At the London Canal Museum you are able 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.

[Photo from the museum website]

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.

The museum is an attraction 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.

[Photo from the museum website]

This is the only London museum of inland waterways and is situated at King's Cross, an accessible central London location.

Education is a vital part of a museum's work and at London Canal Museum have great education resources make learning fun for schools, children, teachers, and parents.

[Write up & pictures are from the London Canal Museum website]

For more information please:

Click Here to go to the museums website,

Click Here to see a map of where the museum is [MultiMap],

Click Here to view the museums website directions page,

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Click Here to go to the main attractions page.

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