Historic Smithfield Shops and Bars Parade to Return in £400m London Museum Move

Historic Smithfield shops and bars parade to return in £400m London Museum move

The “houses” form part of the new site for the London Museum which is relocating from the Barbican next year

London Museum seeking tenants for its new museum shops

The forthcoming London Museum has confirmed that it plans to reopen the row of original shops that runs around the outside of its Victorian market building. London Museum Houses © Secchi Smith. The old meat traders’ building was constructed with a market inside and a row of market shops on the outside. With the museum restoring the building, it is now seeking tenants to occupy the reopened shops. They are unlikely to be coffee shops though – as …

London Museum welcomes return of Smithfield shops and bars parade

Smithfield’s parade of shops and bars is set to return to the City as part of the Museum of London’s move to Farringdon. The museum, which is moving from 150 London Wall, will redevelop not just the market but the properties surrounding it, hoping to draw in around two million visitors annually. Each property will retain its “original character and design”, the London Museum said, with the potential to host independent retailers and restaurants,…

London Museum launches retail and leisure leasing opportunities at new home

London Museum has announced retail and leisure leasing opportunities at its new location at Smithfield market in Farringdon.

London Museum opens doors to retail, office and leisure at Smithfield Development

London Museum has today announced leasing opportunities at its new location, set in the historic Smithfield General Market in Farringdon. Leading retail and leisure consultancy Bruce Gillingham Pollard will manage the leasing for six distinctive units, that form part of a street-front parade around the much-anticipated new museum. One of the most ambitious cultural regeneration projects of the decade, the museum is set to open in 2026 and is exp…

A Mini-Museum Dedicated to the Great Fire of London Could Be Coming to the City

The Eastern City BID has submitted plans to open a mini-museum all about the Great Fire of London, inside an old loo next to the Monument.