Date and Time
November 16, 2013 - 10am – 5pm
Location
Weston Theatre, Museum of London
Timetable
- Time Content
- 10am President’s Opening Remarks
- 11am A changing port in a changing world. London’s harbours from the 1st to the 18th century. Gustav Milne, Director of the Thames Discovery Programme.
- 12 am Re-invention and Change: the Port of London from 1790-1938. Chris Ellmers, Founding Director, Museum in Docklands.
Presentation of Publications Awards - 1pm Lunch
- 2pm Local history and the environmental history of the Thames 1960-2010. Vanessa Taylor, Research Fellow, Greenwich Maritime Institute.
- 3pm ‘Primus Omnium’, the world’s first modern police force. Robert Jeffries, Curator, Thames Police Museum.
- 4 pm Tea and biscuits (included in ticket price)
- 4.30pm The Thames as a provider of drinking water. Mark Jenner, University of York.
‘The Thames Beautiful’- the artist’s perspective. Mireille Galinou, Arts and Museums Consultant, former Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings at the Museum of London.
Displays by Local History Societies throughout the day
THE RIVER AND PORT OF LONDON