Celebrating 80 Years of Our History

In 2021 Museum London turned 80 years old!

80ML is an online project created to mark this occasion. It brings 80 art and artifacts from the Museum’s collection together with the diverse written responses of 80 Londoners.

80ML is a celebration of the London community through the Museum.

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80 People

We reached out to 80 diverse members of the London community.

80 Objects

We selected 80 objects—40 artworks and 40 artifacts—from Museum London’s permanent collection.

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80 Responses

We invited the 80 people to each write a response to one of the 80 objects.

The 80ML Exhibition

We brought the people, objects, and responses together into a virtual exhibition to celebrate the community that has supported Museum London for the past 80 years.

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