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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.
Opening TimesWe are open from 1000 to 1630. We are open late until 1930 on the
first Thursday of each month. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.
Our admission charges are: Adult £4.00Child £2.00Senior £3.00Student £3.00Unwaged £3.00Family £10.00Trust Members & Museums Association members £2.00 |