At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. Peer down into the unique heritage of a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice imported from Norway and brought by ship and canal boat to be stored. This unique waterways museum is housed in a former ice warehouse built in about 1862-3 for Carlo Gatti, the famous ice cream maker, and features the history of the ice trade and ice cream as well as the canals.
There are two themes in this unusual London museum. London's canals have a fascinating past and you will learn not only how they came to be built but about the lives of the workers, the cargoes, horses and how canals work. We are a waterways museum first and foremost, but also an industrial museum telling the story of the ice industry in London. It is the only London museum of inland waterways and is situated at King's Cross, an accessible central location. It is suitable for adults and children and it is fully accessible to all visitors.
12-13 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT. Tel: 020 7713
0836
Registered Charity No. 277484.
Exhibition: An Inland Voyage
Our exhibition "An Inland Voyage" shows evocative pictures of the canal boat people of the 40s and 50s captured by Robert Longden and curated by his great grandson Stephen Ponchin. More information on our Temporary Exhibition Page.
Follow Ilkeston's Journey
The restored horseboat Ilkeston made a long centenary journey from the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port to London to visit us at LCM. Follow the blog at www.ilkeston.tumblr.com as Ilkeston returns home.