Executions

Welcome to the Museum of London Docklands' exhibition, ‘Executions, 700 years of public executions in London’ which ran between 14 October 2022 – 16 April 2023. Join us on a journey to explore how public executions shaped Londoners’ lives and the city’s landscape.

This tour takes you through each chapter of the exhibition, exploring one object or theme in each. You will also hear six of the individual cases told in execution 'broadsides' - a type of newspaper style street literature of the time which were cheaply produced and often sensationally written accounts of criminals, their crimes and execution.

Age recommendation: 12+