In 2005 work was underway to redesign the lower floor of the Museum of London to tell the story from 1666 onwards. The Galleries of Modern London opened in 2010 and in this early schematic design you can see how at this stage the intention was to have the visitor decide which direction to take London's chronology - whether to travel backwards or forwards through time.
This option was eventually dropped and the second introductory panel and associated text never came to be. You can read more about the construction of the Galleries of Modern London in my thesis.
First 📸 - schematic design for galleries, 2005. Museum of London
Second 📸 - gallery plan from 2010

