London Museum Smithfield site to open in November
The building will become a new home for Banksy's piranhas and the UK's oldest hand-written document.
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""I hope our museum is a place where people can come together, feel at home, and find themselves grounded in the lives, treasures, challenges and innovations of this city's vast history.""
— Sharon Ament , Executive
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The building will become a new home for Banksy's piranhas and the UK's oldest hand-written document.
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