Museum of London Annual Report 2003–2004

Museum of London Annual Report 2003–2004 Museum of London Annual Report 2003–2004

2 Introduction by the Chairman 4 Director’s review 9 Corporate mandate 14 Development 16 Financial and commercial performance 17 People management 18 Exhibitions programme 26 Access and learning 30 Public programmes and events 34 Collaborations 37 Information and communication technologies 38 Collections 42 Facilities and asset management 43 London Wall redevelopment 44 Communications 47 Archaeology 52 Scholarship and research 53 Publications 56 Finance 58 List of governors 59 Committee memberships, 2003–04 60 Staff list 64 Harcourt Group members INTRODUCTION BY THE CHAIRMAN

I am pleased to record another highly generosity in providing us with this new We have been pleased with the progress in As ever, the Museum has been assisted successful year for the Museum of London. gallery, the Linbury gallery, which has discussions with the Sainsbury Archive in delivery and development by the already staged the first major temporary Trustees for the transfer of the Sainsbury contributions of many friends and The three major events that took place exhibition, 1920s: the decade that Archive to the Museum in Docklands as a supporters. Our thanks go to the Museum’s during the course of 2003–04 were: changed London long-term loan. The loan will be supported numerous sponsors, donors, friends and • the completion of the Museum in by an annual contribution from the Trustees volunteers, without whom we could never • progress with the conceptual planning of Docklands, which was officially opened by to cover running costs. It is anticipated realise our vision. a new modern London gallery and learning Her Majesty The Queen on 10 June 2003 that, following some conversion work to centre at London Wall. The new gallery will accommodate the archives, the new facility • the completion of the new entrance foyer reinterpret some of the existing galleries will open to the public in June 2005. Rupert Hambro and the major temporary exhibitions and complete the stories of London’s Chairman gallery at the Museum of London at history to the present day. This is a major These achievements and many others are London Wall. We are immensely grateful endeavour that will be the Museum’s key described in more detail in this report. to Lord and Lady Sainsbury for their priority for the next five years. I should like to acknowledge the support of my fellow Governors in guiding the Museum towards the successes it has achieved Rt Hon Estelle Morris MP,Minister for Lord and Lady Sainsbury visiting the during the year. I welcome Ms Diane Henry the Arts, and Director Jack Lohman site of the Linbury Gallery prior to Lepart and Mr Robert Dufton, both of in the Roman gallery completion whom have joined the Board during the year and bring considerable expertise to its deliberations.

The Governors are most grateful for the support of the Secretary of State for Culture, the Minister of State for the Arts and the Corporation of London for their active interest in the Museum’s activities. Finally, all Governors join me in thanking the Director, Jack Lohman, and staff for their enthusiasm, their hard work and their commitment to the Museum’s ambitious objectives.

2 3 DIRECTOR’S REVIEW

The year 2003–04 has been a very busy Museum in Docklands nationally designated port and river week course studying either the port of and successful one for the Museum of collection publicly accessible for the first London’s industrial archaeology or the London Group. The key strategic highlights The Museum is housed within London’s time. This collection, covering virtually every general history of the port of London from were: oldest range of dock warehouses. No.1 trade and operational activity associated 1700 to 1945. Warehouse, West India Dock, has been with the docks, is a testament to the 20 successfully repurposed into a dynamic years of hard work and determination of The Museum held many successful 21st-century museum. On arrival, visitors Museum of London staff. community events during the year. One of are confronted by the warehouse’s stately the highlights was the Chinese New Year and imposing elevation and on entering by On 24 May 2003, the Museum in programme organised in partnership with its dramatic wooden flooring and columns. Docklands opened its doors to the public. the Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets, The sensitive conversion of the building A grand party for adults and children the London Chinese Association and has been widely praised. The Museum won spread out from No.1 Warehouse on to the Continuum Arts. Another popular event was the 2003 Georgian Group’s award for the quayside. Such was the public’s interest in a reminiscence conference, co-organised best conversion of a Georgian building. the Museum that over 15,000 people were with the Tower Hamlets African-Caribbean drawn to it in its first week of operation. In Mental Health Association, that focused Her Majesty The Queen meeting staff Within No.1 Warehouse, there are 13 the first year of operation, the staff have on West Indian seamen who had worked at the official opening of the Museum in Docklands galleries, a 140-seat auditorium, a been highly praised, noted especially for on the Harrison Line ships. temporary exhibition space, a library and their professionalism, language skills and archive, a shop, a bar/restaurant, a café friendly and welcoming manner. A very The Museum in Docklands received and staff offices. The capital cost of the special day for the new Museum was on 105,969 visitors during the 2003–04 Museum was funded principally by the 10 June when the official opening by Her financial year. The Museum has an Heritage Lottery Fund with additional funds Majesty The Queen took place. A vast important role to play in fostering a sense from the London Docklands Development crowd of East Enders turned out on the of pride in the area’s rich heritage and is Corporation, the Isle of Dogs Community quayside to greet the Queen on arrival. developing into a major cultural resource Foundation, the Corporation of London and for schools and communities in the East a variety of other corporate and charitable The Museum’s schools programme was London region. trusts. In February 2003, the Museum of launched in September 2003. Fourteen London and the Museum in Docklands different school sessions are offered to Entertainers at opening party for the agreed to amalgamate subject to schools, ranging from storytelling, historic Museum in Docklands parliamentary approval of a Regulatory artefact handling and learning through play Reform Order that would allow the Museum in the Mudlarks gallery for the youngest of London to operate a museum outside school children through to regeneration the City of London. The Museum of London walks in the Docklands for secondary assumed day-to-day administration of the school pupils studying geography. Museum in Docklands before opening. September also saw the start of evening classes at the Museum set up in The displays of the Museum in Docklands collaboration with Birkbeck College. have made the Museum of London’s Students were able to choose a 12- or 20-

4 5 BELOW FROM TOP Wartime workshop at the Museum in Docklands; Chinese New Year at Museum in Docklands; Lord and Lady Sainsbury at the opening of the Linbury Gallery

The Museum in Docklands is currently a Museum of London’s new entrance and New modern London gallery and the Clore Department for Culture, Media and Sport separate legal entity, although a subsidiary major temporary exhibition gallery learning centre spending review of the Museum of London, and has its own Council of Trustees, the majority of whom The new entrance to the Museum of The project team has concentrated on The Museum made a substantial are members of the Museum of London’s London was opened to the public on 15 agreeing specifications and priorities of the submission to the Department for Culture, Board of Governors. Now that the September 2003 with the launch of the project brief – such as education spaces, Media and Sport for current and capital Regulatory Reform Order allowing the London Design Festival as the first formal galleries and visitor facilities – and on funding in 2006–07 and 2007–08. Key Museum of London to operate the Museum launch event. On 14 October, the Chairman developing concepts for the new modern priorities are the refurbishment of the in Docklands has been passed by and Lord Sainsbury jointly hosted a dinner London gallery. The architects, Wilkinson London Wall building, the development of Parliament (July 2004), the process of in the new entrance hall. The new Eyre Associates, are preparing their the new modern London galleries, the identifying the various options for temporary exhibition gallery, which was responses to the project brief. redevelopment of the learning centre, amalgamation of the Museum in Docklands substantially funded by the Linbury Trust, staffing costs associated with a merger with the Museum of London is well under opened to the public two days later with We are now ready to proceed to a with the Museum in Docklands, free way. A decision will be made in the near the launch of 1920s: the decade that programme of public consultation on our admission for adults at the Museum in future. changed London. During the same week proposals. This will include representation Docklands and digitisation of the collections the Museum gained a street-level entrance from all our target audiences, from families held by the London Archaeological Archive with the Corporation of London’s new to experts and London commentators. and Research Centre. bridge across to St Martin’s le Grand and Consultation is of paramount importance Rt Hon Estelle Morris MP at the the escalator built by Hammerson plc in to ensure that we develop a truly visitor launch of the London Design Festival at the Museum of London their new building at 1 London Wall. friendly and cutting-edge museum and that London Region Museums Hub we can demonstrate a need to potential funders. The Museum of London is the lead partner of the London Museums Hub, the other partners being the Horniman, Geffrye and London Transport Museums. The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council approved the Hub’s business and education development delivery plans for 2004–06 in February 2004. One of the key aims of the Hub programme is to build capacity and expertise amongst the Hub museums, especially in the areas of an increased skills base, improved education delivery, improved knowledge of and documentation of collections, improved capacity for strategic planning and better developed regional profile and community relationships.

6 7 CORPORATE MANDATE

THE MUSEUM OF LONDON’S MISSION AND AIMS CORPORATE PROFILE

Directing team of the Museum in Docklands and The Museum of London is responsible for The Museum adopted a new strategic vision contributed enormously to its continuing the management of the Museum of London that identified three corporate goals: The Directing team was brought to full development. at London Wall, the Museum in Docklands • setting standards in leadership and strength following the departure of and the Museum of London Archaeology learning Genevieve Cowcher and Michelle Chambers, Finally, my thanks must go to all those who Service. The Museum of London’s mission • building a 21st-century museum and whom I thank for their substantial work at the Museum as staff, volunteers is to Inspire a Passion for London by: organisation contributions over a number of years. and contractors. They have demonstrated • communicating London’s history, • delivering cutting-edge communication Kate Starling was confirmed as Managing in this busy year that they are committed archaeology and contemporary culture to and dialogue. Director of the Museum of London while to delivering the highest quality of service a wider world Taryn Nixon is Managing Director of the to our visitors and users, and to making Appointed by both the Prime Minister and the • reaching all London’s communities Museum of London Archaeology Service. the Museum a special place. They have Corporation of London, the 18 members of the through being London’s memory In November Darryl McIntyre was appointed continued to contribute enormous Board of Governors are part-time appointees. (collecting, exhibiting, investigating and Group Director, Public Programmes, and in professionalism, skills, knowledge and The Board in turn appoints the Chairman making accessible London’s culture), April and July Francesca Mahoney and creativity towards achieving the Museum’s and the Museum’s Director, who directs all discovering and chronicling London’s David Spence were appointed Group goals and aims. the Museum’s activities. The Board sets broad stories and interpreting them in an Director, Finance and Corporate Services strategic direction, long-term objectives and educative, entertaining and vibrant and Managing Director, Museum in priorities for the Museum. The Board is also manner, explaining and recording change Docklands respectively. Alex Werner served Professor Jack Lohman responsible for ensuring that the Museum’s in contemporary London temporarily as interim Managing Director Director management team fulfils its responsibilities • playing a role in debate about London, for the effective, efficient and economical School children on a visit to the facilitating and contributing to London- management of the organisation. There are Museum of London wide cultural and educational networks seven Board committees: • developing a professional and specialist • Archaeology expertise about London in all our staff • Audit Visitors enjoy the Chinese New Year celebrations at the Museum in while bearing in mind that the Museum of • Building Development Docklands London: • Docklands • is accountable to the Government, the • Finance and General Purposes Corporation of London and the public • Remuneration and Terms of Service • needs to maintain a balance between the • Trust Fund Management and Acquisitions. requirements of research, public service and commerce.

Museum functions

The primary functions of the Museum relate to collections, lifelong learning, archaeological services and research, exhibitions and

8 9 Visitors queuing to see the PERFORMANCE AT spectacular finds in the Treasures of A GLANCE a Saxon King exhibition public programmes. All are designed to Targets and achievements noting that the Museum opened to the Visitor numbers during February and March inform and engage visitors’ interest in the public on 24 May 2003, were: were particularly good, a consequence of history, heritage and cultures of London. The three-year funding agreement the strong public interest in the Treasures To achieve its functions the Museum has (2003–06) between the Department for of a Saxon King exhibition. The visitor adopted a matrix organisational structure: Culture, Media and Sport and the Museum numbers for the summer months in 2003 of London have identified the following were low, which was in keeping with the • Finance and Corporate Services: group quantitative targets for 2003–04: pattern for all London museums as a result responsibilities for finance, human of the extremely hot weather. The building resources, retail and licensing, works associated with the new entrance Department for Culture, Media and also had an impact on visitor numbers. Sport/Corporation of London liaison, insurance and risk management • Public Programmes: group responsibilities for learning and access, curatorial, design and exhibitions, information and communication technologies and new media, London Region Museums Hub • Museum of London (at London Wall): Visitor numbers and analysis operational management of Museum of London; group responsibilities for The Museums’ total visitor attendance management of collections and estates was 487,497. The increase can be • Museum in Docklands: operational attributed to the opening of the Museum management of Museum in Docklands; in Docklands, the continued effect of free group responsibilities for commercial hire entry, the opening of the new exhibition and catering income, marketing, press * Unique user means each visit to the Museum’s website gallery and the exhibitions and events and visitor management that is longer than 10 minutes. programmes at the London Wall venue, as • Museum of London Archaeology Service: well as the increase in the number of operational management of MoLAS and school students participating in booked Museum of London Specialist Services; These targets and achievements relate schools programmes. group responsibilities for archaeology and only to the Museum of London’s venue at publications. London Wall. Visitor numbers are counted through various means: electronically, Museum of London In addition, the Director’s office includes the bookings and, in the case of C2DE visitors, Development Department, with responsibility regular market surveys. The table below shows that visitor figures for fundraising. increased from 362,685 in 2002–03 to The internal targets set for the new 381,528, an increase of nearly 19,000 Museum in Docklands venue for 2003–04, visitors, in 2003–04.

10 11 A school visit to the Museum in Docklands LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Museum in Docklands The majority of the Museum of London’s The Museum’s strengths include its: knowledge and understanding of the visitors are from socio-economic groups collections and enhance the visitor The first year’s visitor figures for the ABC1, which is not untypical of large • extensive collections – the Museum’s experience. Museum in Docklands are shown in the London museums. Approximately 6% of collections are the largest and most tables below. The annual visitor figure for visitors are from group DE and groups comprehensive resource defining The Museum’s challenges are to: 2003–04 was 105,969. The opening event from C2DE represent 10% of all visitors. London’s history, archaeological heritage attracted 15,000 people – 6,000 more In terms of cultural diversity approximately and cultural diversity • complete the story of London – major than expected. 11% of the Museum’s visitors are from a • distinctive brand – the Museum of London funding is required to display the story of minority ethnic community. Adult audiences is the world’s largest urban history London’s histories, heritages and cultures tend to be weighted towards the older age museum and people look to it for its to the present day, to improve the delivery Month Visitor figs target Actual visitor group, with nearly 50% of visitors over 40 scale, the scope of its subject matter, the of information resources, especially (2003–04) figs 2003–04 years of age and people over 60 years of quality and diversity of its collections and information about the collection in electronic April 0 0 age comprising 17% of visitors. Almost resources, certain iconic exhibits and its format, and to enhance visitor services May 12,333 18,285 half of the Museum’s visitors are tourists scholarly, authoritative interpretation of • maintain the London Wall facilities – the June 16,967 7,701 from overseas, of whom 50% have English London’s history facility is now almost 30 years old and July 19,522 7,573 as an additional language. is becoming worn out. Additional funding August 18,538 7,832 • archaeology – the Museum is unique will be required to address capital School children working at the September 16,967 8,288 among national museums in operating its Electronic outreach remains a key method Museum in Docklands October 15,135 11,063 own major archaeological unit, tapping infrastructure repair projects that have of reaching audiences and sharing November 14,005 7,562 directly into primary archaeological data been identified as part of a 20-year knowledge. The Museum’s websites are December 10,167 5,330 and proactively driving its own academic building maintenance programme accessed more than 4500 times a day, January 13,972 6,980 research agenda and publications • develop a client-focused approach – using February 15,545 15,837 with an average visit length of 15 minutes, programme. Through the provision by the visitor data as well as in-house expertise March 13,516 9,518 and currently encompass more than Museum of London Archaeology Service in access and learning, marketing and 30,000 screens of information. Total annual 166,667 105,969 (MoLAS) of professional archaeological visitor services, the Museum is continuing figure services to the property sector, the to diversify its audiences. The Museum Museum plays an active and dynamic will continue to evaluate its programmes Note: the museum opened in May 2003; there were no role in London’s evolution, growth and • share knowledge with audiences beyond visitor figures for April 2003. development. Through the London the museum. The Museum, with a Archaeological Archive and Research Centre collection of 1.2 million objects, has a (LAARC) the Museum curates and provides mandate to make these objects and the access to the largest archaeological supporting information as accessible as archive in Europe, containing finds and possible to public, scholars, students, records from over 5000 excavations enthusiasts and special interest groups. • customer focus – visitors’ comments The Museum aims to improve its outreach indicate that they are treated with capabilities through electronic technologies, friendliness and helpfulness by all staff. including broadcasting. Visitor assistants have considerable

12 13 DEVELOPMENT

A Harcourt Group evening event for the 1920s exhibition

In the first six months of the year there was immensely grateful to Tessa Manser for all a total review of all the fundraising priorities her hard work and support over the past of the Museum of London as well as the five years. Membership of the Harcourt Museum in Docklands. Various Group remains stable but a new target of recommendations were made to the doubling the membership during next year Museum, resulting in a new department has been set. During the next financial with a new structure and aims. The key year members of the Harcourt Group will priorities for the department have been to: be offered their first archaeological tour abroad. • to promote the aims and objectives of the Museum to sponsors, grant-making The Museum relaunched the Friends bodies and high-net-worth individuals membership with a higher membership • raise at least £500,000 per annum by fee and a new ‘advisory board’, hosted a 2007 for revenue funding for the ‘Spring Party’ for the Harcourt Group to Museum welcome its new Chairman, Camilla Mash, and to recruit new members, led a concerted • establish new sources of unrestricted push to raise further funds for the Medieval income to enable the Museum to support gallery to complete the very successful unspecified baseline activities fundraising effort begun two years ago and • ensure that all development activities are initiated the early stages of planning for the efficiently managed and cost effective. next stage in the building programme.

The Museum is grateful to all its funders The Friends membership has been over the year for their varied and generous declining over the past year and there support, which is listed in this report. has been a fall in attendance at Friends The Museum is also grateful to The events. It is hoped that during the next few Independent newspaper for its support years, through a better quality of event, during February and March with full-page more free events and a proactive advertisements in their magazine for recruitment campaign, the Museum will forthcoming exhibition programmes as well reverse this trend. as promoting the Museum in Docklands. The Friends of Fashion continues to be a In October, the Harcourt Group, the most supportive group. Their donations Museum’s patrons group, held their annual have provided an evening gown by dinner at the Museum in Docklands, where Alexander McQueen, which will be one of Tessa Manser, Chairman of the group for the key garments for next autumn’s major five years, handed the leadership to exhibition, The London Look: fashion from Camilla Mash. The Museum of London is street to catwalk.

14 15 FINANCIAL PEOPLE AND MANAGEMENT COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE

The Museums’ annual turnover was to be strong, fell considerably below Significant progress was made towards Other developments included appointments £20.6m, including grant in aid of £6.6m expectations. reaching the Museum’s goal of reviewing to the posts of senior human resources from the Department for Culture, Media and and modernising its management and manager and human resources advisor for Sport and £4.9m from the Corporation of Sales at the Museum of London shop support of human resources. The Board employee resourcing. These new posts London, and £3.1m raised in sponsorships, suffered when it was moved to a approved a restructuring of the Personnel have responsibility respectively for policy trusts and other grants. It aims to temporary location during the work on the and Training Department, which included its development and oversight of recruitment strengthen its financial and operational new entrance project, but the opening of being rebranded from October 2003 as policies, coaching and advising line viability by: the new shop has led to improvements in Group Human Resources. The decision was managers and other staff on best practice sales figures since September 2003. taken to deliver human resources services in this crucial area of the Museum’s • increasing fundraising efforts Sales at the Museum in Docklands shop centrally to all areas of the Museum’s activities. The Group Human Resources • maximising net commercial revenues were lower than anticipated because of a activities, ensuring a consistency of Department is working closely with the shortfall in visitor numbers. The Retail and approach and cost-efficient processes. diversity manager to create a workforce • continuing to seek new sources of funds. Licensing Department was restructured to that better reflects the Museum of bring in a retail specialist as department London’s many diverse audiences. In the area of operational viability it will head and to invest more resources in the achieve this objective by: development of our licensing activities and A number of existing policies are under picture library to generate income in future review and will be realigned with the • reviewing its corporate performance years. Museum’s strategic plan where necessary. • implementing more effective, economical The human resources team has already and efficient policies, procedures and The contract to run the bar/restaurant at introduced a number of policies intended to processes the new Museum in Docklands was improve the working • maintaining and repairing the building awarded to Searcy’s, which managed to environment for staff. infrastructure as the facility ages. set up the 1802 bar within a very tight timescale, opening on the same day as Alternative sources of delivery, such as the museum itself. 1802 has been a great emerging technologies, will continue to be success, producing a significant income used wherever possible. The Museum will stream for the museum, and achieved the also continue to work with private and distinction of being short listed by the ABOVE FROM TOP The human osteology My visit to the MoL for the first time team, based in the Wellcome Centre public sector partners to manage elements Evening Standard as Bar of the Year. was a brilliant experience. All the staff for Human Bioarchaeology; the Faces of its operations and reduce associated ‘ and Places project team costs. The opening of the Museum in Docklands were very, very, very helpful. I was very led to the expansion of the commercial MoLAS continued to experience adverse hire sales team to promote and sell the surprised to find this type of help and trading conditions and this was recognised attractive facilities within this new venue. polite service anywhere in London. in the setting of a deficit budget for the Although business was slow at first, the financial year. The budgeted deficit was, result for the year was a net profit and the ’ however, exceeded because the last efforts put into developing contacts are quarter’s trading, which had been forecast beginning to generate increased returns.

16 17 EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMME

1920s: the decade that changed London in the newly completed MAJOR TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS Linbury Gallery

The Museum continued to deliver a diverse Medieval gallery 1920s: the decade that changed and innovative series of exhibitions, of London major importance in the successful The year saw the taking shape of plans for (17 October 2003 – 18 July 2004) achievement of the Museum’s strategic the proposed replacement for the current goals. Although requiring a considerable Saxon, Medieval and Tudor galleries. The Designed and installed by a team of investment of financial and staff resources, new gallery, Medieval London, telling the in-house staff, this major temporary they contribute significantly to the gathering story of London from the end of the Roman exhibition provided a panorama of London and dissemination of knowledge about occupation in c AD 410 to the Reformation during the 1920s, with a special emphasis London’s history and heritage, the in the mid 16th century, is scheduled to on the processes of change that defined establishment of partnerships with other open to the public in October 2005. those years. The display drew on the communities, revenue generation, and Museum’s extraordinary social history collection development and conservation. Fundraising continued during the year with collections and included many audio-visual more than £600,000 of the estimated elements to make the subject accessible During the past year the Museum continued redevelopment budget of £750,000 raised to families. This exhibition not only marked to plan the development of new displays from external sources, including generous the Museum’s successful return to a major and opened a number of exhibitions, grants from the Corporation of London, the programme of temporary exhibitions but including: Department for Culture, Media and also trialled a number of new approaches, Sport/Wolfson Challenge Fund and from such as an adventurous and atmospheric London livery companies. design style, a more visible focus on interactives and children’s trails, an The design firm At Large has been entrance fee for temporary exhibitions and commissioned to design the gallery and a cross-marketing campaign with the has made considerable progress with the Museum in Docklands. development of design concepts, which take into account also the results of Reviews and comments from visitors audience focus group consultations. The indicate that the exhibition was a major gallery will draw heavily on the results of success with both public and critics. It has been a great experience. I have archaeological excavations as well as historical research during the past 25 learned a lot about London, how it has ‘ years. grown with time. I never knew there was a London before London. But now I do. There are so many great things you can learn from this museum.’

18 19 An Alexander McQueen dress to be displayed in forthcoming exhibition The London Look: fashion from street to catwalk OTHER EXHIBITIONS

The London Look: fashion from street to Throughout the exhibition there will be a The Capital Concerns series restarted in Black History Month was celebrated with CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Urban Grime; catwalk series of events including lectures by September 2003 after an absence a photographic display, Through London’s Connected London; photographer Charlie Phillips at Through London’s (29 October 2004 – 8 May 2005) leading figures in the fashion world, study because of the new entrance project. The Eyes (1 – 31 October 2003), devoted to Eyes; Whatever Happened to Council days, gallery talks and workshops exploring series was devised originally as a way of the work of Charlie Phillips, a self-taught Housing? Preparation for the Museum’s major the skills associated with clothing trades. building the Museum’s contemporary profile photographer who recorded the life of the exhibition for 2004–05, The London Look: Community groups and fashion students and takes as its subject matter issues of West Indian and African community in fashion from street to catwalk, began in will stage fashion shows inspired by the topical interest. Notting Hill during the 1960s and 1970s. 2003. Scheduled to run from October 2004 collection, and throughout there will be Connected London – 125 Years of the to May 2005, the exhibition will be the first in sessions when visitors can have their The first exhibition in the revised series Telephone (30 January – 9 May 2004) Britain to celebrate the creativity of London’s photograph taken and added to the was Urban Grime (19 September 2003 – told in a simple way the history of fashion designers and the unique sense of exhibition, keeping it alive and up-to-date 18 January 2004), which explored the telecommunications in the capital, focusing style for which Londoners are famous. in the spirit of London fashion. environment and London’s credentials as especially on the mobile phone revolution. Together with the accompanying book, a ‘green’ city. It examined five key The display included oral history, film, written by Edwina Ehrman, Christopher environmental issues of concern to cutting-edge design and web-based Breward and Caroline Evans and published Londoners today: air quality, energy, waste, interactives to appeal to a broad and by Yale University Press, it will show how biodiversity and noise. A historical context diverse audience. For the first time at the designers have used the history and culture was provided using objects from the Museum visitors were able to ‘text’ in their of the city as a springboard for their ideas. collection, such as smog masks and comments on the issues raised in the archaeological evidence of recycling. The exhibition. Objects on display included Drawing on the Museum’s internationally exhibition used recycled materials where samples of the Atlantic telegraph cable recognised dress collection, the exhibition possible, including chairs made from (1856), a Second World War telephonist’s will feature men’s and women’s fashions, recycled plastic bottles and plinth surfaces gas mask and an ‘Astrofon’ phone oral histories, photographs and films, made from crushed CDs. As part of the commemorating the privatisation of BT. arranged around four main themes: project a youth group created a graphic Whatever Happened to Council Housing? innovation, tradition, alternative dressing panel and a ‘talking heads’ video voicing (May 2004) explored contrasting case and fusion. Key loans have been made by their views on the exhibition’s themes. studies and different points of view to raise designers John Galliano and Alexander questions about the impact on London of McQueen, model Kate Moss and style ceasing to build council housing. writer Hamish Bowles, while donations have been made by Burberry Prorsum, Sir Paul Smith and Manolo Blahnik. Over 140 mannequins will be grouped on large plinths to recreate the feel of the catwalk. Music, light, colour and different textures will project the excitement of the fashion scene. Young visitors will have the opportunity to try on garments in specially designed changing rooms.

20 21 CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW Für das Kind; Holidays of a Lifetime; Faces and TOURING EXHIBITIONS Places

The Pepys’ London (8 May 2003 – 3 Für das Kind Faces and Places November 2003) exhibition presented vivid reminders of the accomplishments, The Museum worked with the World Jewish Pairs of posters were installed for six ambitions, dreams and challenges of Relief, Flor Kent, Network Rail and the months across 22 stations on the London Samuel Pepys. The Museum launched Pepys’ Imperial War Museum to install and launch Underground network as well as being on London simultaneously on its website. at Liverpool Street station the sculpture display in the Museum’s new foyer from Waiting for Fire (18 November 2003 – 18 and showcase commemorating the 15 March to 10 September 2004. The February 2004), a contemporary art transport of Jewish children from eastern posters were the result of workshops run installation by Hungarian artist Balazs Kicsny, Europe in the 1930s. by the Access and Learning Department inspired by the Great Fire of London (1666) with community groups, who selected and objects in the Museum’s collection, images from the Museum’s collection and opened in the Treasury space. The innovative Holidays of a Lifetime wrote poetry inspired by these images. Women’s Talk exhibition, part of the The exhibition was a collaboration with London’s Voices project and on display from The exhibition of ephemera and graphic London Transport under the banner of their 2 April till 27 June 2004, was the first panels drew both on the Museum’s social Platform for Art initiative. exhibition by the Museum to include no history collections and on holiday physical objects. Its content consisted memories and souvenirs collected through BELOW The Duke of Edinburgh visiting entirely of sound and enabled visitors to community workshops. The exhibition had Pepys’ London eavesdrop on the evocative memories of a successful tour at Hillingdon and Barking RIGHT Floella Benjamin opens Women’s Talk London women during the past 70 years. libraries in 2002–03, and at Battersea central library and the Idea Store at Bow from 18 March to 28 May 2003.

22 23 BELOW FROM TOP Treasures of a Saxon King; part of the Linked project at Wanstead Library GRAPHIC DESIGN

London Wall walk artist Graeme Miller. This project was a The Dig Throughout the year the Design and partnership between Artsadmin and the Exhibitions Department provided graphic Working with Foster and Partners, the Museum of London. Although designed and built the previous design and technical support to the Museum provided the design for a series of year, this was the overall winner of the Museum of London’s programme of events graphic panels interpreting the site of the Interpret Britain Awards in 2003–04 in by producing more than 70 flyers, leaflets Roman wall visible after the construction of Treasures of a Saxon King recognition of outstanding interpretative and posters promoting study days, lectures Sir Norman Foster’s landmark building in practice. It was also a finalist in Museums and festival events. A variety of promotional Noble Street in the City. Following the public announcement of this and Heritage Show Awards for excellence print material was prepared for the exciting discovery by Museum of London in the educational initiative category. Museum in Docklands. archaeologists, the finds were exhibited BELOW LEFT Ever popular, The Dig is held at Mortimer Wheeler House on Linked initially at London Wall and subsequently special events days at the LAARC at Southend Central Museum. The BELOW Faces and Places at the The Museum provided four themed exhibition, complemented by an Museum of London exhibitions in east London libraries interactive conservation display and a following the route of the Linked project. lecture programme, was achieved as a These exhibitions told the story of the collaboration between Southend Central M11 link road, celebrating it in sound Museum and MoLAS. Both the discovery installations and a touring exhibition by and the exhibition attracted very large numbers of visitors and users of the website.

The 1920s exhibition is ‘absolutely excellent. Visually stimulating, well laid out and presented and thoroughly interesting. Fantastic – I really enjoyed myself.’

24 25 ACCESS AND LEARNING

MUSEUM OF LONDON

The Access and Learning Department took The Institute of Education also carried out Significant external funding from the To support the Museum’s objectives a a leading role in developing an extensive a rigorous assessment of the quality of London Region Museums Hub, Partners for number of initiatives were developed to research programme and formulating the the schools’ services provided by each of London and Deutsche Bank has allowed the attract more users from the social London Region Museums Hub’s ambitious the Hub museums. In addition, a panel of Museum to achieve this visitor figure by: categories C2DE and from ethnic minorities education plan for 2004–06. The Museum expert advisors around England was currently under-represented in the Museum’s secured £129,603 from the Museums, established to shape the development of • improving the quality of marketing visitor profile. For example, events Libraries and Archives Council to fund the longer-term plans. materials organised as part of the Greater London programme. Specialist researchers were • increasing the staffing of the schools Authority’s Respect festival attracted an commissioned to explore teachers’ needs The Museum has given high priority to team from one to three almost entirely new audience, 90% of whom and their ideas about learning in museums, establishing an outreach service for were from the African-Caribbean community. • developing new programmes for pupils’ views on museum experiences, and secondary schools, to developing sessions secondary schools provision for schools programmes across and resources to support national The social inclusion officer funded by the London’s 180 museums and galleries. curriculum subjects relating to literacy and • developing a new outreach programme Heritage Lottery Fund continued to deliver citizenship, and to creating new for schools a successful programme for primary and promotional materials and a teachers’ • improving and increasing web content for secondary schools, under the banner of e-mail network to keep schools abreast of schools Linking Lives. The Museum is grateful to new Museum initiatives. The Museum will the programme’s supporters, including the • establishing a new electronic network assess the impact of its programmes on Golden Bottle Trust, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity for teachers. pupils, ensuring that their diverse learning Investments and C M S Cameron McKenna. needs can be met. Throughout the year key programmes for Access projects this year included support schools were well attended and received. The Museum’s London Wall venue for adult basic skills literacy classes and a Storytelling and gallery drama have significantly exceeded its annual target of literacy project funded by the City of London consistently performed well in terms of 38,000 students by attracting 62,965 Festival, in which elderly community group demand and evaluation. students. The accompanying table (left) members and prisoners were able to provides a dissection of school visits for contribute to the Pepys’ London exhibition. Programmes for adults included evening 2003–04. A Museum of London Faith Box class sessions on subjects ranging from Community groups and schools were archaeology and creative writing to the brought together in the Faith Box project, history of 19th-century London, as well as funded by the Department for Education lunchtime lectures, seminars, walks, visits, and Skills. Learning resources were tours, community projects and special developed by Christian, Buddhist, Hindu events. The 1920s exhibition provided a and Jewish groups working in partnership rich theme for the adult events programme, with 180 secondary school pupils. The with a study day on Hollywood being completed boxes have been on loan to particularly well received and gained a 92% schools since September 2003 to support approval rating. their curriculum studies.

26 27 MUSEUM IN DOCKLANDS Workshop events at the Museum

The following table provides a monthly A new schools programme compiled and The adult learning programmes have dissection of school visits: distributed in January 2004 stimulated engaged a variety of audiences with very demand for sessions in and visits to the different needs. One innovation has been Museum. Sessions have been developed the ability to show films in local community to complement the national curriculum for languages. Important partnerships have students aged from 5 to 18, addressing been developed with Tower Hamlets subjects such as history, literacy, College, Birkbeck College, African-Caribbean citizenship and geography. The programme and Bengali groups, local businesses and features learning through play, lectures, the London Chamber of Commerce and debate, drama, object handling and literacy. Industry Commercial Education Trust. The Evaluation of the programme, together programmes developed this year have with consultations with teachers, has created a firm foundation for future resulted in the fine tuning of what will be development. offered in the 2005–06 academic year.

Public programmes have steadily attracted a growing audience for informal learning sessions. The Mudlarks gallery is meeting the needs of a dedicated younger audience, while community links have been developed through co-producing events to celebrate significant festivals. The Chinese New Year festival in February was organised with local Chinese community groups and was very well attended. The Bangladeshi New Year attracted a smaller audience but received extremely good publicity from Bengali press and television. The Museum will build on these links in future.

28 29 PUBLIC PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS BELOW FROM TOP Memory bags at Ridley Road market; visitors to Women’s Talk

The delivery of a wide range of educational, London’s Voices Two of this year’s outputs were artists’ • London on Hold – oral history extracts informative and entertaining public commissions: Linked, in which sound artist played to callers to the Museum’s programmes and events relevant to the This was the final year of London’s Voices, Graeme Miller, using new technology, switchboard Museum’s objectives is an important part a three-year programme of activities funded created a site-specific soundscape art work • Voices Online – three online exhibitions, of the Museum’s functions During the year by the Heritage Lottery Fund. London’s on streets in East London, and Colour February 2004 the Museum provided an extensive and Voices began as a collection development Contacts, in which Indian classical dancers • Memory Bags – oral history extracts well-received programme for visitors. programme to develop the oral history created a dance based on the Museum’s printed on 15,000 bags distributed at collection through acquiring new material oral history collections. Other outputs Ridley Road market, Hackney in February and finding new ways of making oral history delivered in 2003–04 were: 2004 accessible. Community involvement was always one of its founding principles, but • Questioning London – results of an • London at Play – hospital radio project over the three years the programme has ‘alternative census’ of 2,600 Londoners with University College hospitals (2004) embraced a far stronger element of placed online in April 2004 • Women Talk – preparation work for the community consultation and direction than • Postcards to London – oral history Women Talk exhibition (opened May originally envisaged. The project’s strategic extracts printed on 10,000 postcards 2004). value to the Museum lies in developing not distributed to 80 cinemas around London only the collection but also staff skills in • London 16–19 – digital collecting project new ways of working with communities, of with six youth groups culminating in a working beyond the Museum’s walls and performance event at the Museum in of working in new media with different September 2003 sorts of practitioners.

My children didn’t ‘want to come this Participants in the London 16–19 project afternoon. Then they didn’t want to leave!’

30 31 VISITOR SERVICES

National Archaeology Days Special events The construction of the new front entrance The results of this intensive training and improved access facilities imposed programme are evident in comments from An ambitious programme of events, staged During the year the Special Events team some operational challenges but, with a visitors. Approximately 10% of customer in July for the 2003 National Archaeology achieved its highest ever revenue from committed front-of-house team, visitors comments compliment staff on their Days, involved two days of activities at commercial hire. After May 2003 the were welcomed through the temporary knowledge and professionalism, and 30% London Wall, the Museum in Docklands, Museum in Docklands was marketed as entrance and were able to enjoy a high- of the team have received letters and London Archaeological Archive and not only a new but also a unique cultural quality visit. The very few complaints were comments naming them individually for Research Centre, the Guildhall venue for hire in the Docklands/Canary far outweighed by the many expressions of enhancing the visit. The visitor assistants amphitheatre and the Billingsgate Roman Wharf area. The team managed 66 external support. have also contributed to the events and bathhouse. events at this new site, attracting a schools programmes by running workshops diversity of clients ranging from local Gallery assistants are now known as and storytelling sessions and providing borough councils to the Capital Radio road visitor assistants and have embraced the guided tours. show. requirements of this new role with enthusiasm and dedication. Staff have The call centre based at the Museum in The process of drawing back clients lost been able to assist with telling the story of Docklands provides both a switchboard to the Museum during the building period London’s history in a more proactive and service to the entire Museum Group and began in earnest, together with a review visitor-focused manner while still providing a booking office for all events. Software of the pricing structure and catering lists. a high level of invigilation. upgrades have enabled call volumes to be A proactive sales approach and the monitored, allowing staffing levels to be dedication of the team led to year-on-year The new team of 30 visitor assistants at adjusted when needed. growth in commercial hire of almost 50% the Museum in Docklands completed a to £146,000 at Museum of London, while five-week training programme to ensure ABOVE Visitor assistant Tim Peters the first-year income at the Museum in the delivery of the best possible customer welcoming visitors to the Museum of London Docklands was £121,500. service and safety in the galleries. The

ABOVE Staff dressed for a 1920s training included: event RIGHT Children taking part in a • customer service skills National Archaeology Days event I would like to say I have never • core institutional values and service ‘been to a museum where all the principles • team building staff have been so helpful and kind, • explainer skills and so willing to go out of their way • first aid to help visitors…thank you. • managing physical and verbal abuse ’ • disability awareness.

32 33 COLLABORATIONS

Loyd Grossman at the launch of the PhotoLondon project

Among the Museum’s leading priorities are The archive has strong associations with Moving Here Royal Holloway the creating and sustaining of partnerships London and complements existing Museum with a range of public and private sector collections concerned with social and Throughout the year, the Museum The Museum continued its partnership with organisations and the improvement of its economic events in London’s history. continued to contribute to the Moving Here Royal Holloway, University of London, by client-focused approach in order to make Discussions and planning meetings have project (funded by the New Opportunities contributing to its material culture and its resources and subject matter as been held with the Sainsbury Archive Trust Fund), an attempt to increase access to medieval history MA courses. The Museum relevant as possible to its clientele. Major about the relocation of the archive to the historical resources relating to migration continued to be a joint partner in an developments during the year were: Museum in Docklands, and those plans are to Britain. The project has been managed Economic and Social Research Council- now well advanced. The archive will be by The National Archives with the Museum funded PhD studentship on the subject of relocated to the Thames gallery during as one of the lead partners. By January oral history and the river. This was the first The Sainsbury Archive 2005 and will be accessible to researchers 2004, the Museum had contributed 760 year of the studentship and staff were and the public. catalogue records, 1000 digital images and actively involved with scoping the project The Sainsbury Archive, established over 30 nearly 80 hours of oral history recordings. and research methods, which will have a years ago, provides a unique record of the The Museum has also been managing a A major output of the project has been a public output in 2005. transformation that has occurred in project to catalogue the archive collection. website, , that

The proposed design of the retailing since the mid 19th century and the Both an inventory of the collection and a went live in 2003 and was awarded Best Sainsbury Archive at the Museum in social impact of this change upon society. catalogue of corporate records were History Site by Internet Magazine. Courtauld Institute of Art and Birkbeck Docklands completed and work has started on records College relating to advertising, branches and The National Archives continues to develop packaging. These sections of the catalogue the website and has made further funding Discussions were initiated about a possible are nearing completion, with over two-thirds applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund. joint funding bid to the Arts and Humanities of the material catalogued to ISAD(G) It is hoped that the Museum will carry on Research Board to create a definitive standards. The archive has responded to with its involvement in the project should database of the various places where art numerous enquiries from both Sainsbury’s these bids be successful. was exhibited in London from the mid 17th and the public. The subject of enquiries century to the present day. An unsuccessful range from genealogy and local history to attempt was made to find external funding Royal College of Art university studies of development in the for a trial project, but all partners are food industry. committed to the ‘London Art Sites’ project The Museum supported an Arts and that will proceed once funding is secured. Humanities Research Board-funded research programme in developing digital imaging of textiles. The ‘digital dress’, PhotoLondon created from an 18th-century dress in the Museum’s collections, was given a public The Museum continued to be an active showing in February 2004. partner in this consortium, which brings together key libraries and archives in London to fund and maintain a portal website devoted to London’s historic photographs.

34 35 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

The Women’s Library Refugee community history project Support systems and web developments Successful infrastructure projects included the implementation and configuration of a Staff were heavily involved with The Forming a collaboration between the The Information Technologies Department web content management system platform, Women’s Library’s initiatives, in particular Museum, the Evelyn Oldfield Unit of the provides both technical support to the a major upgrade for all e-mail servers and the 100th anniversary of the founding of Corporation of London and various refugee Group’s IT systems and delivery of a client management software, the the Women’s Social and Political Union, the welfare organisations, this project will number of specialised projects in support implementation of both a dedicated web main suffragette campaign group. record oral histories of refugee groups. The of core functions. The web-based projects server and more powerful database software consortium has received financial support included Pepys’ London and the 1920s to deliver increasingly richer web projects. from the Heritage Lottery Fund. exhibition. A partnership with BT enabled Reaktion Books both the delivery of a simple website in support of the Connected London exhibition Exploring 20th-century London The Museum provided photographs for a BT Connected Earth partnership and the opportunity to trial the use of new book of essays, London from punk to wireless content delivery to PCs in the gallery. In March 2004 the Museum received a Blair, that was launched at a conference The Museum is one of the lead partners in substantial grant from the Museums, hosted by the Museum in November 2003. this consortium, which is designed to A major new website was created to Libraries and Archives Council through its disperse the ‘national’ collection of support the ceramics and glass study Designation Challenge Fund to create telecommunications heritage throughout centre, and web visitors can now browse online learning resources in association Connected London exhibition at the various major museums. Led by BT Group and order copies of 1400 sample images with London’s Transport Museum. Exploring Museum of London plc, the consortium’s other partners include from the picture library website. In 20th-century London will be an important the Science Museum, the National collaboration with third-party developers, two partnership project for the Museum during Museums of Scotland and The Museum of substantial new curriculum-based packages, the coming year, involving staff from several Science and Industry in Manchester. The Digging up the Romans and Target the departments. The London Museums Hub three main Museum of London events Tudors, were added to the relaunched has also given financial support to the arising from the Connected Earth project learning section. Other new initiatives project, enabling the creation of a larger this year were the formal transfer of included a useful new ‘hot topics’ section. set of learning resources from museums collections from BT to the Museum of throughout the region. London, which involved the rehousing of the The entire website for MoLAS was revised collections at Mortimer Wheeler House, the and relaunched, the latter taking place at The Museum of London and London telecommunications presence in the 1920s the MoLAS annual review launch when for Transport Museum will contribute 9000 exhibition, and the Connected London the first time the annual review was records to the project, including associated exhibition. published online both as a set of web images and oral history recordings. pages and a printable version. Internal Contributions from the Hub partners will University of East London communication has been enhanced at eventually lead to approximately 12,000 MoLAS following the revision of the intranet records digitised by the end of the project. Meetings were held to scope a series of facility, while work with the MacDonald seminars, a possible conference and Centre for Archaeology allowed system team The project, which will start in April 2004, research work required to support the new staff to review and implement a new IT has a completion date of March 2006. modern London gallery. infrastructure at an excavations site in Turkey.

36 37 COLLECTIONS

CERAMICS AND GLASS COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS STUDY CENTRE

The Museum continued its strong tradition Work also progressed on the proposed A significant milestone was the completion special school in Tower Hamlets, who used of revealing exciting new archaeological acquisition of the work of three important of a major project to re-house and digitise the collection as inspiration for their own discoveries to the public when, in July 2003, Black photographers under the collective the Museum’s ceramics and glass creations. All the events demonstrated the a Roman tin canister, sealed for 1900 years, title of the Black Independent collection, a project funded by the interest and enthusiasm for the collection was opened in front of the media to reveal Photographers’ Archive. Museums, Libraries and Archives Council’s by both specialists and the general public; a perfectly preserved white cream, thought Designation Challenge Fund (DCF). The events and tours planned during 2004 will to be either a cosmetic or a medicinal skin collection, recognised as being of national build on this success. cream. The find, excavated in Tabard and international importance, includes Street, Southwark by the contractors Pre- around 20,000 ceramic items and 5,000 Construct Archaeology, received widespread glass items, as well as 20,000 samian media attention and was placed on sherds. At the start of the project, the temporary display in the Museum. Experts collection was inaccessible as it had been at Bradford and Bristol Universities are packed in 1300 boxes when the previous undertaking detailed analysis of the cream. storage area had to be closed in advance of the new entrance project at London Wall. In addition to individual object, collection One of the bays at Mortimer Wheeler and oral history acquisitions made as part House was fitted out, new storage units of the London’s Voices project, two major were installed and the collection unpacked, collections development projects continued reorganised, catalogued, digitised and during 2003–04. The Connected Earth incorporated in the new units. The new partnership with British Telecom, which storage space and units provide excellent CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE A recent discovery of a Roman ointment includes an endowment, brought into the physical access to the collection. canister, complete with finger marks; Museum’s ownership a number of a photograph by Charlie Phillips, important items relating to London’s Electronic access to the entire collection Black Independent Photographers’ Archive; the two millionth telephone telecommunications history. Noteworthy is now also available as a result of this installed in London items include an 1880 Bell Patent project. The database includes 25,000 telephone receiver made at the Silvertown catalogue records, 12,000 with digital Works in East London, the metal lettering images all now online through a new from the London Wall telephone exchange website, . It is intended that this Centre installed in London (in 1954), a pair of pole will act as a model for future online access irons used by engineers to climb telegraph initiatives in the Museum. poles and the telephone exchange from Buckingham Palace. A series of events, study days and community activities were held during the project to promote the collection and the new facilities. One of the activities involved students from the Beatrice Tate School, a

38 39 RATIONALISATION OF THE PORT AND RIVER COLLECTIONS SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITIONS

After the opening of the Museum in Acquisitions of particular note included: New acquisition: The Crossing Docklands, a major project began on the Sweeper by W P Frith rationalisation of the port and river • The Crossing Sweeper by W P Frith collection stored at Convoys Wharf. This (1858). Acquired with financial support project is linked to the collection’s from the National Art Collections Fund proposed move to a new location at Trinity and the V&A Purchase Fund Buoy Wharf. In common with many other • Copper plate by Thomas Rowlandson, museum collections, the majority of the etched 1790 and 1814. Side (a) is titled port and river artefacts are not on display. Disturbers of Domestic Happiness, When the objects were collected, the London and side (b) is one of intention was that they would form the Rowlandson’s Miseries of London series definitive three-dimensional archive of London’s port and river during the last 300 • View over Spitalfields looking west, years. The aim was to provide information screen print by Lucinda Rogers (2002) for scholarly research and context for the • Panel portrait of John Wesley by unknown Museum’s new displays. However, owing to artist the nature of the original opportunistic collecting in the 1980s, many areas of • Late 15th-century purse frame over-representation need reappraisal. In • Medieval dagger chape October 2003 work started on sorting the collection and selecting items that would • 15th-century pilgrim badge of St Leger New acquisition: a medieval dagger be retained to form the core reserve • Papers of an East India captain, Thomas chape collection and those objects that would be Bartlett, 18th century. de-accessioned and offered to other museums and heritage trusts. To inform this selection process, a port and river collection statement was drawn up and approved. It is envisaged that the project Collection statistics 2003–04 will be completed by March 2005.

40 41 FACILITIES LONDON WALL AND ASSETS REDEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

RIGHT Visitors enjoying the new menu The completion of the Museum in The new entrance and major temporary This work completes the first stage of the at the Museum’s café Docklands and the new entrance project at exhibition gallery project was completed two-stage redevelopment of the London London Wall led to investigating snagging and opened to the public in October 2003. Wall site. A major options appraisal of issues at the two sites, the majority of Designed by the Stirling Prize winning the development of the building was which have now been addressed. In architects, Wilkinson Eyre and Associates, undertaken. These options ranged from a addition, a major 20-year maintenance these facilities have dramatically enhanced minor intervention to a major expansion programme has been compiled for the the Museum’s visibility and visitor services, into the basement and roofing over the London Wall building in partnership with including a very attractive and greatly central courtyard. A pragmatic middle our major funders and landlord, the improved shop. option was chosen that includes expanding Corporation of London. The building is now the lower gallery floor to provide a new City almost 30 years old and many services The new space has also been very gallery, visually accessible from London have become worn out as is to be expected. successful for the hosting of exhibition Wall, enhanced displays for the entire openings as well as other events. These modern period and flexible learning spaces. facilities have been well received by all The scheme will provide a museum able to visitors, including school groups. interpret and communicate the stories of London to the future generations through an enhanced use of the Museum’s extensive and rich collections, new media LEFT The new Museum shop and events and other spaces in the galleries.

A big thank you from the PLPU team for ‘making our conference at your facility such a treat. You and your staff were so helpful in looking out for us from the initial greeting to informing the individual museum floor staff to help us if needed. Sherrye Dix, Secretary PLPU,’ Home Office. August 2004

42 43 COMMUNICATIONS LEFT Rt Hon the Lord McIntosh of Haringey, Minister for Media and Heritage, visiting the Saxon King exhibition at the Museum in Docklands BELOW 1920s glamour at the Museum THE MEDIA of London

Press coverage highlighted the opening of sports day organised to challenge employees show left one ‘…feeling entertained as well to their size. Connected London was a the Museum in Docklands, the 1920s from nearby offices to ‘pitch yourself as informed’. natural candidate for radio. Both Urban exhibition and the new series of Capital against the past’ generated a significant Grime and Whatever Happened to Council Concerns exhibitions. The two big amount of publicity and goodwill among the The treasures from the tomb of the Anglo- Housing? were special features in the archaeological news stories were the businesses in the surrounding area and Saxon king received worldwide coverage in ‘Society’ section of the Guardian. discovery of the pot of Roman face cream was noted in the Daily Telegraph and the the printed media and on radio, television on the site of a Roman temple in Guardian. and the web, reflecting the importance of London Inside Out and The Research Southwark and of the spectacular burial the discovery and the spectacular quality Framework for London Archaeology were chamber of an Anglo-Saxon king on a site The 1920s exhibition was well received and of the finds. There were substantial picture launched successfully to general and in Southend-on-Sea, the latter undoubtedly the bold design and variety of the objects stories in almost all the national papers specialist press. The launch of the latter one of the most important archaeological on display were much admired. The Daily while 20 radio programmes and nearly served to promote Europe’s largest discoveries in 50 years. Telegraph picked out the costumes, the every television news channel covered it archaeological archive to Londoners and posters, the red telephone box and across the country. A 60-minute to inspire students, researchers, The opening of the Museum in Docklands Selfridge’s lift as ‘visual treats’. The Times documentary has been made about the archaeologists and community groups to received coverage in over 100 print and reviewer felt the exhibition was ‘the perfect discovery. It also went out as a top news become more actively involved in broadcast media outlets with an audience thing to inaugurate the new Linbury story through all the main international uncovering the past. reach of over 15 million, as well as Gallery’. For the Spectator the whole show news agencies and television stations, with worldwide coverage in all media. The was ‘as inventive and innovative as the coverage ranging from the United States of The Museum’s education programme was Sunday Times, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Twenties themselves. A great success’. America to the Ukraine. It was taken up by warmly welcomed in a BBC History special Independent on Sunday, Evening Standard, The Evening Standard said the exhibition specialist magazines and was the cover on school trips as one of the best venues New Statesman, and Museums Journal captured ‘the passion and sense of story in British Archaeology. in the country for a day out. The events carried features or reviews and the visit by adventure of the period’ and offered ‘an programmes at all sites are regularly the Queen was widely reported as a news easily digestible understanding of the roots Phenomenal interest was also shown at featured in all the listings magazines, and Theatre outside the Museum in item. Over 14 local newspapers covered of today’s big issues’. The newsletter of the press call for the opening of a small features and publicity about the Group are Docklands the opening of the museum and they have the Decorative Arts Society said the Roman metal box found to contain a white being included on an increasing number of continued to support it enthusiastically exhibition should ‘…not be missed by face cream. An illustrated feature appeared websites. throughout the year. It also featured in anyone interested in the decorative arts’. in every broadsheet and most of the 12 key travel trade publications as well as The Daily Mail and Weekly News covered tabloids. It was covered by television film specialised airline and rail magazines. the Kibbo Kift, and the display on the crews from the BBC, CNN and Spanish A tour for foreign correspondents and a cultural influence of Russia in the period television and was broadcast via Sky News substantial feature by the Associated Press attracted the attention of Russian to 45 million Chinese-speakers around the agency resulted in further interest from as magazines, cultural organisations and the world. Radio interviews were broadcast as far afield as India and Brazil. Television British dancing press. Among the listings far away as New Zealand and it featured features were broadcast by BBC London, magazines the exhibition was chosen by on numerous websites. London Tonight and Blue Peter and it was the Independent Information as one of the taken up by Radio Four’s Front Row and 50 best shows and it was one of the top Because they highlight topical issues, the BBC London radio. The opening party choices in What’s on in London, with the Capital Concerns exhibitions have attracted received wide local coverage, and a special latter commenting that the success of the a considerable amount of interest relative

44 45 ARCHAEOLOGY

MUSEUM OF LONDON MARKETING ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE

Marketing activities were focused on Partnership marketing The Museum of London Archaeology Palace. Large field survey projects were ABOVE Gold and wooden cups from keeping strong links with our visitors, Service (MoLAS) carried out over 300 carried out on the proposed routes of a the Saxon king burial site BELOW MoLAS conducted a generic advertising and promotion, and Working in partnership with Visit London projects, large and small, during a year Thames Water pipeline in north Kent, the photographic survey of Stowe School, specific targeted marketing to reach both the London Wall and Museum in when much of the London property sector A21 in Kent and the A120 in Essex. Buckinghamshire particular sectors of new audiences and to Docklands venues were promoted to the (to which the work is so closely tied) was Historic buildings were recorded, including promote particular events and exhibitions. domestic and overseas markets through relatively quiet. Most of the projects were Bromley Hall in Tower Hamlets, which attending exhibitions and organising prompted by planning and property analysis revealed to be an unusual early familiarisation trips. TourEast London development, and MoLAS archaeologists Tudor tower-house, while a Middle Neolithic Market research assisted with the promotion of the and specialists worked hard to turn the burial mound at Prissé la Charrière, France Museum in Docklands through commercial funding stream to public was surveyed and a detailed digital 3D plan Surveys were conducted weekly in the foyer familiarisation trips, promotional maps benefit, with great strides made in and a digital elevation model of it were and analysed on a quarterly basis. For the and attending the world travel market. The research, publication and public display. produced. periods October–December 2003 and Marketing Department worked with many With the archaeological and specialist January–March 2004, visitors were asked other partners, especially the Corporation teams working closely together, advice and the following questions in order to assess of London, Docklands Light Railway and services are now provided according to the response to the marketing campaign: Canary Wharf, to promote both museums. client demand under the banner of MoLAS and the Museum of London Specialist • What was the main reason for coming to Services (MoLSS). the Museum today? Group travel trade • If it was to see the 1920s exhibition, how At the heart of MoLAS projects were did you hear about it? Following a marketing campaign to the consultancy advice and services to the group travel trade, the Museum of London property sector. With over 30 years’ • Did you visit the 1920s exhibition? Group was nominated for two awards in experience of excavation and research into • If not, why not? the group travel awards. The nominations London’s past, MoLAS was particularly were made by the readers of Group Travel pleased to be involved with a number of Based on a total sample size of 916, the Organiser magazine. The Museum of strategic projects that will shape the future results were: London was nominated in the best of the capital: consultancy on archaeological attraction for group visits: short visit sites and historic buildings was provided • 174 visitors (19%) said that their main category, while the Museum in Docklands for schemes such as the preparation for reason for visiting the Museum was to go was nominated in the best new attraction: London’s Olympic bid and regeneration of to the 1920s exhibition group visits category. The Museum also the Lea Valley, the proposed Crossrail and • 287 visitors (32%) went to the exhibition mounted small displays at the Excursions strategies for development in the Thames and British Travel trade fairs, two of the Gateway. • only 36 visitors (1%) were unaware of the main travel industry exhibitions, in order to exhibition generate interest from the British tourism The core excavations at 21 Lime Street, trade. City of London and Blows Yard, Southwark provided new information about Roman London’s forum and medieval Winchester

46 47 BELOW FROM TOP Museum visitors viewing some of the spectacular finds from the Saxon king burial; excavating a fireplace on the site of the Roman forum at 21 Lime Street

The particular skills of MoLSS in finds and animal bone and survey expertise were Archaeologists and specialists had a excavations and historic building surveys, environmental analysis and in archaeological carried out in Ireland, Roman pottery hugely exciting discovery with the find of and of research funded by English conservation enabled the export of advice expertise in Romania, Roman glass the 7th-century Saxon king near Southend- Heritage’s archaeology commissions team. and services throughout Britain and expertise at Casteporziano, Italy and on-Sea during work for Southend Borough Noteworthy collaborative publications for overseas. This year saw an increase in the collections care consultancy, with curatorial Council. The discovery dates from a time the general reader included Lambeth number of external museums and heritage colleagues, in the ancient city of Chesnesos, when London was the episcopal see of Unearthed with Lambeth Archives and local bodies seeking this work, and MoLSS Ukraine. The year saw the beginning of an Essex in the very earliest days of groups, and London’s Archaeological projects ranged from London to Newcastle innovative three-year study of over 10,000 Christianity, and the find – a burial chamber Secrets with Yale University Press, which upon Tyne, Bristol and overseas. The human burials from Spitalfields, a project containing magnificent grave goods – has won The New Generation Book of the Year London Museums Agency initiative meant that runs in parallel with the Wellcome- been hailed as the most important Anglo- award. the continued provision of conservation funded database project at the Museum’s Saxon find since the 1939 discoveries at advice to local and borough museums. In Centre for Human Bioarchaeology. Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. The grave goods, addition, MoLSS projects in conservation, including weapons and other symbols of power, gold clothes accessories, many copper-alloy vessels, glass cups, drinking horns, coins and small gold crucifixes, are being excavated and examined by MoLSS conservators; research will continue for many years. Through the exploitation of the Museum’s unique position as an organisation able both to unearth and interpret archaeological finds, new audiences were reached through the MoLAS website and through the temporary exhibition of these remarkable grave goods at the Museum. The exhibition attracted many ABOVE Conservation work on a large visitors there before it moved to Southend iron-bound wooden tub found with the Saxon king burial Central Museum, where it drew in over RIGHT Reconstruction view of the 1100 visitors a day. Saxon king burial by Faith Vardy of MoLAS MoLAS kept up the momentum on its high profile academic and popular publication programme. Books and reports on Roman Southwark, Rotherhithe, Mortlake and Bishopsgate were published in the in-house monograph series and the archaeology studies series. These included the results both of developer-funded archaeological

48 49 LONDON ARCHAEOLOGICAL Visitors exploring the London ARCHIVE AND RESEARCH WELLCOME CENTRE FOR Archaeological Archive and Research Centre CENTRE HUMAN BIOARCHAEOLOGY

The London Archaeological Archive and Portable antiquities and community A major initiative for the year saw the Director Jack Lohman and senior Research Centre (LAARC) continued to archaeologist establishment of the Centre for Human osteologist Bill White in the Wellcome Centre for Human enhance its reputation as a key component Bioarchaeology, which will oversee the Bioarchaeology in London’s public archaeology and as a The creation of the new post of the curation of and research into the Museum’s model of good practice for the curation of portable antiquities and community internationally important collection of archaeological collections. Work continued archaeologist, supported by the Heritage human remains from archaeological on the Getty-funded minimum standards Lottery Fund, enables the recording of excavations. The centre’s first major work project, which will be completed in early portable antiquities found by members of is the human osteology database, funded 2006. Deposition of recent excavation the public, especially metal detector by the Wellcome Trust, which will provide an archives continued, including an agreement users, and assists initiatives to involve online database of 5,000 skeletons in the to accept archaeological archives from the community groups in London’s past. Museum’s collections. This work is London borough of Havering. complemented by the MoLAS Spitalfields osteology project, which will add to the Use of the archaeological collections database details of the 10,500 skeletons increased during the year owing to the excavated from the Roman and medieval successful partnership with the Institute of cemetery. The facility, as it develops during Archaeology and the formal link to its MA the next three years, will provide an course in London archaeology. A major internationally valuable resource for boost to archaeological research will be scientific, medical and social research. the Museum’s publication A Research Framework for London Archaeology, which The Centre has also seen the setting up was launched at the Greater London of a Museum-wide human remains working Authority’s headquarters in July 2003. group to co-ordinate planning for human remain collections. The group has produced A cross-departmental museum team has Still wonderful!! draft guidelines for the display of human developed a new research project, based remains and has reviewed the long-term on the centre’s resources. The London ‘ ’ storage needs and reburial requirements. Biographies project seeks to use the large A major international symposium on human body of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century remains will be held at the Museum in archaeological materials to undertake new Docklands on 30–31 October 2004. types of research into these periods by linking archaeological and historical records. The project has led to important partnerships with LaTrobe University in Melbourne and Bristol University.

50 51 SCHOLARSHIP PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH MUSEUM OF LONDON PUBLICATIONS STAFF PUBLICATIONS

Staff worked on three major publications During the year the Museum signed a Blair, I, and Hall, J, 2003 Working water: Roman Highlights of staff publications include: technology in action, London London’s this year: Twenties London: a city in the contract with Penguin Books to deliver a archaeological Jazz Age, by Cathy Ross, the publication substantial reference publication, the Cowan, Carrie, 2003 Urban development in north- Bateman, Nick, 2003 ‘John Carpenter’s library: secrets corporate charity and London’s Guildhall’, in A world city revealed accompanying the major exhibition; The Penguin Atlas of London History. This is a west Roman Southwark: excavations 1974–90, Museum of London Archaeology Service The archaeology of reformation 1480–1580 (eds London Look, by Edwina Ehrman, major undertaking involving work from all Monograph Series 16, London R Gilchrist and D Gaimster), Society for Post- Christopher Breward and Caroline Evans, members of the curatorial staff. Draft medieval Archaeology Monograph 1, 356–70, Ellmers, Chris, 2003 Museum in Docklands London the publication accompanying the chapters were delivered to the editors highlights guidebook, London forthcoming major exhibition; and Satirising during 2003–04 and the remaining Bateman, Nick, 2004 ‘From rags to riches; the wool Gower, Graham, with Tyler, Kieron, 2003 Lambeth cloth trade and Blackwell Hall, c 1450–1790: a London, by Mark Bills, a publication chapters will be completed during the unearthed: an archaeological history of Lambeth, brief survey’, Post-medieval Archaeology 38(1), edited by Chris Thomas Museum of London Archaeology Service with the scheduled to coincide with a smaller second half of 2004. Publication is planned 1–15 exhibition in 2005 exploring the collection for 2006. London Borough of Lambeth, London Bills, Mark, 2003 ‘David Roberts, the Houses of Hammer, Friederike, 2003 Industry in north-west of satirical prints and watercolours. All Parliament from Millbank’, National Art Roman Southwark: excavations 1984–8, Museum three publications are proceeding with Collections Fund Annual Review, 105 of London Archaeology Service Monograph Series co-publishers Philip Wilson and Yale 17, London Bills, Mark, 2003 ‘David Roberts, the Houses of 1920s: the decade that changed University Press. Parliament from Millbank and the London series’, Heard, Kieron, and Goodburn, Damian, 2003 London Apollo CLVII, no. 498, 3–9 Investigating the maritime history of Rotherhithe: excavations at Pacific Wharf, 165 Rotherhithe Bills, Mark, 2003 ‘Francis Grant, Edinburgh’s Street, Southwark, Museum of London Archaeology Scottish National Portrait Gallery’, Burlington Service Archaeology Studies Series 11, London Magazine CXLV, no. 1207, 735–6 Howe, Elizabeth, and Lakin, David, 2004 Roman and Blair, I, Hillaby, J, Howell, I, Sermon, R, and Watson, medieval Cripplegate, City of London: archaeological B, 2004 ‘The Milk Street mikveh’, Current excavations 1992–8, Museum of London Archaeology 190, 456–61 Archaeology Service Monograph Series 21, London Bowsher, Julian, 2003 ‘Notes on searching for the Ross, Cathy, 2003 Twenties London: a city in the 123rd Company, Machine Gun Corps’, Magazine of Jazz Age, London the Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades Association (summer), 39–43 Sloane, Barney, and Hoad, Stewart, with Cloake, John, Pearce, Jacqueline, and Stephenson, Roy, Bowsher, Julian, 2003 ‘Review of D R Edwards and 2003 Early modern industry and settlement: C T McCollough (eds), Archaeology and the excavations at George Street, Richmond, and High Galilee: texts and contexts in the Graeco-Roman Street, Mortlake, in the London Borough of Richmond and Byzantine periods’, Palestine Exploration upon Thames, Museum of London Archaeology Quarterly 135(1), 73–4 Service Archaeology Studies Series 9, London Cohen, Nathalie, 2003 ‘Boundaries and settlement: Swift, Dan, 2003 Roman burials, medieval tenements the role of the River Thames’, in Boundaries in and suburban growth: 201 Bishopsgate, City of early medieval Britain (eds David Griffiths, Andrew London, Museum of London Archaeology Service Reynolds and Sarah Semple), Studies in Anglo- Archaeology Studies Series 10, London Saxon History and Archaeology 12, Oxford Thomas, Chris, with Chopping, Andy, and Wellman, Cohen, Nathalie, with Hines, John, and Roffey, Tracy (eds), 2003 London’s archaeological secrets: Simon, 2004 ‘Iohannes Gower, Armiger, Poeta: a world city revealed, Museum of London records and memorials of his life and death’, in Archaeology Service with Yale University Press, A companion to Gower (ed Sian Echard), London Woodbridge

52 53 Cotton, Jon, 2003 ‘A Neolithic flaked flint axe from Harward, Chiz, 2003 ‘Saxo-Norman occupation at and landscape at Totterdown Lane, Horcott near 604–2004 (eds D Keene, A Burns and A Saint), Urban development Wallington’, Surrey Archaeological Society Bulletin Beckenham, Kent’, London Archaeologist 10(7), Fairford, Gloucestershire, Thames Valley 2–4 and 123–6, London in north-west 365, 1–2 171–8 Archaeological Services Monograph 6, 76–81, Roman Southwark Seaborne, Mike, 2003 – photographic consultant Reading Excavations 1974–90 Cotton, Jon, 2003 ‘A Lower Palaeolithic biface from Holder, Nick, and Jamieson, Dave, 2003 ‘The and contributor to London from punk to Blair (eds Sanderstead’, Surrey Archaeological Society prehistory of the City of London: myths and Ross, Cathy, 2003 ‘Jerusalem, Babylon and Cain’s Joe Kerr and Andrew Gibson), London Carrie Cowan Bulletin 371, 14 methodologies’, Archaeological Journal 160, 23–43 people’, Art and Cities 12, 2–3 Smith, T P, 2003 ‘Introit: the noble art of London Cotton, Jon and Fields, D (eds), 2004 Towards a Johnson, R and Cotton, Jon, 2004 ‘Two decorated Ross, Cathy, 2003 ‘Roundabouts and yellow bricklaying’, British Brick Society Information 90, from punk to blair new Stone Age: aspects of the Neolithic in south- Peterborough bowls from the Thames at Mortlake rhythms’, Art and Cities 13, 6–7 5–9 edited by Joe Kerr & Andrew Gibson east England, Council for British Archaeology and their London context’, in J Cotton and D Field Ross, Cathy, 2003 ‘The decade that changed our Smith, T P, 2003 ‘A brush or a bundle of laths?: a Research Report 137, York (eds), Towards a new Stone Age: aspects of the capital’, The Lady, 23 December, 32–3 problem concerning the arms of the Worshipful Neolithic in south-east England, Council for Day, Annette, 2004 ‘Displaying the twentieth century Rowsome, Peter, 2003 ‘Recent research on Roman Company of Tylers and Bricklayers of the City of M O LAS MONOGRAPH 16 Oral History Society Journal British Archaeology Research Report 137, in Polish museums’, , London’, The Archaeologist 48, 22–3 London’, British Brick Society Information 90, Archaeology Service 128–47, York 87–96 10–11 Lanyon, Eleanor and Langfeldt, Jannicke, 2003 Sankey, David, 2003 ‘Roman, medieval and later Drummond-Murray, James, 2004 ‘Jobs in British Smith, T P, 2003 ‘ “The wittiest fellow of a bricklayer ‘Volunteers help to raise standards at the development at 7 Bishopsgate, London EC2: from Archaeology 2003’, The Archaeologist 51, 32–3 in England”: a note on Ben Jonson’, British Brick LAARC’, Conservation News 84, 22–4 a 1st-century cellared building to the 17th-century Egan, G, 2003 ‘Two medieval copper alloy foundry properties of the Merchant Taylors’ Company’, Society Information 90, 12–14 Lister, Jenny, 2003 ‘Twenty-three samples of silks: excavations in London’, in Archaeometallurgy in Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc 53, 1–24 silks worn by Queen Charlotte and the royal Smith, T P, 2003 ‘Venturus Mandey: no ordinary Europe Proceedings 2, Associazione di metallurgia, princesses at royal birthday balls, 1791–1794’, Sankey, David, 2003 ‘The London Merchant Taylors’ bricklayer’, British Brick Society Information 90, 243–52, Milan Costume 37, 51–65 hall’, in The archaeology of reformation 16–19 Egan, G, 2003 ‘Domestic space’, and various 1480–1580 (eds R Gilchrist and D Gaimster), Lohman, Jack, 2003 ‘A new metaphor for London’, Smith, T P, 2003 ‘The 25 churches [of the catalogue entries, in Gothic art for England (eds Society for Post-medieval Archaeology Monograph in Issues and Challenges in Urban History Southwark Diocese in the inter-war period]’, British R Marks and P Williamson), Victoria and Albert 1, 371–85, London Museums, 13–29, Seoul Museum of History Brick Society Information 92, 25–7 Museum exhibition catalogue, 280–3, London Schofield, John, 2003 ‘Some aspects of the Lyon, Jo, 2003 ‘New evidence for early Roman Swallow, Peter, Dallas, Ross, Jackson, Sophie, and Egan, G, with Blake, H, Hurst, J, and New, E, 2003 reformation of religious space in London, road alignments and medieval activity south of Watt, David, 2004 Measurement and recording of ‘From popular devotion to resistance and revival: 1540–1660’, in The archaeology of the Cripplegate: excavations at 1 and 2–4 Carey Lane historic buildings, Donhead the cult of the holy name of Jesus’, in The Reformation (eds R Gilchrist and D Gaimster), and 11–12 Foster Lane’, London Archaeologist archaeology of reformation 1480–1580 (eds R 310–24, London Telfer, Alison, 2003 ‘Medieval drainage near 10(7), 187–94 Smithfield Market: excavations at Hosier Lane, Gilchrist and D Gaimster), Society for Post-medieval Schofield, John, 2003 ‘What did London do for us? EC1’, London Archaeologist 10(5), 115–20 Archaeology Monograph 1, 175–203, London Maloney, Cath, 2003 ‘Fieldwork round-up 2002’, London and towns in its region, 1450–1700’, in London Archaeologist 10, supplement 2 Egan, G, with Carter, T, and Medlycott, M, 2003 ‘Cloth Aspects of archaeology and history in Surrey: Tyler, Kieron, 2003 ‘Changing the landscape: seals and other metal detecting finds from Saffron Maloney, Cath, Howe, Tony and Jackson, Gary, towards a research framework for the county excavations at Blackfriar’s Court, Ludgate Walden’, Essex Archaeology and History 33, 274–9 Archaeology in Surrey 2003, Surrey (eds J Cotton, G Crocker and A Graham), Broadway, London EC4’, Trans London Middlesex Archaeological Collections 90, Guildford 187–98, Guildford Archaeol Soc 53, 25–51 Ehrman, Edwina, 2003 Dressed neat and plain: the clothing of John Wesley and his teaching on dress, Payton, Robert, 2003 ‘Safety first: a new way to Schofield, John, 2003 ‘Describing the city: the case Wareham, Tom, 2003 ‘This disastrous affair – Sir London assess the security of displays’, Museum of London’, in Managing change, Papers of the John Borlase Warren and the expedition to Practice 22, 40–2 ICMAH general meeting, 2–4 July 2001, 117–20, Quiberon Bay 1795’, in The age of sail,vol 2 Ganiaris, Helen and Webber, M, 2004 ‘The Chelsea Barcelona (eds N Tracy and M Robson), London club: a Neolithic wooden artefact from the River Pitt, Ken, and Goodburn, Damian, with Stephenson, Thames in London’, in J Cotton and D Field (eds), Roy, and Ellmers, Chris, 2003 ‘18th- and 19th- Schofield, John, 2004 ‘The archaeology of St Paul’s Werner, Alex, 2003 ‘Egypt in London – public and Towards a new Stone Age: aspects of the Neolithic century shipyards at the south-east entrance to Cathedral up to 1666’, Church Archaeology 5–6, private displays in the 19th-century metropolis’ in in south-east England, Council for British the West India Docks, London’, The International 12 Imhotep today: Egyptianizing architecture (eds J-M Humbert and C Price), 75–104, London Archaeology Research Report 137, 124–7, York Journal of Nautical Archaeology 32(2), 191–209 Schofield, John, 2004 ‘Before St Paul’s’ [with Derek Hall, Jenny, 2003 ‘Changing rooms Roman style’, Rielly, Kevin, 2004 ‘The animal bones’, in Pine, J, Keene] and ‘The archaeology of the cathedral’, in Werner, Alex, 2003 ‘A window on stained glass’, Living History 1, 78–9 and Preston, S, Iron Age and Roman settlement St Paul’s: the cathedral church of London NADFAS Review, Autumn 2003

54 55 SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONSOLIDATED AND MUSEUM OF LONDON STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES CONSOLIDATED AND MUSEUM OF LONDON BALANCE SHEET for the year ended 31 March 2004 as at 31 March 2004

Consolidated Museum of London Consolidated Museum of London 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 Restated Restated Restated Restated £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Incoming resources Fixed assets Dept for Culture, Media and Sport grant 6,574 6,093 6,099 6,093 Tangible assets 42,245 40,365 29,979 27,969 Corporation of London grant 4,919 4,519 4,919 4,519 Investments 1,631 1,348 – – Heritage Lottery Fund 1,970 285 52 156 Total fixed assets 43,876 41,713 29,979 27,969 Admission fees 189 – 61 – Education 35 42 35 42 Current assets Trading income 1,251 741 966 741 Stock for resale 199 124 149 124 Archaeology trading services 4,373 4,475 4,373 4,475 Long term contracts 1,382 1,392 1,382 1,392 Sponsorship and donations 1,185 2,824 1,106 2,823 Debtors 2,222 2,586 3,124 2,252 Other receipts 3 81 24 94 Short term investments – 322 – – Investment income 149 236 65 161 Cash at bank and in hand 3,393 3,410 1,332 3,002 Amalgamation of Museum in Docklands – 11,975 – – 7,196 7,834 5,987 6,770 Total incoming resources 20,648 31,271 17,700 19,104 Creditors Resources expended Amounts falling due within one year (6,605) (6,214) (5,879) (5,502) Direct charitable expenditure Exhibitions 4,411 2,621 4,414 2,622 Net current assets 591 1,620 108 1,268 Learning programmes 315 295 315 295 Total assets less current liabilities 44,467 43,333 30,087 29,237 Curation 2,783 3,301 2,759 3,253 Long-term borrowing (16,635) (17,095) (16,246) (16,724) Port history and river collections 2,493 316 291 217 Provisions (844) (849) (844) (849) Archaeology trading services 4,689 4,792 4,689 4,792 Support costs 1,725 1,450 1,725 1,450 Net assets excluding pension liability 26,988 25,389 12,997 11,664 Management and administration 141 57 62 51 Pension liability (9,380) (11,168) (9,380) (11,168) 16,557 12,832 14,255 12,680 Total net assets 17,608 14,221 3,617 496 Cost of generating funds Represented by: Fundraising 177 140 170 138 Unrestricted funds Marketing and publicity 576 242 256 238 General funds 46 – – – Trading costs 1,139 878 823 876 Defined benefit pension reserve (9,380) (11,168) (9,380) (11,168) 1,892 1,260 1,249 1,252 Designated funds 11,974 10,735 11,974 10,735

Other expenditure 2,640 (433) 2,594 (433) Financing costs 856 940 836 940 Restricted funds 13,979 14,202 1,023 929 Pension finance costs 414 (178) 414 (178) Permanent endowment fund 989 452 – – 1,270 762 1,250 762 Total funds 17,608 14,221 3,617 496 Total resources expended 19,719 14,854 16,754 14,694 Auditors’ statement to the Board of Governors of the Museum of London Net incoming resources 929 16,417 946 4,410 We have examined the summarised financial statements set out on pages 56 and 57, being the consolidated statement of financial activities and the consolidated balance sheet. You are responsible for the preparation of the summary financial statements. We have agreed to report to you our opinion on the summarised statements’ consistency with the full financial statements Unrealised gains/(losses) on investments 283 (467) – – on which we reported to you on 29 October 2004. We have carried out the procedures necessary to ascertain whether the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full financial Actuarial gains and losses 2,175 (6,739) 2,175 (6,739) statements from which they have been prepared. In our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2004. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 29 October 2004, Registered auditors, Southwark Towers, 32 London Bridge Street, SE1 9SY Net movement in funds 3,387 9,211 3,121 (2,329) All operations are continuing. The Board of Governors’ statement on the summarised financial statements Funds brought forward 1 April 2003 14,221 5,010 496 2,825 A full set of financial statements is The summarised financial statements shown on pages 56 and 57 are extracted from the full financial statements which have received an unqualified report from the auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. These financial statements may not contain sufficient information to allow a full understanding of the financial affairs of the Museum of London. For further available on request. Funds carried forward 31 March 2004 17,608 14,221 3,617 496 information the full statements and the auditors’ report thereon and the Governors’ Report should be consulted. Copies are available from the Director at the Museums of London’s offices. Copies of the full financial statements, which were approved by the Board of Governors on the 29 October 2004, have been submitted to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

56 57 LIST OF COMMITTEE GOVERNORS MEMBERSHIPS COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES FOR 2003–04 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF OF THE MUSEUM IN THE MUSEUM OF LONDON DOCKLANDS

Mr Rupert Hambro (Chairman) Sir Michael Oliver (Co-Chairman) Archaeology committee Finance and General Purposes committee Mr Adam Afriyie Mr Rupert Hambro (Co-Chairman) Mr Greg Hutchings (Chairman) Mr Rupert Hambro (Chairman) Mr Kenneth Ayers Mr Adam Afriyie Mr Adam Afriyie Mr Kenneth Ayers Dr Alan Clinton Mr Kenneth Ayers Mrs Lesley Knox Mr Robert Dufton Mr Robert Dufton Mr Clive Bourne Mr Geoffrey Wilson OBE Mr Julian Malins QC Mr Greg Hutchings Dr Alan Clinton Mrs Barbara Newman CBE Mr Tom Jackson Mr Geoff Ennals Trust Fund Management and Acquisitions Mrs Diane Henry Lepart Mr Brian Harris committee Building Development committee Mrs Lesley Knox Mr Max Hebditch CBE Mr Rupert Hambro (Chairman) Mr Geoffrey Wilson oBE (Chairman) Mr Julian Malins QC Mr Greg Hutchings Mrs Camilla Mash Mr Rupert Hambro Mr Anthony Moss Mr Malcolm Hutchinson Mr Anthony Moss Mrs Lesley Knox Mrs Barbara Newman CBE Mr Tom Jackson Mr Ajab Singh Mrs Barbara Newman CBE Sir Michael Oliver Mr Keith Knowles Dr Mark Patton Mrs Lesley Knox Audit committee Docklands committee of the Council of Mr Patrick Roney CBE Lady Levene (resigned 22 September 2004) Mr Tom Jackson (Chairman) Trustees of the Museum in Docklands Mr Ajab Singh Mr Julian Malins QC Mr Anthony Moss Mr Neville Walton (Chairman) Mr Neville Walton Mr Anthony Moss Mr Patrick Roney CBE Mr Adam Afriyie Mr Geoffrey Wilson OBE Mrs Barbara Newman CBE Mr Neville Walton Mr Kenneth Ayers Dr Mark Patton Mr Geoff Ennals Mr Charles Payton Remuneration and Terms of Service Mr Max Hebditch CBE Mr Peter Pemberton committee Mr Keith Knowles Mr Patrick Roney CBE Mrs Barbara Newman CBE (Chairman) Mr Ajab Singh Dr Alan Clinton Docklands committee of the Board of Council of Trustees of the Museum in Mr David Taylor Mr Anthony Moss Governors of the Museum of London Docklands Mr Neville Walton Dr Mark Patton Mr Neville Walton (Chairman) Mr Geoffrey Wilson OBE Mr Neville Walton Mr Adam Afriyie Mr Kenneth Ayers In attendance: Joint Consultative committee Mr Robert Dufton Mrs Barbara Newman CBE (Chairman) Mrs Diane Henry Lepart Dr Alan Clinton Mr Anthony Moss Dr Mark Patton Mr Neville Walton

58 59 STAFF LIST

DIRECTOR’S FINANCE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS AND ESTATES OFFICE SERVICES PUBLIC PROGRAMMES MANAGEMENT MUSEUM IN DOCKLANDS

Director Group Director of Kay McCluskey Group Director John Shepherd Richard Tosdevin Managing Director, Elpiniki Psalti Managing Director, Clotelle Jones Professor Jack Lohman Finance and Corporate Donald Mullis Dr Darryl McIntyre Rozanne Sherris Victoria Tremble Museum of London Marianne Yule Museum in Docklands Penelope King Executive Assistant Services Nurashlina Noor Karen Thomas (London Wall) David Spence Patricia Livesey Emma Steer Francesca Mahoney Sean O’Sullivan Stephen Tucker Kate Starling Consultant, Museum in Shahid Malik Diversity Manager Manisha Patel ACCESS AND LEARNING PHOTOGRAPHY Head of Capital SAINSBURY’S ARCHIVE Docklands Camilla Massara Chandan Mahal Zainab Qureshi Head of Access and John Chase Development Daniel Scott-Davies Chris Ellmers Daniel McMillan FINANCE Syed Qutbi Learning WELLCOME PROJECT Victoria Evans Lucy Evans Laura Taylor Timothy Peters Head of Finance Ayan Roach Lucie Amos William White Richard Stroud London Wall Project Christine Starling Paul McGuire Cecelia Simpson Deputy Head Co-ordinator VISITOR MANAGEMENT Jonathan Stern Jelena Bekvalac Laura Stephens Frazer Swift Julian Ayre FACILITIES Museum in Docklands Charles Thomas Robin Brown Holly Swanepoel Lynne Cowal ICT SERVICES MANAGEMENT Clare Aldred Angela Tomlin Julie Corpuz Roberta Titley Isilda Almeida Tania Kausmally Head of Information Head of Facilities Brian Andrews Graham Wright Jonathan Dunn Helen Beale Anna Wright Richard Mikulski Strategy CONSERVATION AND Steve Latham Fadi Bala’awi Steven Yearsley Tony Keane Jessica Brummer Dr Peter Rauxloh COLLECTIONS CARE Malcolm Bennett Elizabeth Skeete Clare Carlin Fahad Abood Head of Conservation Christopher Brownlow Thomas Smith Charlotte Derry Prasun Amin Mohammad Aziz DEVELOPMENT LATER LONDON HISTORY and Collections Care Giulia Cubattoli COMMERCIAL HIRE Peter Trist Sandra Hedblad Richard May Kal Bao AND COLLECTIONS Andrew Calver Nevin Emirali Maria Gomez OFFICE Ria van der Riet Anne Lynn Jeremy Ottevanger Brian Burton Head of Later London Deputy Head Kim Francis Thomas Lans Gary Warr Fiona MacDonnell Mia Ridge Kenneth Boutayre History & Collections Robert Payton Tim Free Elizabeth O’Connell Jane Sarre Dr Catherine Ross Terence Chappell Sheila Goldberg Alice O’Hanlon Head of Development Carol Seigel-Eccleshare Deputy Head Mike Ashington Alan Clarke Brian Grover Kirsty Rickard Kirstie Ritchie HUMAN RESOURCES David Somerset Alex Werner Jill Barnard William Grey Wei Han David Young Head of Human Nina Sprigge James Heathcote Heather Bush Elizabeth Brock Lucy Johnson Resources Mark Bills Daniel Herbert Melanie de Blank Rosemary Briskman John Joyce Garry Nelson Heidi Brittain Michael Herbert Vicky Oram Nicola Dunn Qiongwen Kang MARKETING OFFICE LONDON MUSEUMS HUB Beverley Cook Noel Hughes Matt Pepler Aysha Ali Helen Ganiaris Ann Marshall Beth Ward Executive to London Oriole Cullen Christopher Jones Zoë Baggi Alison Guppy Anhar Miah Grace Hinde Museums Hub Annette Day Gibril Kamara Nicola Blair Julie Hawkes Athena Morse Fiona Davison Edwina Ehrman Michelle Kelson Stacy Maughan Sarah Gudgin Johan Hermans Mariam Mota Scott Middleton Margaret O’Malley PRESS OFFICE Amrita Sandhu Emily Johnsson Fiona Orsini Andrew Holbrook George Pinder Claire Parker Fay Ross-Magenty Claire Morton Michael Seaborne Robert Howell Rosemarie Johnson Christopher Pryme Giovanni Presti Nigel Rubenstein Emma Shepley Sainey Sabally RETAIL AND LICENSING Dr Tom Wareham Rebecca Lang Rejaur Rahman Albanne Spyrou Elhabib Toumi Alan Ralph Marian Williams Head of Retail and EARLY LONDON HISTORY Jannicke Langfeldt Stephen Whiteman Tom Sherlaw Licensing AND COLLECTIONS Jane Lewis Martin Wilde Stuart Smith Kathrin Bisgood (maternity Head of Early London DESIGN AND Anna Mastromina Michael Wilkins Frog Stone leave) History and Collections EXHIBITIONS Paul More Nick Tallentire Chris Hurdle (Acting Hedley Swain Head of Design and Catherine Nightingale Cesar Vega Head) Deputy Head Exhibitions Diana Zhang John Clark Russell Clark Reg Brooker INFORMATION Kathryn Byatt Nikola Burdon Jayne Davies RESOURCES London Wall Lynsey Carson Jonathan Cotton John Iaciofano Head of Information John Bloser Julie Cochrane Hazel Forsyth Andrew Murray Resources Aryeduth Bumma Abigail Gill Francis Grew Hilmi Nevzat Clare Sussums Manuel Castrillon Zoheb Hafeez Jenny Hall Seniye Niazi-Jones Michael Deer Mary Harding Meriel Jeater Veronica Rockey Robert Aspinall Andrea Davidson Elliott Kissin Eleanor Lanyon Matthew Schwab Alexander Bromley Peter Donnelly Maureen Lee Catherine Maloney Lucy Stephenson Sally Brooks Eileen Fordham Josephine Londt John Meadows Gail Symington Antonia Charlton Juan Guentrepan Peter Matthews Dr John Schofield Clifford Thomas Kate Linden Andrew Hall

60 61 HARCOURT GROUP MEMBERS MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE

Managing Director Carrie Cowan Peter Hart-Allison Terrance Smith Chairman: Mrs Camilla Mash Mr & Mrs Hugh Stevenson Taryn Nixon Robert Cowie Sophie Lamb Robin Symonds Mr Adam Afriyie Mr & Mrs Richard Thornton General Manager Simon Davis Kenneth Lymer Charlotte Thompson Laura Schaaf Andy Daykin Gabrielle Rapson Angela Wardle Lord & Lady Ashburton Dr Simon Thurley & Miss Katherine Goodison Catherine Drew Sandra Rowntree Lucy Whittingham Mr & Mrs Mark Bamford Mr & Mrs William Tyne Lesley Dunwoodie Faith Vardy Mr & Mrs Simon Baynes Ald & Mrs Richard Walduck MoLAS Elaine Eastbury Project Management Nick Elsden Managing Editors Mr & Mrs Robin Broadhurst Mr & Mrs Geoffrey Wilson Nick Bateman Anthony Francis Sue Hirst Mr & Mrs Charles Brown Mr & Mrs Brian Winterflood George Dennis Valerie Griggs Susan Wright Mr & Mrs Peter Brown Lord & Lady Wolfson of Marylebone James Drummond Charles Harward Murray Richard Hewett Photography Sir Terence & Lady Conran Ian Grainger Julian Hill Andy Chopping The Museum would like to thank all its Mr & Mrs Manny Davidson Stewart Hoad Nick Holder Maggie Cox former staff members who left during the Elizabeth Howe Isca Howell Mr & Mrs Damon de Laszlo Sophie Jackson David Jamieson year, for their valued contribution. Dame Vivien Duffield & Sir Jocelyn Stevens David Lakin Heather Knight MoLSS Mr Paul Dupee Jr & Miss Lizbeth Schiff Gordon Malcolm Jo Lyon Project Management Richard Malt Tony Mackinder Fiona Seeley Mr & Mrs Anthony Fry Robin Nielsen Malcolm McKenzie Roy Stephenson Sir Nicholas & Lady Goodison Peter Rowsome Adrian Miles Mr & Mrs Thomas Griffin Derek Seeley Patricia Miller Conservators Christopher Thomas William Mills Elizabeth Barham Mr & Mrs Rupert Hambro Tracy Wellman Ken Pitt Elizabeth Goodman Mr Charles Howard David Sankey Mr & Mrs Greg Hutchings Administration David Saxby Environmental Staff Kirsten Collins Simon Stevens Brian Connell Mr & Mrs William Kennish Harry Matthews Daniel Swift Anne Davis Mr & Mrs David Lewis Carol Thompson Jeremy Taylor John Giorgi Mr & Mrs Simon Lofthouse Alison Telfer Amy Gray Jones Archivists Paul Thrale Craig Halsey Mr & Mrs Mark Loveday Emily Burton Kieron Tyler Alan Pipe Mr & Mrs John Manser Nathalie Cohen Bruce Watson Natasha Powers Mr & Mrs Julian Mash Vince Gardiner Sadie Watson Kevin Rielly Su Leaver Andrew Westman Rebecca Redfern Mr & Mrs Pradeep Menon Mark Wiggins Kate Roberts Mr & Mrs Mark Mifsud Field Staff Robin Wroe-Brown Donald Walker Mr & Mrs Hilali Noordeen Ros Aitken Kevin Appleton Geoarchaeologists Finds Staff Mr & Mrs David Peake Portia Askew Jane Corcoran Lyn Blackmore Mr & Mrs Charles Peel Ryszard Bartkowiak Graham Spurr Ian Betts Ian Blair Geoff Egan Mr & Mrs John Ritblat David Bowsher Geomatics Rupert Featherby Dr & Mrs Mortimer Sackler Julian Bowsher Cordelia Hall Damian Goodburn Lord & Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover Raoul Bull Sarah Jones Tony Grey Mark Burch David Mackie Nigel Jeffries Mrs Coral Samuel Howard Burkhill Joseph Severn Graham Kenlin Mr Bruno Schroder Peter Cardiff Jackie Keily Mr & Mrs Christopher Scott Lindy Casson Graphics Staff Penny MacConnoran Jon Chandler Susan Banks Jacqui Pearce Sir Patrick & Lady Sergeant Neville Constantine Jane Dunn Beth Richardson Mr & Mrs James B Sherwood

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Supporters – over £500,000 Gifts to the Collection London Taxi Driver’s Association Clore Duffield Foundation Mr James Adams Mr Ian Martin The Linbury Trust Mrs Lucy Archer Mr J. Oakman Corporation of London Barnes and Mortlake History Society Ohio Historical Society Department for Culture Media and Sport Mrs Irene Bellamy Mr Chris Orr Heritage Lottery Fund Mr Paul Bloch Mr Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe Mr Nick Booth Mr Des Pawson Supporters – £50, 000–£499,000 Mr John Buck Mr R. Pelling DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund Mr P. M. Butler Mr Anthony G. Pilson Deutsche Bank Mrs H. Clark Captain Gordon Renshawe Fidelity UK Foundation Frankie Cole Fay Roozendaal Garfield Weston Foundation Mrs Sheila P. Cooper Mr Michael A. Ross Isle of Dogs Community Foundation Daks Simpson Ann Saunders Mrs Barbara Davies Mrs Mary Sharp Supporters – £5,000–£49,000 Mr David Davies Mr Jamie Sharpley The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers Mrs E. F. de Iongh Anne Katrin Meier zu Sieker The Rose Foundation Miss Jo Dell Mrs Beatrice M. Smith The Davidson Family Charitable Trust Mrs Movita Roberta Durrant Doris Smith R H Charitable Trust Edwina Ehrman Mr Ian J. Smith London Development Agency Mr Michael E. Fisher Mr Eric Sorensen The Independent and The Independent on Sunday Robin Francis Mrs Joyce Stone The Hungarian Cultural Centre Friends of Fashion Miss Maureen Sullivan Trinity House Mr Tim Frost Jean Taylor Embassy of Switzerland Mr M. Gentry Mrs Thakur Cory Environmental Trust in Britain Jonathan Gray Thomas Crapper and Company Ltd Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited Mr George Gibbs Miss Margaret L. Tozer Canary Wharf plc Mr Peter Gilbert Mrs Barbara Trees Ms Moira Griffiths Mr Viti Supporters – £1,000–£4,999 Mrs M. Gull Harold White EB Nationwide Mrs Ruth M. Harmer The Worshipful Company of Salters Mr Roger S. Harvey The Worshipful Company of Barbers Rose Heaword Ivor Noel Hume Mr Derek Hunt The Museum would like to thank the Mr S. Karbownicki, above for their financial support in Keepier Wharf Management Ltd 2003–04, and all the many other donors Mrs Pat Kent to the Museum who have previously and Pat Livesey subsequently supported us. London District Surveyors Association

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