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10 Museums Form Partnership to Celebrate Overground East London Line

LONDON.- Africa’s largest mask, George Washington’s false teeth, a marine iguana from Darwin ’s expedition to the Galapagos Islands, the purse of the suffragette who threw herself under King George V’s horse and the oldest tunnel in the London metro system: these are just examples of the myriad treasures waiting to be discovered along CultureLine, launched this past Friday May 21. CultureLine is a group of 10 museums and galleries which can be found along the length of the new London Overground East London Line, which officially opens this Sunday, 23 May. The line runs from Dalston in North-East London to New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon in the South-East. CultureLine museums are (North to South on the line): Hackney Museum • Geffrye Museum • Wesley’s Chapel • The Royal London Hospital Museum • Whitechapel Gallery • The Women’s Library • Brunel Museum • Horniman Museum • Crystal Palace Museum •