Dancing to artefacts: London Museum will be ‘democratic’ space for all, says director

A decade in the making, the museum will reopen in November in two restored market halls that will house 7m objects and host late-night DJ sets

The new London Museum will be “a social space for the city”, its director has said, hosting afternoon tea events, monthly dinner clubs and late-night DJ sets where visitors can mingle among the artefacts while dancing.

Sharon Ament said that when it reopens later this year the museum will be a “democratic” space that engages with all Londoners rather than merely a repository for its collections, which stretch from the city’s neolithic prehistory to modern acquisitions.