Artefact Collections

The Port and River collection comes from three main sources, the Port of London authority museum, and material collected by Museum of Londons during 1970s and 1980s and material collected more recently by museum in Docklands. The collections have a unique significance to Londons history, given that the port has provided the key to so much of Londons economic and social importance over 2,000 years. Its have models of river craft, sailing ships and steamers from 18th. Shown photographs of huge quantities of cargo were transferred direct from ships to lighters, or barges.