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This Thursday at 2pm, Insurance Museum Director Howard Benge tells the story of Nicholas Barbon, who brought fire insurance to London after the Great Fire. Watch online. Book today and you’ll still get the YouTube link: shorturl.at/ZeiQ6 #LondonHistory #FireInsurance

Barbon and the First Fire Insurance

Dr Nicolas Barbon is famed as the creator of fire insurance.

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Half-term idea: free interactive storytelling at the Bank of England Museum, Wed 28 and Thurs 29 Oct, 12pm. Children act out pirate raids and the Great Fire and learn how insurance began. Ages 5 to 12, with an adult. Book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/storytell… @boemuseum @cityoflondon
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What a night! Thank you to @IndicoData and @BoE_Museum for our After the Fire Private View. See how insurance, trade and banking rebuilt 1700s London. Free until 27 Nov. Blog:shorturl.at/Jr0D6 #AfterTheGreatFire #InsuranceMuseum #GreatFireOfLondon
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After the Fire is open late this Thursday 15 Oct until 8pm (last entry 7.30). Step inside Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House and see how insurance helped London rebuild after the Great Fire. Free at the Bank of England Museum: shorturl.at/NMnn7 #AfterTheGreatFire @boemuseum
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Fancy stepping back into 1700s London? After the Fire, our free exhibition at the Bank of England Museum, explores 1702: booming fire insurers and a packed Lloyd's Coffee House. Open Mon-Fri until 27 Nov, ideal for a lunch break insurance.museum/after-the-f… @boemuseum @cityoflondon
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Thanks for visiting @ianvisits! Read his review of our new exhibition at @boemuseum 👇
ianVisits@ianvisitsOct 7
Exhibition explores how London turned fire and coffee into an insurance industry (link to article in reply below) Early insurance policies, fire marks and Edward Lloyd’s signature feature in an exhibition tracing the financial dealings of London’s coffee houses.
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Nicholas Barbon founded the first fire insurance company after the Great Fire of London. Pioneer or schemer? Hear Howard Benge at Guildhall Library, Thurs 22 Oct, 2pm, in person or online. Book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/barbon-an… #InsuranceMuseum #GuildhallLibrary #FireInsurance

Barbon and the First Fire Insurance

Dr Nicolas Barbon is famed as the creator of fire insurance.

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Thanks to @onecityldn for featuring After the Fire: a Bank of England Museum Late. Explore a life-sized 1700s coffee house after hours, Thurs 15 Oct, 5.15pm to 8pm. Free, book ahead.
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After the Fire: a Bank of England Museum late - OneCity

An opportunity to view a stunning display in collaboration with the Insurance Museum after hours, alongside activities and interactives.

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The doors are open 🔥 After the Fire opens today at the Bank of England Museum. Walk through 1700s London, step inside a recreated coffee house + see how the City rebuilt after 1666. Free, no booking needed. Mon-Fri until 27 Nov insurance.museum/after-the-f… @boemuseum @cityoflondon
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Meet the merchants, underwriters and investors who rebuilt the City after the Great Fire, life-size in our new exhibition. After the Fire: Insurance, Finance and a Rebuilt City opens 5 October, Bank of England Museum, free entry. #InsuranceMuseum #GreatFireOfLondon
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After the Fire: Insurance, Finance and a Rebuilt City opens 5 October at the Bank of England Museum. Free entry, 5 Oct–27 Nov, Mon–Fri 10am–5pm. Details: insurance.museum/after-the-f… #InsuranceMuseum #GreatFireOfLondon
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Why did business get done over coffee in the 17th Century? Find our in our new exhibition, After the Fire: Insurance, Finance and a Rebuilt City, opening 5 October at the Bank of England Museum. insurance.museum/after-the-f… #AfterTheGreatFire #InsuranceMuseum #GreatFireOfLondon
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Our new exhibition opens at the Bank of England Museum on 5 Oct. Step into a recreated 1700s London street, discover how the Great Fire gave rise to the insurance industry we know today. Free admission, until 27 Nov. Find out more: insurance.museum/after-the-f… #AfterTheGreatFire
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Our new exhibition, isn't just for grown-ups. Follow the family fire mark trail, join a school workshop, or drop in during October half term and the Lord Mayor's Show. Free entry, 5 Oct – 27 Nov, Bank of England Museum Find out more: insurance.museum/after-the-f… #AfterTheGreatFire
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Thank you, Indico Data, for sponsoring the private view of our new exhibition, After the Fire: Insurance, Finance and a Rebuilt City, opening this October at the Bank of England Museum. #AfterTheGreatFire #InsuranceMuseum #GreatFireOfLondon #InsuranceHistory #IndicoData
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From ashes to industry: within a few years of the Great Fire, the first fire insurance companies appeared in London, marking insured homes with metal "fire marks" so private brigades knew which buildings to save. One of the stories in our new exhibition. #InsuranceHistory
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360 years ago this week: in the early hours of 2 September 1666, fire broke out on Pudding Lane. Four days later ~13,000 houses, 87 churches and St Paul's Cathedral were gone. #AfterTheGreatFire #InsuranceMuseum
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See that world recreated in After the Fire, our new exhibition at the Bank of England Museum. 5 Oct–27 Nov. Free entry. More info: insurance.museum/after-the-f… Supported by @TNLHeritageFund #InsuranceMuseum #GreatFireOfLondon @boemuseum
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By 1702, the City of London was unrecognisable. Our new exhibition, After the Fire, brings this transformed city to life through a large-scale street scene by mr.creative studio and illustrator Alice Pattullo. More info: shorturl.at/rKm7S #GreatFireOfLondon
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Many fundamentals of modern insurance were established in London within 15 years of the Great Fire. Our exhibition, After the Fire, explores how Nicholas Barbon's Fire Office turned catastrophe into a thriving new industry. 5 Oct–27 Nov, @bankofenglandmuseum. Free entry.
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