Tower Bridge Exhibition

The Tower Bridge Exhibition sits inside Tower Bridge, the Gothic Revival landmark designed by Horace Jones and begun in 1886. You’re not just visiting a museum here; you’re inside one of London’s most recognisable structures, a Grade I listed building that the City of London operates today. The exhibition adds the story behind the bridge’s dramatic bascules and high walkways, turning a working piece of Victorian engineering into a place where you can trace how the river crossing was made to suit both shipping and city traffic. Its stone towers, finished in a deliberately medieval style, gave the bridge a ceremonial look even as its iron framework solved a practical problem on the Thames. That mix of showpiece and machine is very London: formal on the outside, ingenious underneath. …

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