Hands on History presents a weekend of Mudlarking displays from 10am to 4pm on the 20 & 21 June here at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Celebrating the 300th year Anniversary of this iconic building, the Mudlarks will exhibit some amazing Georgian finds. You’ll see gentlemen’s wig curlers, dandy buttons and fancy shoe buckles and ladies cameos, skirt-lifters and dress fastenings, and you might raise an eyebrow at the love tokens, syphilis syringes, and gambling dice. There will be older treasures too, from Neolithic stone tools to Roman oil lamps, Medieval pilgrim tokens and Tudor wine bottles. Come see thousands of historic artefacts discovered in the River Thames and meet the Mudlarks who found them. You’ll learn how Mudlarks search for finds, all about researching their artefacts, how the Mudlarks are licenced, and how they record their treasures with the Museum of London. Best of all, some artefacts are available for handling, so you will get to touch real history. It’s the closest you’ll ever come to time travel!
Saturday: 10am – 4pm
Sunday: 11am – 4pm
Hands on History
Hands on History presents a weekend of Mudlarking displays. From Georgian wig-curlers and love-tokens to fancy buckles and gambling dice, come see thousands of historic artefacts discovered in the River Thames and meet the Mudlarks who found them.