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What's in the Museum?

Redbridge Museum explores the many different people, places and events which are part of the history of the London Borough of Redbridge.

Early History

Explore the Ice Age, Iron Age and Roman Redbridge through interactive displays. Find out how medieval manors shape the local area today

 
Rural Redbridge

Was your house built on a farm? Find out what life was like in the 1800s

 
Grand Houses & the East India Company

Uncover the wealthy mansions of the area and Redbridge’s historic links to the wider world in the 1700s

 
Institutions

Redbridge looked after Londoners in several orphanages and asylums during the 1800s and 1900s

 
London’s Playground

Celebrate at the Fairlop Fair and Woodford Cycle Meet!

 
Village to Suburb

Discover how Redbridge grew from a number of villages to a modern suburb between 1900 and 1939

 
Moving Stories

Meet some of the people who have lived and worked in Redbridge from the Second World War to the present

 
Mini Museum

Play as a Victorian shopkeeper, cook in a mini-1930s kitchen, climb aboard a vintage London bus, and dress up in costume from the past!

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