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Museum of London Annual Report 2007-2008

Museum of London Annual Report 2007-2008

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02 — Chairman’s Introduction 04 — Director’s Introduction 06 — Transforming the Museum 10 — Archaeology 13 — Exhibitions and Programmes 17 — Learning 20 — Collections Development 23 — London Museums Hub 24 — External Relationships 26 — Donors and Supporters 28 — Publications 32 — Governance

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The closure of the lower galleries We are also deeply grateful for the at the Museum of London did little ongoing support of the Secretary to dampen the enthusiasm of of State for Culture, Media and learners. The number of school visits Sport, the , and the actually increased at both sites, with Authority. Museum of London Docklands again performing exceptionally well. Jack Along with all the Governors, the Ripper played an important part I would like to congratulate the in attracting groups but there has Director and all of the Museum’s been a dedicated push on learning staff for the success of 2008/09 Michael Cassidy CBE programmes at every level, and I look forward to an exciting Chairman especially for the under-5s. year ahead.

This has been a particularly These successes notwithstanding, important year for the Museum 2008/09 has been a turbulent year of London, as it continues to work economically. Museum of London towards a major transformation. Archaeology (MOLA) has been particularly exposed to the downturn The architectural work on the new of the commercial property sector. Galleries of Modern London was However, turnover remained healthy completed early in 2009 and at £8.6m, only slightly below the Museum staff have been focusing previous year. on preparing displays for these impressive new spaces. Fundraising From 6 April 2008, the governance for this major project has also made of the Museum of London has steady progress, nearing our changed with the Greater London £20.5m target. Authority (GLA) and the City of London Corporation as joint With all this work going on, visitor co-sponsors. The GLA took over numbers were expected to suffer responsibilities previously held by but we are delighted to have been the Department for Culture Media proved wrong. At the Museum of and Sport (DCMS), including funding London, visitor numbers reached and the appointment of members 268,469 – only 4% below target to the Board of Governors of the – while the Museum of London Museum. This change helps the Docklands recorded its best year Museum be more tuned into London ever, attracting 158,939 visits. This itself, strengthening our links with was 32% above target and is a great tourism and preparation for the 2012 achievement. One of the reasons . for the success of the Museum of London Docklands this year was I would like to thank all the the exhibition. Governors for their support to the The first major temporary exhibition Board and its committees. I would to be held at this site, it received particularly like to acknowledge the a great deal of positive publicity contribution of Denise Jones, Tom and exceeded its visitor Jackson and Patrick Roney who all targets significantly. retired from the Board, and to welcome Councillor Maurice Groves.

02 Director’s Introduction

McIntyre who returned to Australia the current 115, 000 learners after five years as Director of Public comprising of families, community Programmes. His contribution to the and school groups with about ongoing development of our 65,000 of this number coming from museum is deeply appreciated. schools. We will be able to extend My thanks to all the directors: these facilities and programmes to Francesca Mahoney, Taryn Nixon, universities, other museums as well Cathy Ross, David Spence and Kate as educators and local authorities. Starling for their valuable support At the heart of the design of this 21st and commitment. century state-the-art learning facility Professor Jack Lohman are the principles of flexibility Director I am equally grateful for the support (attracting and catering for the most of our Chairman, Michael Cassidy comprehensive and inclusive range The year under review was one CBE, and the Board of Governors for of audiences) and connectivity during which everyone involved in their guidance and advice. (imaginative linking of audience to the life of the Museum of London the collections to inspire learning faced the challenge of continuing The changes at the Museum of and appreciation). to maintain standards of excellence London have not only been that of in service to the public while the extensive infrastructural December saw the installation of the confronted by the most extensive redevelopment affected at the lower John de Vaere neo-classical sculpture physical transformation process galleries. An equally significant depicting destitute women and in the Museum’s history. transformation has been that of the children seeking help from a heroic Museum’s identity. The Museum of figure of a Roman centurion as the It is no small accomplishment that, London Group has rebranded itself. first object in the redeveloped in the cities of London and Beijing. affected the area, a subject which despite the fact that virtually half We have a new logo befitting a gallery area. The work, originally Historic objects from the 1948 has global significance. More than a of the Museum precinct was not museum tasked with telling the story situated at the office of Pelican Life were presented at thousand East Londoners have accessible to the public during this of a world city continuously in the Insurance, provides a pertinent London House in Beijing during this attended the Museum’s Discover time, visitor numbers continued making. The three venues which comment on the insecure state of exchange and we were honoured to Programme at the site in 2008. to grow. I am proud to be part of comprise the group, namely, the global financial system. This participate in a UNESCO conference a dedicated and resilient team who Museum of London, Museum of together with other exhibitions such on transnational collaboration at Space does not allow for a full and continue to display high standards London Docklands and Museum of as the ‘London, Sugar and Slavery’ Shanghai’s Fudan University. proper recording of activities in this of professionalism and the best of London Archaeology plait the gallery at Museum of London brief personal review of a most the spirit of London. It is a spirit ongoing narrative of London and Docklands, the ‘Homeless in London’ The 2012 London Olympics also exciting and productive period in which is revealed not only in their Londoners in ways that reflects the and ‘Shutting up Shop’ exhibitions provided Museum of London the life of the Museum of London. telling of the stories of London past energy and diversity of our activities (among others), continue to link the Archaeology with an opportunity to The uncovering of Shakespeare’s but also in their tenacity as and yet presents a single mission, past to the present global realities undertake the most extensive first theatre in Shoreditch and the Londoners who today continue common values and shared passion. of human trafficking, poverty and archaeological dig in its history. Over opportunity this creates for the to tell the story of this great city’s economic uncertainty. The Museum 100 trenches have been dug and consolidation of our knowledge present and future. The architectural work for the new of London Docklands was also the investigated. Recorded among the of the Shakespearean era and of galleries undertaken in the period venue for the very popular and findings to date are cobbled streets Elizabethan Playhouses must also be An increasing number of members under review has brought us closer successful Jack the Ripper exhibition. dating back 150 years, late Bronze numbered among the many exciting of staff participated in the staff to the realisation of the Clore Age to Middle Iron Age settlements moments of this period. Therein development programme. We Learning Centre, the Weston Theatre In anticipation of the 2012 London as well as numerous findings from may be connection: It is a privilege congratulate the ten staff members and the Galleries of Modern London. Olympics, the 2008 Beijing Roman and late Middle Age periods. to be part of an unfolding drama who successfully completed the The Clore Learning Centre will Olympics provided us with the Excavations on the site of the which is the story of London and diploma in management and the comprise of two large flexible opportunity to assist the Beijing Olympic Park have also helped part of a team of which has the twelve who completed the certificate activity spaces - a seminar room and Municipality with an exhibition in the archaeologists develop an responsibility and privilege to tell in management. During this period, an e-learning studio as well as a Confucius Temple in Beijing understanding of, among other this story as it unfolds. we said farewell to Dr Darryl theatre and all of these will cater for depicting the story of photography things, how climate change has

04 05 Transforming the Museum

The Museum of London is The transformed Museum of London undergoing a complete will feature: transformation. In a process which £ started in 2002, we are reinventing — The Galleries of Modern London, 205m ourselves for a new century. covering 1666 to 2012 invested in developing the new Galleries of Modern London Our focus over the past year — The City Gallery, with a dramatic and Clore Learning Centre continues to be on creating the window onto London Wall new Galleries of Modern London. Due to open in 2010, these — The Sackler Hall, a multifunctional galleries are a pivotal point in information hub our transformation. They lay the foundation for our future work, — Inspiring London, a showcase taking us further on our mission for art inspired by London to create a revitalised, world-class museum which inspires a passion — Clore Learning Centre for London, its people and its stories. Construction was completed in Galleries of Modern London February 2009. In the meantime, In December 2008, an important our curators, conservators, and The Fanshawe dress has been neo-classical sculpture – the Coade designers have all devoted conserved with the help of our Stone pediment from 70 Lombard themselves to preparing the 7000 donors and will be displayed in the Street – became the first object objects which will be displayed. new Galleries of Modern London to be installed in the Museum Gallery texts have been written, of London’s new Galleries of displays trialled, and designs Modern London. developed and agreed.

Building construction was then still The Lord Mayor’s Coach – one underway but with this installation, of London’s most iconic objects we reached a significant new – will find a new home in the City milestone in the Museum’s £20.5m Gallery, overlooking London Wall redevelopment of the lower galleries. (see case study). The Sackler Hall’s headline feature will be a major The Galleries of Modern London are LED installation, immersing the biggest investment project ever visitors in a newly commissioned undertaken by the Museum. When film environment. they open, we will finally have a permanent space to showcase our contemporary collections, and our entire presentation of the social will be refreshed.

06 When the Lord Mayor’s Coach Clore Learning Centre Our rebrand is being rolled out in left the Museum of London in With the opening of the Clore phases up to the opening of the November 2008 for the annual Learning Centre in September 2009 Galleries of Modern London in 2010. procession, no one was quite sure – supported by the Clore Duffield It started with changes to the front how it would get back in. Foundation, Heritage Lottery Fund page of the Museum’s website, and and others – a major part of the deeper changes to the website have Previously, it could be moved in and development will be complete. since followed, along with wider out of the galleries with a winch implementation on printed down a ramp to the road. But after Our aim for the new Clore Learning materials, the new shop and café, this procession, the coach was not Centre is to combine modern and external signage. coming straight back. Instead, it was technology with traditional learning going into temporary storage for methods to refresh the overall Visitor experience a year while the new Galleries of learning experience and bring it right First impressions count, so with Modern London were being built up to date. An e-learning studio all the work being done on the and there lay the challenge. equipped with iPods, iPhones and Museum’s new galleries it made PSPs makes activities and tours fully sense that we reassess the visitor The design of the City Gallery interactive, allowing visitors to experience as a whole. – the coach’s new home in the immerse themselves in the Galleries of Modern London – Museum’s collections. The Centre Retail and catering are two major created a dogleg layout, and a 3D also includes multi-purpose activity parts of this. In September 2008 computer simulation showed that spaces and a 230-seat theatre, to be benugo were awarded the contract it might need to make a rather named after the Weston family. to launch a new café in the Museum complicated 25-point turn to get foyer. This opened in December into position, which would have The Clore Learning Centre is free 2008 and has proved successful, been risky for the 252 year old coach. for daytime school groups and is attracting a higher percentage of also available to other groups during visitors than before and becoming a The solution has been to evenings, weekends and holidays. destination for local workers as well. commission a special set of skates to be placed under the coach. The Rebranding A new shop opened in the foyer in skates rotate 360-degrees, allowing A new brand for the Museum was January 2009, and the entrance area the coach to be carefully rolled unveiled in October 2008 as part has also been improved with a stylish into place. of our overall transformation. The new visitor reception desk. Museum is now identified by its The coach is due to return to three constituent parts: Museum the new City Gallery, on its skates, of London, Museum of London after the November 2009 Lord Docklands and Museum of Mayor’s procession. London Archaeology.

Our aim in doing this was to clarify to the public how the Museum is structured and to reinforce the links between the component parts. A new logo, designed by award- winning agency Coley Porter Bell, represents London’s thumbprint. With its vibrant layers of colour, the logo evokes the layers of diverse history which make up London, and links the different parts of the Museum.

08 09 Museum of London Archaeology

Despite the tough economic climate, This venue was one of London’s first Museum of London Archaeology dedicated playhouses when it (MOLA) recorded another successful opened in 1576, and it was here that £ year with a turnover of £8.6m. Shakespeare himself trod the boards 86m and had his first plays performed. total turnover for 2008/09 The recession has hit the building MOLA found the footings of part construction industry particularly of a polygonal structure, thought hard. Housing and commercial to form the north-eastern corner developments have both seen major of the building. downturns, and this is inevitably having an impact on MOLA’s work. Another exciting find was London’s first ever medieval tide mill, Our success over the past year discovered at Greenwich. The huge is in part due to the continued high structure, measuring 10m by 12m level of activity in commercial at its base, would have had a wheel archaeology generated by the diameter of more than 5m and has property development boom but been dated to the 12th century. we have anticipated a reduction in this area of work. London’s historic In November 2008, during core of the City, Southwark and archaeological investigations at Westminster – until now also the 150 Stratford High Street/1 Warton core of MOLA’s work – have been Road, MOLA also found the particularly exposed to a substantial remains of an 18th- combination of over-supply and century watermill. The sluice gates, a sudden collapse in demand for waterwheel house (which housed commercial office space. a large waterwheel of nearly 5m), cofferdam and pump house (dating However, publicly funded from 1746) were found intact. Earlier infrastructure programmes are phases dating to the 15th and 17th continuing more or less on track, centuries were also revealed. and accordingly we are targeting more non-commercial Publications developments and schemes to MOLA’s specialist research and ensure MOLA’s ongoing success publishing teams were extremely as a commercial organisation. busy throughout the year, with over 150 projects leading to new Discoveries educational books in the MOLA Fortunately, the recession has not Monograph and Studies Series, stopped MOLA from making some as well as journal articles. extraordinary discoveries. One of them, in the summer of 2008, made New books in 2008/09 included headlines around the world. London’s Roman amphitheatre: A Shoreditch site being prepared Guildhall Yard, City of London, for the construction of a new theatre the third monograph for the City unearthed the remains of what of London Corporation on research is believed to be Shakespeare’s first at the Guildhall on this subject, theatre – the open-air playhouse and the -funded known as The Theatre. book The Black Death Cemetery, East Smithfield, London.

10 Exhibitions and Progammes

From Jack the Ripper to 21st century Displays fashion, our exhibitions and The temporary closure of the lower programmes engage visitors with galleries in the Museum of London 56,236 the story of one of the world’s has limited the scope for exhibitions. visitors to the Jack the Ripper greatest cities. There has, however, been a varied exhibition against a target programme of smaller displays at of 36,000 Exhibitions both museums. More than a century after the , the popularity Museum of London of Jack the Ripper and the East End Weather Permitting (15 February showed that public interest in this – 15 June) explored Londoners’ chapter of London’s history hasn’t obsession with the weather, tracing waned. how we have dealt with floods, heatwaves and freezes for the past This exhibition – the first to be held 2000 years. This was followed by Big at Museum of London Docklands Smoke (26 June – 21 September), – was an outstanding success, which looked at London’s attracting a total of 56,236 visitors relationship with tobacco from the against a target of 36,000. 17th century tobacco trade to the John Londei’s photographs captured 2007 smoking ban. the decline of the traditional small Jack the Ripper has an almost iconic shop in Shutting Up Shop status in London’s history. The Mandela in London 1962 (20 June exhibition went far beyond the usual – 3 August) documented Nelson macabre examination of the Mandela’s first visit to London, murders, placing events in the shortly before his imprisonment, context of life in London’s East End using photos and footage from during the 1880s. Without diluting private collections not seen in the horror of the story, it linked Jack public before. the Ripper to broader issues such as poverty, prostitution and violence Time Out Times (12 August against women. – 5 October) celebrated 40 years of the iconic London magazine with a Curators, conservators, designers display of 250 covers from back and technicians were kept busy with editions. Shutting Up Shop this exhibition, which featured more (2 October – 23 November) featured than 200 items – from wax heads to 21 large-scale photographs of police uniforms – brought together London’s specialist shops taken from for the first time. Paper conservators the book by John Londei. were particularly busy with the many documents on display. Homeless in the Capital (4 December – 22 February) was a An innovative marketing campaign collaborative oral history project with specially commissioned virals with The Connection Day Centre at and vodcasts reaching new St Martins-in-the-Fields. The display audiences helped stoke publicity told the stories of homeless people, ahead of the opening day. The who designed and created the Museum was short-listed in the final exhibition using diaries, personal round of the Visit London Awards objects, poetry and artworks. 2008 for this campaign.

13 Museum of London Docklands Temple Museum. London and opportunity to deepen our links LandFall (6 February – 31 May) used Beijing, covering 170 years of with London’s communities, and the Atlantic Ocean as a springboard London’s history, was visited by their input is helping us shape to explore the complex relationships both the Prime Minister and Mayor the galleries. between continents, and the of London. notions of departure and arrival, London Beneath particularly in the context of the Events Twelve Londoners who were transatlantic slave trade and today’s From comedy to music and fashion, unfamiliar with the Museum related issues. the Museum’s programme of events volunteered for this project, themed takes its cues from our exhibitions around the hidden social history The Rum Store at Museum of and our passion for London. of London. After searching the London Docklands hosted the Museum’s archives for objects, the Authority centenary Jack the Ripper participants worked with staff to exhibition (30 March – 19 April), The high-profile Jack the Ripper create case layouts for two large with images, films and archive exhibition spawned a wide range of underfloor display cases. material documenting the supporting events, including importance of the River Thames screenings of films based on the Jack Community Dig and the PLA’s role on those waters. the Ripper story, a panel discussion East London is being transformed on the Jewish East End, and a series in preparation for the 2012 Olympics Changing displays in London, of free lunchtime walks. and the Museum of London is taking Sugar & Slavery this opportunity to engage with Journey to Accompong showed Lates communities around the site. the forgotten story of the Maroons, On the first Thursday of every The Community Dig, on East Marsh a remote self governed community month, the Museum of London’s in Hackney, saw 300 participants group living in Jamaica who resisted doors stayed open late for events, examine London artefacts and slavery. The Maroons were including a pub quiz, an arts and consider their uses in the past. photographed by six young crafts evening, a celebration of Londoners to produce this stunning London’s Queer history, and LAARC Volunteer Inclusion Project set of 50 photographs and one a stand-up comedy evening. Thanks to a group of 19 volunteers, short film. the London Archaeological Archive Fashion Diversity and Research Centre (LAARC) Slavers of Harley Street lifted the lid The foyer of the Museum of London has tidied up a huge backlog on London’s middle-class was transformed into a catwalk of archaeological finds. This Hub- investments in slavery, dispelling during London Fashion Week in funded project saw the volunteers myths about the archetypal slave- September 2008, when it hosted spend six months rebagging, owners. The new research offered a Fashion Diversity – a partnership reboxing, and relabelling items snapshot of some of the individuals with Mahogany Model Management to improve the archive. and businesses based in Marylebone and Untold Design. The event who received government featured workshops on fashion Late: Create compensation when slavery was careers, a tour of the Museum’s In June 2008, the Museum launched abolished in the 1830s. fashion archives, and showcased a new monthly event for people at emerging designers. risk of social exclusion. Late: Create External exhibitions uses the collections as inspiration A group of 26 skeletons were In Conversation With… for workshops on poetry, displayed in a fascinating and A new evening talk series, ‘In photography and ceramics. popular exhibition at the Wellcome Conversation With…’ began in Collection. Skeletons: London’s February. Taking place at both Podcasts from the Past Buried Bones (23 July – 28 Museum sites, the series features Over several weeks, 7 people who September) drawn from a collection well-known Londoners speaking to had never been to the Museum of 17,000 skeletons archived at the broadcaster Robert Elms about their before created 10 podcasts Museum of London’s Centre for relationship with the capital. Guests describing objects from the London Human Bioarchaeology, revealed planned include Peter Tatchell, before London and Medieval how much we can learn about past Diane Abbott and Alan Rusbridger. collections. The podcasts – aimed at Londoners from their bones. the visually impaired but suitable for Community engagement anyone – are available to download To coincide with the Beijing Part of our vision as a museum is from iTunes and from our website. Olympics in 2008, the Museum of to play an active role in London life. London staged a photographic Our work on the new Galleries exhibition in Beijing’s Confucius of Modern London is a great

14 15 Learning

In January 2009, we launched a pilot Learning is a cornerstone of the In addition to our ongoing primary, outreach programme with Museum’s work, with programmes secondary and special educational Council to encourage adults who aimed at every age group – from needs programmes, we also ran a had never been to the Museum babies to adults. Over the year, more number of longer-term projects with (or any museum) to visit with than 167,000 adults and children schools. One example of these was a their children. took part in learning programmes series of 15 osteology workshops, at the Museum. The new Clore delivered by Museum of London The five-week programme Learning Centre will open in Archaeology and the Learning introduced a group of adults – all of September 2009, providing new department for primary schools whom spoke English as an additional activity spaces, a seminar room in Hamlets. Three skeletons language – to the Museum and and an e-learning studio. were used as inspiration for a music helped them plan visits with their programme being run in the schools children. Guided visits and group Schools by Music Platform. The school sessions demystified the Museum With the lower galleries and old groups eventually performed their and suggested ways to help children education rooms at the Museum of songs in the galleries at Museum engage with the exhibitions and London closed for complete of London Docklands. displays. The success of this pilot transformation this year, school visits means it will be repeated over the were expected to drop. Instead, we Families coming year. recorded a remarkable increase – Every day, thousands of Londoners particularly at the Museum of pass monuments and landmarks London Docklands. without really seeing them. Alternative London Landmarks, part Almost 100,000 school children of our May half-term programme for visited the Museum’s two sites: families, drew attention to the 65,040 at the Museum of London Kindertransport monument at (up from 56,590), and 34,473 at Liverpool Street, the Animals in War Museum of London Docklands Memorial near Hyde Park, and much (up from 18,130). Unsurprisingly, Jack more. Art activities and storytelling the Ripper struck a chord with young sessions were based on the people, and both the exhibition and significance of these landmarks. its related learning sessions were a major pull for secondary school At Christmas, 1382 people took part groups at Docklands. This bodes well in family learning events themed for the future, as our target at around homelessness, inspired by Museum of London for the first full the Homeless in the Capital display year with the Galleries of Modern at the Museum of London. Object- London and the Clore Learning handling sessions drew parallels Centre is 75,000 pupils. between homelessness caused by the and the experience of homeless Londoners today, putting the issue in a larger context.

17 February half-term events attracted Special Educational Needs 5510 people at the Museum of The Museum of London is London, with activities themed increasingly recognised for the around the Tudors, while parallel quality of its learning programmes events at the Museum of London aimed at special schools. Our on- 99,513 Docklands focused on site SEN services include a range of school children visited in 2008/09 Victorian London. stimulating, multi-sensory sessions including musical storytelling, Under-5s puppet shows, art workshops and You are never too young to visit the object handling, and we also offer Museum of London, as our recent a programme of school-based figures prove. A new range of sessions. Demand for these services dedicated activities for under-5s, has outstripped capacity this year. funded by Renaissance London, attracted a total of 8000 children We recently completed a SEN over the past year. Museum of e-learning pilot project in London Docklands has led the way, collaboration with Ian Mikardo with weekly groups for babies and School, a special school for toddlers drawing on galleries and secondary age boys with particularly displays. The Museum of London challenging learning disabilities. This also offers a very popular toddlers involved five sessions at the school and carers group. to trial various digital technologies, and as a result two programmes Outreach programmes have visited have been developed for the local playgroups to deliver play 2009/10 schools programme. sessions and invite carers and their children back to the Museum, Adults drawing in people who previously Our informal adult learning had not visited. A separate programme already features Foundation Stage outreach lunchtime talks, gallery tours, programme also delivered sessions workshops and debates, with formal for nurseries and reception classes learning offered through accredited in primary schools. adult learning courses delivered in partnership with Birkbeck College. Young computer users have also These courses continue to be been targeted. Two online interactive popular, and developing our games for 3-5 year olds – Move & formal adult learning programmes Make and Create a Costume is a priority for the future. – aim to provide a fun experience for young children based on the A new course called ‘Hidden Museum’s collections. The games Treasures’ was piloted this year, will also be used for family sessions aimed at older local residents in in the new Clore Learning Centre’s partnership with City of London’s e-Learning Studio. Adult and Community Learning team. The course involved a mixture of object handling, walks around the City, and instruction in how to use digital cameras, download the pictures onto a computer and then produce a final slide show. The course was so successful and in such demand that we will be running two more in 2009/10.

18 19 Collections Development

The Museum of London acquires, it is not currently possible to search The flurry of publicity around Jack restores, researches and lends across our collections as a whole the Ripper led to an interesting thousands of objects every year. or in depth. addition to the Museum’s collection. Much of our work over the past year A member of the public got in has focused on improving access A major project to address this has touch to say she had a letter from to our collections, on site and on been underway for the last few 1888 in which the writer referred to the web. years, and gathered pace in 2008/09 one of the murders, and offered the with the work for the Galleries of letter as a donation to the Museum. Collecting Modern London. Collections Online During the year the Museum added will eventually allow the public to George Noble, a resident of East 163 acquisitions (representing over search or browse the entire London, emigrated to Canada for 800 separate items) to its core collections database. Phase 1 will two years from 1888 – 1890. His collections. Contemporary collecting be launched in 2010 and will deliver mother wrote to him, describing continued to be a strength, with an initial tranche of 14,000 objects, the murder of Mary Jane Kelly in oral history accounting for a high from penny toys to Biba dresses, Whitechapel. proportion of new acquisitions. with good quality images and Some poignant material related helpful information. “There was another fearful murder to homelessness in London came yesterday morning, if possible worse in as part of the Homeless in Loans than ever. It is not too much to say the Capital exhibition in The loans restriction policy remained that all London is in a fearfull state December 2008. in place during 2008/09 but activity of excitement about it. As old as continued. Over the year the I am I never saw anything like it.” Diversity continued to inform Museum had 1471 objects on long collecting decisions and the Museum term loan to other institutions and was delighted to be given an archive made short-term loans to 83 venues of 200 items related to Pastor Kemal in the UK and overseas. Chunchie (1886 – 1953), Methodist minister and race relations Collections care & conservation campaigner in East London between Knitted Tudor caps, a spangled the wars. bolero jacket from Primark, top hats and 1920s flapper dresses are among Items from earlier periods of 24,000 items held in the Museum London’s history acquired during of London’s costume store. It is one 2008/9 included 13 medieval gold of the Museum’s most heavily used coins, part of a hoard buried at collections, and this year it Upper Norwood in the mid-1360s underwent a much-needed and dug up in 1953. The London £120,000 upgrade. Archaeological Archive and Research Centre continued to Every item was audited and moved acquire and process site archives out to temporary storage, while a from archaeological excavations racking company built state-of-the- across London. art roller and fixed racking on the two levels of the store. The project Collections Online enabled the Museum to meet Like all museums, we are working national standards (‘Benchmarks to significantly improve online access in Collections Care’) and raised the to our collections. Parts of the profile of the collection nationally Museum’s collection are already and internationally. online in 90 separate ‘microsites’ but

20 London Museums Hub

As the lead partner in the London National: Regional Loans Scheme Museums Hub, we are playing Small museums often lack the an active role in transforming capacity to host touring exhibitions, the capital’s museum sector to and they may struggle to meet the make it more vibrant, accessible criteria for borrowing important and sustainable. items from national collections.

The London Museums Hub is a The National: Regional Loan Scheme partnership between the Geffrye is a pilot scheme to address this Museum, Horniman Museum, issue. The idea is to broker London Transport Museum and partnerships between national and Museum of London. This partnership regional museums, encouraging – one of nine regional Hubs around small-scale but high-profile loans. the country – delivers the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council’s In 2008 the London Museums Hub Renaissance programme of approached the , investment in museums for London. which agreed to take part and suggested the Gayer-Anderson Cat, Many of our internal strands of work one of the British Museum’s most with schools, young people, families, popular Egyptian artefacts, dating and local communities are funded from 600BC. Brent Museum was through the Renaissance chosen as the regional partner, and School sessions were developed programme. As Hub lead we also the Gayer-Anderson Cat left its for children using a replica engage in regional programmes. home for the first time in 60 years of the Gayer-Anderson Cat A small selection of this work is to be temporarily exhibited there. highlighted below. The British Museum hopes to Stories of the World continue working with Brent The London 2012 Cultural Museum on local community places culture at the heart of the schemes, and the Hub is working Games. One of its outputs is Stories on a proposal to extend the scheme of the World, which is made up of 10 over the next two years. major projects around the country. Marketing Advisory Visits ‘London: World City’ is one of the 10 Even the best displays and projects, and the Museum of London exhibitions will fail if no one knows has been chosen as one of the they are there. The Marketing partners to deliver it through the Advisory Visits are a Hub-funded Hub. Each of the four Hub partners scheme to share knowledge and best will create a programme based on a practice with smaller museums on particular theme, which for the how to devise marketing initiatives. Museum of London will be ‘Place’. This year, 10 museums received free We will be working with young advisory visits from marketing staff people and community groups to working at Hub museums. The look at how people create a sense of museums were then given a grant place, starting with the Romans. This from the Hub to implement the will form the basis of displays and advice. In some cases, this has exhibitions from 2010 to 2012. resulted in visitor levels increasing by more than 50%.

23 External Relationships

The Museum’s external relationships ahead to get support for temporary are of immense importance. Our exhibitions. There has been a donors and commercial sponsors particular emphasis on the centenary £ have helped us to further the exhibition of the discovery of the 32m Museum’s ambitions by supporting Hoard, scheduled for was generated in 2008/09 us in three main areas. autumn 2012 in the Museum though public and private of London. philanthropy in cash receipts Galleries of Modern London and pledges and the Clore Learning Centre In a tough economic climate, we The Development Department managed to start up the Docklands generated £3,220,511 in 2008/9 Development Committee, which will through public and private strive to develop substantial philanthropy in cash receipts and relationships with the corporate pledges, including £2,164,988 community. One highlight has been towards the £20.5 million campaign our new schools programme in the for the new Galleries of Modern Museum of London Docklands, London and Clore Learning Centre. sponsored by Citi, which saw the This brought the total raised towards introduction of our first finance the campaign to £18,051,345. related study days entitled ‘Money Makes the World go Round.’ Highlights of the year included a The Clore Duffield Foundation significant donation from the Membership is the lead donor for the Clore Wolfson Foundation, on top of their The Harcourt Group – our influential Learning Centre, which includes major benefactions to us in the past. patrons who make substantial annual a cutting edge e-learning studio We aim to associate this with the gifts to the Museum – maintained 18th Century Pleasure Gardens numbers despite fears that these display in the Expanding City: 1666- would contract during the recession. 1850 Gallery. Their loyalty and commitment have remained high throughout the year. The Timeline Years of London’s Highlights have included the Family history have been a great success. Tour to Egypt in April 2008 and the Many donors have secured a year for Director’s Tour to Moscow in £5000 and started a relationship October, as well as Lord Rogers of with the Museum, which we hope Riverside speaking about the future will endure. of urbanism at the second Harcourt Lecture in November 2008. It is heartening to find that the economic downturn has not led The Friends of the Museum of to a significant drop in support. London continued to be involved in The Development Board, under the a highly varied programme, including Chairmanship of Michael Hoffman, a trip to the Old Vic Theatre and a has taken a robust and pragmatic guided tour St Bartholomew’s view of who should and could Hospital. The first promotion we be engaged. have offered to Friends – a Christmas discount for new members when Programmes and learning ‘London: The Illustrated History’ was Although our focus has been on the launched – resulted in a significant new galleries, we have also been able 10% increase in total membership. to start planning four or five years

24 Richard & Susan Walduck Ann Schlachter Donors and Supporters David & Carole Warren Elaine Scott The Weston Family Mike Seaborne Geoffrey & Marilyn Wilson Muriel Simpson Lord & Lady Wolfson of Marylebone Pamela Sladek St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden Tatty Devine Ltd Tudor and Thames River Police Museum Saxon Friends Peter Urbach Frank Warriner Spelthorne U3A Archaeology Group Matthew & Kate Dobbs Brian Marsh OBE Development Mrs Naomi Jump Rosemarie Wayland Peter Stormonth Darling Dame Vivien Duffield Alex Werner Board Members The Tax Advisers’ Company Gilbert & Victoria Dunlop Peter McLean Mrs Sally Walton Jerry White Michael Hoffman (Chairman) Anne Webber Pascal & Francoise Duval Margaret Wooldridge John Crompton (until March 2009) Kathleen Frenchman Anthony & Ann Fry We are grateful to the many Roman Gillian Day (from September 2009) Museum Programmes Friends who have supported us Katharine Doré Thomas & Anthea Gibson Donors of gifts in kind Robert Dufton and London David & Judy Green Champagne Gosset Mark Elliott (from September 2008) Archaeological Archive Rupert & Robin Hambro Donors to the collection / McKinley Vintners Tony Elliott (from September 2008) The Lady Hamlyn Gene Adams Michael & Mercedes Hoffman James Hickman and Research Centre Andrew Hawkins & Pauline French Anya Hindmarch Ltd Camilla & Julian Mash Camilla Mash Anonymous donors Max Hebditch Terry Brady Felicity & Peter Osborne Felicity Osborne Canary Wharf Group plc Michael & Mercedes Hoffman David Brown Ashar Qureshi (from June 2008) Citi Foundation Greg Hutchings Isla H Brownless *Indicates donor to ‘A Year of Michael Uva The Ernest Cook Trust Titus & Maggie Kendall Capital Transport Campaign London’s History’ Timeline Mark Warham The Golden Bottle Trust Bill & Kristen Kennish Robert Chait The John & Ruth Howard James & Claire Kirkman Museum Capital City Charitable Trust Keith & Fiona Lindblom Joanna Close-Brooks London Borough of Tower Hamlets Simon & Sophia Lofthouse Wendy Ditcham Campaign 2008/09 Events Fund Mark & Liza Loveday Alexandra Dodd MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund Terry & Helen Mansfield David John Edmunds – gifts and new pledges John & Tessa Manser Enfield Archaeological Society The Rose Foundation Julian & Camilla Mash Ralph Evershed State Street Matthew McEvoy & Amanda Li James Feisenberger £50,000 and above Hardy & Helle McLain Anonymous David Field Pradeep & Beena Menon Peter Geiger Michael & Mercedes Hoffman Harcourt Group Mark & Samantha Mifsud The Wolfson Foundation Felicity Osborne (Chair) Philip & Christine Miles Christopher Hall Hilali & Samiya Noordeen Jean Hayward £5,000 – £50,000 Adam & Tracy-Jane Afriyie Sir Peter & Lady Osborne HM Prison Service Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe Fortnum & Mason plc* Nicholas & Tobe Aleksander David Holland David & Susan Peake Mark & Liza Loveday* Christopher Allen & Katharine Doré Hannah Horlock Ashar & Mahreen Qureshi Time Out* Lord & Lady Ashburton London Gay Men’s Chorus David & Debra Reuben The Welton Foundation Gary & Dawn Baker London Transport Museum David & Patty Bassett Sir John & Lady Ritblat Archie Williams Maddocks Simon & Maggie Baynes Martin & Nevine Rose Keith Martin Up to £5,000 Robbie Biddulph Dr Mortimer & Theresa Sackler Tessa Murdoch Amber Bielby Tony & Gisela Bloom Lord & Lady Sainsbury Simon Murphy The Butchers’ Company Charles & Rosamond Brown of Preston Candover Felicity Osborne The Carpenters’ Company Peter & Rosemary Brown Coral Samuel CBE Portsmouth Museums Bernard & Georgina David Peter & Ravida Clay Bruno Schroder and Records Service Antony Hornby Charitable Trust Sir Terence & Lady Conran James & Dr Shirley Sherwood Jeffrey Poster Hounslow & District History Society John & Jennifer Crompton Hugh & Catherine Stevenson Peter Richey Titus & Maggie Kendall Bernard & Georgina David Richard & Susie Thornton Anne Rivett Matthew & Elizabeth Pepler Colin & Helen David Dr Simon Thurley Malcolm Rolfe Margaret Place Manny & Brigitta Davidson Richard Tray & Maria Diaz Del Rio Eleonora Rosatone Richmond & District DFAS Darryl Day & Ian Robinson Clara Tucci & Reid Perper Clare Rowe The Salters’ Company Rob & Gillian Day William & Susie Tyne Peter Saunders Andre & Natalia De Cort Michael & Yvonne Uva

26 27 Blackmore, L, & Watson, B, 2007, Cotton, J, 2008, ‘Harper Road, Davidson, H, 2008, ‘The Red Shoes’, Publications ‘The London Hanse: A mercantile Southwark: an early Roman burial in M Ulhirova (ed) If Looks Could enclave in the heart of medieval revisited’, in J Clark et al (eds), 151–61 Kill: Fashion, Film and Crime. London’, Transactions of the London London: Koenig, 143–151 and Archaeological Cotton, J, 2008, ‘The struck and Society 58, 195–9 burnt flint’, in P Jones A Neolithic Davidson, H, 2009, ‘Feliks Topolski Ring Ditch and Later Prehistoric for Ascher Artist’s Square’, Museum Bowsher, J, 2007, ‘The coins; Features at Staines Road Farm, of London Friendsnews 32, 5 some observations’, in L-A Bedal, Shepperton. Woking: SpoilHeap K L Gleason & J G Schryver, Publications, Monograph 1, 37–54 Davidson, H, 2008, ‘What does a One of the Museum of London’s Craig, C, Diprose, G & Seaborne, M, Werner, A (ed), 2008, Jack the ‘The Petra garden and pool complex, wealthy Communist wear?’, Museum aims is to create and share expertise. with Ellmers, C & Werner, A, 2009, Ripper and the East End. Chatto 2003–2005’, Annual of the Cotton, J, 2008, ‘Objects of of London Friendsnews 34, 10–11 Our understanding of London is London’s Changing Riverscape: & Windus Department of Antiquities enchantment’, Museum of London continually shaped by ongoing Panoramas from London of Jordan 51 (2007), 170–4 Friendsnews 33, 12–13 Day, A, 2008, ‘Belonging: voices research and discoveries, which we to Greenwich. Frances Lincoln Journal papers, of London’s refugees’, Social History report on in books, monographs, and Bowsher, J, 2008, ‘Appendix 7: Cotton, J & Sheldon, H, 2009, in Museums 32 (Summer 2008), articles. Demb, Sarah R, 2009, Records articles, reviews The coins’, in G Barker, D Gilbertson ‘Archaeology at Hatch Furlong: 43–7 Management for Museums & D Mattingly, Archaeology and Third Interim report 2008’, We produce a large number of e-Learning Tool. Released March and contributions Desertification; The Wadi Faynan Surrey Archaeological Society Day, A, 2009, ‘They listened to publications every year ourselves, 2009. www.collectionslink.org.uk/ Barham, E, 2008, ‘The investigative Landscape Survey, Southern Bulletin 414, 2–6 my voice’: the Refugee Communities and our staff also contribute to a RM-Tool conservation of a poorly preserved Jordan. Wadi Faynan Series 2. Levant History Project and Belonging: range of specialist academic journals. Anglo-Saxon lyre from Prittlewell’, Supplementary Series 6. Oxbow Cowie, R, 2008, ‘Evidence for voices of London’s refugees, The following list represents the Grainger, I, Hawkins, D, Cowal, in Studien zur Musikarchaologie VI, Books, Oxford (CD Appendices) Neolithic and Bronze Age activity Oral History 37 (no 1, Spring 2009), achievements of the past year. L & Mikulski, R, 2008, The Black Orient-Archaeologie 22, 377–82 at Ashford Hospital’, Surrey 95–106 Death cemetery, East Smithfield, Carew, T, Eddisford, D, Pearce, Archaeological Collections Books, monographs London. Museum of London Bateman, N, 2008, ‘Death, women J & Vince, A, 2009, Axe Street, 94, 71–90 Daykin, A, & Davis, S, 2009, Archaeology Service Monograph and the afterlife: some thoughts on Barking, and the supply of medieval ‘Time and tide: a rare find at and studies series Series 43 a burial in Southwark’, in J Clark et al Mill Green-type ware to London and Cowie, R, 2008, ‘Descent into Greenwich Wharf’, Museum (eds), 162–6 Barber, B, Carver, J, Hinton, south Essex, London Archaeologist darkness: London in the 5th and 6th of London Friendsnews 36, 80–9 P & Nixon, T, 2008, Archaeology Goodnow, K, Lohman, J & Marfleet, 12(5), 138–42 centuries’, in J Clark et al (eds), 49–53 Bateman, N, 2008, ‘The London 2012 and Development – A good P (eds), 2008, Museums, the Media Demb, Sarah R, 2008, Olympics’, Minerva 19 (no 1), 35–36 practice guide to managing risk and Refugees. New York: Chase, T, Marin, J, Marks, Cowie, R, 2008, ‘Lost and found: ‘A case study of the use of the and maximising benefit. CIRIA Berghahn Books K, Schonfield, J & Watson, B, 2008, the Great Gate of Stratford Records Management Capacity Bekvalac, J, 2008, ‘The wonderful ‘The radiocarbon dating of two Langthorne Abbey’, Museum Assessment System (RMCAS) world of skeletons’, Museum of Bateman, N, Cowan, C, & Wroe- Matthews, P, 2008, London shofarot’, London of London Friendsnews 33, 10–11 software across the London London Friendsnews 33, 6–7 Brown, R, 2008, London’s Roman London’s Bridges. Shire Books Archaeologist 12(1), 14–15 Museums Hub’, Records Amphitheatre: Guildhall Yard, Cowie,R & Blackmore, L 2008, Management Journal 18 Bekvalac, J, 2008, ‘Skeletons and City of London. 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Museum of London ichnography’: William Stukeley’s and Bermondsey Eyot: investigations Tracks? Future directions in the sites in south-east England’, Surrey London and its hinterland for Archaeology Service Monograph maps of Roman(?) London’, at Rephidim Street and Hartley’s archaeological study of post-1550 Archaeological Collections Harvey Sheldon. CBA Research Series 46 in J Clark et al (eds), 4–10 Jam Factory, Bermondsey’, Britain and Ireland. Society for 94, 53–69 Report 156. Council for British Surrey Archaeological Collections Post-Medieval Archaeology Archaeology Ross, C & Clark, J (eds), 2008, Cool, H, Ellis, B, Pearce, J & Zeepvat, 94, 159–79 Monograph 5, 351–64 London. The illustrated history. Blackmore, L, 2008, ‘Schätze eines R, 2009, ‘Medieval and post- angelsächsicshen Königs von Essex. Cowie, R & Blackmore, L, 2008, Allen Lane [many staff contributed medieval artefacts’, in G Beresford, Davidson, H, 2008, ‘Conference Egan, G, 2009, ‘Material concerns: Die Funde aus einem Prunkgrab von Early and Middle Saxon rural sections to this publication] Caldecote: The development and report: ‘Dressing the Spanish way: The state of post-medieval finds Prittlewell und Ihr Kontext’, in settlement in the London region. desertion of a Hertfordshire village. Prestige and usage of Spanish attire studies’, in A Horning & M Palmer Brather, S (ed) Zwischen Spätantike Museum of London Archaeology Tyler, K, Betts, I & Stephenson, R, Society for Medieval Archaeology at the European courts (16th and 17th (eds) Crossing Paths or Sharing und Frühmittelalter, RGA-E Band 57. Service Monograph Series 41 2008, London’s Delftware Industry: Monograph 28, 179–209 Centuries), Museo del Traje and Real Tracks? 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28 29 Forsyth, H, 2008, ‘Rediscovering the Jeffries, N, 2008, ‘Detecting the Lohman, J, 2008, ‘Wyzwania dla Powell, N, 2008, ‘Southwark, Saxby, D, 2008, ‘The Roman road Wardle, A, 2008, ‘Bene lava: bathing Cheapside Hoard, History Jewish community in 19th-century wspolczesnych muzeow’, Spotkanie London: Roman silver finger-ring’, Stane Street uncovered in Merton’, in Roman London’, in J Clark et al Today 1, 3–4 Spitalfields, London: A genealogical z Zabytkami June 2008, 3–16 Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, 61 Surrey Archaeological Collections (eds), 201–211 approach to archaeological material’, 94, 334–42 Forsyth, H, 2008, ‘The Cheapside British Jewry News 14, 11–13 Lohman, J, 2008, ‘Today’s museum: Rayner, L & Seeley, F, 2008, Wareham, T, 2008, ‘News from the Hoard’, The July 2008, challenges for museums functioning ‘The Southwark pottery type-series: Saxby, D, 2008, Mills of the River Colonies’, Ancestor’s, August 2008 15–17 Jeffries, N, 2009, ‘A biography in a mass culture’ in K Goodnow & H 30 years on’, in J Clark et al (eds), Wandle [pamphlet for Wandle of a stoneware ginger beer bottle. 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People places and things Lyon, J, 2008, ‘‘This wooden O’ the Swift, F, 2009, ‘A special service’ ‘Presenting conservation: in modern London’, in A Horning rediscovery of Shakespeare’s first Redfern, R C & Walker, D, 2009, in Rethinking Museums: Museums Collaboration between museums & M Palmer (eds) Crossing Paths theatre’, Current Archaeology 225, ‘A life course perspective of growing and Young People, Museums Etc, and students’, Conservation and or Sharing Tracks? Future directions 13–21 up in medieval London: Evidence of March 2009, 94–104 Access, IIC Congress 2008, 264 in the archaeological study of post- subadult health from St Mary Spital 1550 Britain and Ireland. 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30 31 Governance

Governers of Audit Committee the Board of the Rev Dr Martin Dudley (Chairman from 14 March 2009) Museum of London Tom Jackson Michael Cassidy CBE (Chairman until 13 March 2009) (Chairman) Cllr Maurice Groves Jennette Arnold (from 11 June 2009) Kenneth Ayers Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe Rev Dr Martin Dudley (from 11 June 2009) Robert Dufton Patrick Roney Cllr Maurice Groves (until 13 March 2009) (from 16 April 2009) Michael Welbank Tom Hoffman (from 17 September 2009) Tom Jackson LLB (until 13 March 2009) Cllr Denise Jones Building Development (until 30 November 2008) Committee Lesley Knox Geoffrey Wilson OBE Julian H Malins QC (Chairman) Camilla Mash Michael Cassidy CBE Sir Michael Oliver Lesley Knox Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe Professor Jack Lohman Dr Mark Patton LLD Michael Welbank Patrick Roney CBE (until 13 March 2009) Eric Sorensen Docklands Committee Michael Welbank (until 31st March 2009) Geoffrey Wilson OBE Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe (Chairman) Sub Committee Kenneth Ayres Cllr Denise Jones Membership Michael Welbank Archaeology Finance and General Committee Purposes Committee Lesley Knox Michael Cassidy CBE (Chairman) (Chairman) Jennette Arnold Kenneth Ayers (from 18 November 2008) Robert Dufton Tom Hoffman Julian Malins QC Eric Sorensen Mark Patton Geoffrey Wilson OBE Design: NB Studio Print: PUSH

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