The Museum of London will end 45 years at London Wall with not one, but two free weekends of DJs, culture and family programming...

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The Museum of London will close it's London Wall site with two weekend festivals for families and friends.

Due to close on Sunday, December 4 at 5pm, London's Greatest Weekends and extended visiting hours mark the site's closure, before the museum reopens in 2026 in West Smithfield.

The first weekend festival on Saturday and Sunday November 26-27, will have a family focus while the following festival, Saturday and Sunday December 3 and 4, will have a musical spin and the museum opens from 10am on the Saturday and stays open until 5pm Sunday.

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The first of the festival sees London's biggest table football competition take place, inspired by the museum’s free exhibition Harry Kane: I want to play football and the 2022 World Cup.

Visitors can compete against players from the Walking Football Association and winning teams enter into a raffle to win a special Museum of London prize, which includes an England shirt and poster signed by Harry Kane. Winners will be announced on the museum’s closing day.

There will also be lots of creative family fun, with arts and crafts, fave painting, a baby rave, theatrical performances, immersive tours This first weekend festival will also offer families lots of creative fun, with arts and crafts, face painting, a Baby Rave, theatrical performances, immersive tours, and pop-up musical performances that bring the museum's galleries to life.

The second festival (Dec 3-4) sees DJs explore London's hits from the past five decades, covering disco, punk, dub, and grime.

Sisu, a DJ platform showcasing women and non-binary DJs and producers, will perform live in the museum’s Ellipse Hall, where punters can also see the museum’s free music display Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream. They will also be running an exclusive DJ workshop.

Night owl culture vultures can visit the museum throughout Saturday evening and into the early hours of Sunday morning.

During a late-night film festival in collaboration with Film London, the museum will show films and host discussions that celebrate the city of London.

The museum's final day at London Wall, Sunday, December 5, will be marked by a celebration inspired by the lighting of Thomas Heatherwick’s copper cauldron sculpture for the 2012 London Olympics – a symbolic passing of the flame from the museum’s past to the future and new home at West Smithfield.

The London Museum will reopen in 2026 in West Smithfield. The Museum of London Docklands remains open and will become The London Museum Dockland in early 2023.

For more information on the family festival visit museumoflondon.org.uk, and for the music festival, go to museumoflondon.org.uk.

Address: 150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN

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