Women's Museum Opening, Bloom Construction Group

The Women's Museum has opened in east London - with its first exhibition about nuns. The attraction opened in Barking Wharf Square on International Women's Day, 2024.

Its first exhibition, An Idea of a Life, looks at the history of the abbesses and nuns who lived in Barking Abbey from the 7th Century to the early 16th Century. Saima Ashraf, Barking and Dagenham Council deputy leader, called it a "brilliant addition to the arts".