Tickets Alert: Behind the Scenes tours of the London Archive
The recently renamed Metropolitan Archives, based in Clerkenwell, has started offering behind-the-scenes tours of their archive rooms.
The site features over 100km of archival storage and a conservation studio, which the tours will take visitors around. Visitors will also have time to ask questions of the staff who work there.
Following the tour, ticket holders will be treated to an exclusive document display featuring documents from the medieval city, Tudor and Stuart governance and disaster, Victorian crime and health care, and the effects of two World Wars on the capital.
Two tours of the London Archives are currently planned for Wednesday 5th February and 5th March 2025.
Tickets cost £10 per person and can be booked here.
The archive building is a short walk from Farringdon station, or the 63 bus (from King’s Cross) stops nearby.
Unfortunately Ian. When I see your posts, which is usually within a few hours, anything that looks interesting has been sold out. Is there some way I can get a better chance.
Speaking as someone who’s felt the same – keep trying.
Something with just two dates is always going to be a bit hard, but after quite a few times going “Aww, sold out”, I’ve managed to visit two gasholder sites, one disused railway station, and Earls Court. All of those were being developed into housing, so they may do more tickets – but there’s definitely a level of ‘persistence is rewarded’.