Mudlarking exhibition featuring finds from River Thames to open in London
The exhibition features finds from the Thames foreshore and explores the role of mudlarks in uncovering history.
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A new mudlarking exhibition featuring historical objects found in the River Thames is opening in London.
London Museum Docklands will showcase Secrets Of The Thames: Mudlarking London’s Lost Treasures, featuring rare items such as a Tudor headdress and a Viking era dagger.
The exhibition which opens on Friday explores finds from the Thames foreshore and the role of mudlarks in uncovering thousands of years of human history.
Mudlarking, which was historically a trade of the Victorian poor, has in recent years become a popular hobby among history lovers.
