Ragged School Museum
Museums & Science Centres · London, Inner London
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor5–88–12EducationalSchool holiday activities🆓 Free entry
What’s there
- Café on site
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Ragged School Museum tells the story of a large Victorian free school for poor children, opened by Dr Barnardo in the East End and later reshaped into a museum of the area's history. Its centrepiece is a unique classroom where visiting children take part in a lesson run the way it would have been in Victorian times, which makes it a strong choice for school groups and curious families. Family activities and craft sessions run on some days, especially during school holidays. The former warehouses have been refurbished and all floors are reached by lift. A café opens onto the Regent's Canal towpath, so a visit can easily combine history with a walk beside the water and the neighbouring park.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Hair bobbles
- Travel sickness bands
- Notebook
- Bum bag
- Lunch boxes
- I-spy book
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