Featuring in our current exhibition "Londoners on Trial" is eighteenth-century pick pocket Jenny Diver, so named for her ability to quickly snatch belongings from unsuspecting victims. Follow the link in our bio to read our blog about the eighteenth-century pickpocket!

We're down at @thepeelclerkenwell.bsky.social Street Party until 4pm! 🎉 Why not come and say hello to learn more about our collections, events, and how you can explore London's history. We'd love to see you! #TheLondonArchives #Clerkenwell #ThePeel #CommunityEvent

As this year’s Tour de France comes to a close, we're looking back at London's cycling traditions. These images from the London Picture Archive show Good Friday racing at Herne Hill Velodrome, 1964. Explore our Cycling in London collection on the London Picture Archive through the link in our bio!

Join us on one of our curator-led tours to get the most from your visit to our new exhibition, Londoners on Trial: Crime, Courts and the Public 1244–1924. Our next tours take place on the 4th and 8th of August. Follow the link in our bio to book your place!

Join us in this talk to explore the category of theft alongside the life and death of the infamous early eighteenth-century burglar and escape artist, Jack Sheppard. 📆 Wednesday 5th August 2026 🕒️ 5.30pm 📍 The London Archives Follow the link in our bio to book your place!

Join us for an evening viewing of ‘The Warriors' (1979), a stylized action-thriller set in a gritty, fictionalised version of New York City. 📆 Thursday 13th August 2026 🕒️ 6pm 📍 The London Archives Follow the link in our bio to secure your ticket!

Join us for a talk on the life and writings of Isabella Whitney, the first women in England to earn a living from printing her original poetry. 🕒️ 12.30pm 📆 Thursday 23rd July 📍 The London Archives Follow the link in our bio to secure your place!

Come and explore our current exhibition, "Londoners on Trial", at The London Archives and delve into London’s long and dark history of crime and punishment. Find out more through the link in our bio! #LondonersOnTrial #TheLondonArchives #CrimeAndPunishment #LondonHistory #LawAndOrder

'Londoners on Trial' - our new FREE exhibition, now open! Explore the history of law and order in London, uncovering the stories of London’s criminals, victims and law enforcers from the medieval period to modern times. Book your ticket now! 👇 buff.ly/X40WtmV

✨ NOW OPEN: Spotlight on The Africa Centre Discover six decades of African creativity and activism in London. This new FREE display brings together archival documents, photos, and posters highlighting a rich history of community and culture. 🌍 🎟️ Free entry: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/display-sp...

What better way to spend the weird bit between Christmas and New Year than by signing up for our range of exciting January events! See the full programme and sign up here: www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on #History #LondonHistory #Archives #LondonEvents

Merry Christmas from all of us at The London Archives! Here is a festive photo from 1970. It shows the kitchen staff of Bessemer Grange School, Dulwich, proudly showcasing their industrial scale Christmas pud! #MerryChristmas

We hope you've managed to get all of your food sorted for the big day tomorrow! Some of you thrill seekers may be picking up the centre piece from a market today... This engraving shows people doing just that at Newgate Market, Paternoster Square, on Christmas Eve in 1845. 🎄

1970 Christmas illuminations on Regent Street, West End, looking south from Galeries Lafayette at 188. The current regular displays date from 1954, prompted by a Daily Telegraph article describing Central London as drab and dull in mid-winter!

This 1860 print from our collections, by George Elgar Hicks, shows the rush to catch the last Christmas post at St Martin's-le-Grand. 165 years later, and we still feel this level of stress every December. We hope your Christmas posting is slightly less dramatic than this! 🎩😅

Just a reminder that we will be closing at 4.30 today for the last Wednesday before Christmas. 🎄

This second image is a longitudinal cross-section of the recently completed cathedral from 1700.

Today is the anniversary of the consecration of (new) St Paul's Cathedral in 1697, following the destruction of the (old) St Paul's Cathedral in 1666. This first image is showing (new) St Paul's Cathedral under construction in 1685. It is a contemporary etching sold in St Paul's Churchyard .

What did the Norman's ever do for us? Our oldest records hail from a time of invasion, regime change, and occupation. 1000 years of history explorable via manuscripts, books, maps, artwork, photographs and video. Where will you begin? #Archives #LondonHistory

It was lovely to be a part of the first Lady Mayor's Show on Saturday, showing off some of London's oldest treasures at Mansion House! #LadyMayorsShow

We're here today from 11- 4 at the Institute of Historical Research's History Day! Pop by for a chat about our collections, services and London's history. @ihr.bsky.social #HistDay25

For the second year running we hosted another sell out Magic Lantern Show with Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker and Costas Fotopoulos improvising at the piano! This time with added floating skeleton. T Thank you to everyone that came and we hope to see you next year!" #Halloween #MagicLanternSociety

We are in @thetimes.com again! A lovely article all about our Music Hall exhibition and events There are still the last few tickets remaining for our Music Hall event this Saturday Times article: www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar... Event tickets: www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/cen...

Right, #Halloween posts for the rest of the week. And by that we mean things that are actually spooky , involve skeletons and/or ghouls and are generally deathly in their vibe. None of this dressing up as a character from a TV programme, as our cousins across the pond have popularised...

We're delighted to be returning to the Institute of Historical Research's History Day again this year! Tuesday 4th November from 11:00 to 16:00. Rumour has it our stall has sweets... #HistDay25 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social

Commencing after our period of annual closure (3 - 14 November), our opening hours will be changing: Tuesdays - Opening hours extended to 6pm, and a new document ordering slot at 4pm. Wednesdays - A new late document ordering slot at 5pm. Closing time remains at 7pm.

Step back into London's Music Hall! 🎩 🏛️ Join The London Archives for talks, rare document displays & expert insights : www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/cen... 🎭 Head to @canalmuseum.bsky.social for 'Gatti's Music Hall' – a live Victorian performance www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/musi...

Just go in and shake the manager's hand firmly! Jokes aside, we have thousands of hours of video archives stored here and digitised for you to view online. Including this charming film about the Thamesmead estate! www.youtube.com/@TheLondonAr... #Meme #Housing #LondonHistory #Archives

History in your hands within an hour(ish). Here's how quick and easy it is to register for a history card and start ordering up 1000 years of documents. Register now: www.thelondonarchives.org/your-researc... #Archives #LondonHistory

London in the Second World War - EXTENDED--> 03/02/26 This free exhibition explores the experiences of Londoners during the Second World War and the effect it had on the city they knew. More info and FREE tickets: www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...