bankside.

Buildings Archaeology

The MOLA historic buildings team interprets and records historic buildings, landscapes and gardens - from palaces to pylons.

One of their recent projects involved recording the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, pictured above.

Thames Discovery Programme

Thames Discovery Programme in action

The Museum of London is a partner in the Thames Discovery Programme (TDP), a three-year project involving archaeological survey of the Thames foreshore.