London Museum

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/london-museum

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is London Museum?Over 6 million objects
2. When was London Museum built?1976
3. What is the location?London, England
4. What is the focus?Social history of London and its inhabitants
5. Where is the London Museum located?The museum is on London Wall in the Barbican complex, and it is moving to the General Market Building at Smithfield, where it will reopen in 2026.
6. What kinds of objects can you see at the London Museum?It has more than six million items, from prehistoric flint handaxes and Roman marble statues to the Cheapside Hoard of Elizabethan jewelry, plus clothing, paintings, prints, and oral history recordings.

Amalgamation: The process of combining two or more organizations or collections into a single entity.
Urban History: The study of the development and life of cities over time.
Social History: A field of study focusing on the everyday lives, experiences, and culture of ordinary people.
Contemporary Acquisitions: Objects collected by the museum that represent the current or very recent period.