London BC

Liz Sagues looks at how the Museum of London are revamping their current exhibitions.

Don't rush through prehistory. Stop and savour at least something of a half- million years of human habitation here before the Romans crossed the Channel. With that message, the Museum of London's grand scheme to revamp its permanent exhibition is under way. On view for almost two decades, many of the displays are now 'seriously out of date', acknowledges Museum Director Max Hebditch. The new Prehistoric Gallery, opened just before Christmas, points the way forward. Next in the timetable is the Roman Gallery, to he followed by the Twentieth Century displays. By the end of this century, the whole museum should he ready for the next.

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