MUSEUM OF LDN DOCKLANDS
This splendid late Georgian warehouse is Canary Wharf’s only Grade 1 listed venue.
Overview
Ideal For:
Location
Built in 1802, the warehouse which is home to Museum of London Docklands was originally used to store vast quantities of rum, molasses, coffee, pimento and cotton from the West India slave plantations.
Today it offers a distinctive backdrop for entertaining, its original pine columns and floors juxtaposed stylishly with contemporary fittings.
West India Quay,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 4AL
Quayside Room
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The Quayside Room is located on the third floor of the building and is available as an independent meeting space or as a catering room for the adjoining lecture theatre. Its bare brick walls and direct views of West India Quay and Canary Wharf make this a special room for an event.
The Quayside Room is fully air-conditioned and has natural daylight. The Quayside Room is available in the day or evening
Rum Store
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For meetings, lunches, dinners, receptions or parties our fully restored Rum Store is an ideal location. It can accommodate up to 110 guests for a seated lunch or dinner and up to 200 for a standing drinks reception or party.
For evening events the quayside doors can be opened allowing your guests direct access to the quayside terrace. The Rum Store has plenty of natural daylight and is fully air-conditioned. With original pine columns and exposed brickwork this room is a truly unique event and conference room. The Rum Store is located on the ground floor and has the benefit of its own cloakroom facilities and is available for daytime and evening events.
The Boardroom
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The Boardroom seats 16 and with direct views over the quayside and Canary Wharf, it is the ideal venue for smaller meetings and a refreshing space away from the office. The Boardroom offers an inspiring environment, and is fully equipped with a digital projector and projector screen.
The Boardroom is air-conditioned and has natural daylight, it also features the original pine columns and exposed brickwork characteristic throughout the building as a whole.
The Boardroom is available day or evening.
Wilberforce Theatre
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The impressive Wilberforce Theatre is available with comfortable tiered seating for 146. Hire of the theatre includes use of our in-house audio-visual equipment and the assistance of our onsite technician, ensuring the smooth running of your conference. The adjoining Quayside Room can be used for catering, allowing your conference to operate solely on the third floor of the building.
The Wilberforce Theatre is available day and evening.
Theatre style 146 plus 4 wheelchair spaces
Sailortown
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Take your guests for an atmospheric stroll through a recreation of one of the most popular “Sailortowns” of the 1840s. Narrow streets and alleyways are lined with pubs, shops and services typical of the riverside district.
The reception can then continue, or guests can be seated
for dinner, in City and River, home to an 1807 model of the Lord Mayor's state
barge and the livery of that era. Together these spaces provide an original and
highly memorable location for your event.
Sailortown, City and River is one of our most popular
event spaces and is located on the second floor of the museum.
