No.1 Warehouse: Introductory gallery
This gallery explores the history of the building and the story of London’s docks.
![number-1-warehouse](/application/files/8914/5564/3216/number-1-warehouse.jpg)
Trade Expansion
1600-1800
Meet the merchants, sailors and pirates who transformed the port of London
![Reconstructed interior of a legal quay from 1700s, Museum of London Docklands.](/application/files/9914/5564/3332/legal-quay.jpg)
![Dockworker](/application/files/2614/5676/5794/hook.jpg)
Did you know?
Dockers got hooked on their work. To unload awkward cargo, dockworkers used hooks like this one, sliding them under ropes.
London, Sugar & Slavery
1600 – today
Discover how the trade in enslaved Africans and sugar shaped London
![London, Sugar & Slavery gallery](/application/files/9914/5564/3323/london-sugar-slavery.jpg)
![atlantic.jpg](/application/files/8714/5761/7968/atlantic.jpg)
Did you know?
The trade in enslaved Africans and sugar was nicknamed the Triangle Trade.
City and River
1800-1840
Discover a city being transformed by vast new docks
![Ceremonial barge of the Mayor of London model, on display in the City and River gallery, Museum of London Docklands.](/application/files/2314/5745/4247/City_and_river.jpg)
![bridge cutlery.jpg](/application/files/1814/5761/7651/bridge_cutlery.jpg)
Did you know?
When old London Bridge was torn down in 1831, it got recycled - into knives and forks!
Sailortown
1840-1850
Explore the dark alleyways of London’s Sailortown
![Sailortown gallery at the Museum of London Docklands](/application/files/3914/5564/3176/sailortown.jpg)
![birdcage.jpg](/application/files/1614/6192/8365/birdcage.jpg)
Did you know?
Sailors brought exotic birds from Africa and South America to London.
First Port of Empire
1840-1880
Discover when London was the hub of the world’s largest empire
![Loading carts in the Docklands First Port of Empire gallery.](/application/files/2914/6194/8012/Carts.jpg)
![princess alice.jpg](/application/files/2714/5762/0932/princess_alice.jpg)
Did you know?
The worst maritime disaster in British waters happened on the Thames.
Warehouse of the World
1880-1939
London was the world's busiest port at the turn of the century
![Warehouse of the World gallery](/application/files/7314/5564/3288/warehouse-of-the-world.jpg)
Docklands at War
1939-1945
The docks were the first target in the London Blitz
![Docklands at War gallery](/application/files/2015/8860/3983/docklands-at-war.jpg)
![rattle.jpg](/application/files/2614/5762/1415/rattle.jpg)
Did you know?
Football rattles were used to warn of German gas attacks during the Blitz.
New Port, New City
1945 – present
Decline & regeneration as Docklands was reinvented for a new century
![New Port New City gallery](/application/files/5314/5564/3235/new-port-new-city.jpg)
![canadawater.jpg](/application/files/8214/5762/2104/canadawater.jpg)
Did you know?
When it was built in 1990, One Canada Square was the tallest building in Britain.
Mudlarks
Family gallery
An interactive space for children up to 8 years old and their parents and carers
![Mudlarks children’s gallery](/application/files/7914/5564/3204/mudlarks-childrens-gallery.jpg)
![fishflask.jpg](/application/files/5414/5760/3460/fishflask.jpg)
Did you know?
125 different types of fish live in the Thames.