Takeover Day 2012 at Museum of London Docklands – in pictures

Tolga, AJ, Jaqurline and Mahfuz at the Museum of London Docklands front desk, welcoming visitors and pointing people to Takeover Day 2012 activities Photograph: Museum of London Docklands

Graham and Anis in Edwardian costume ready to tell onlookers about spice in the Warehouse of the Worlds Gallery Photograph: Museum of London Docklands

Naimah and Kian in a Docklands WWII shelter sing their very own war song Photograph: Museum of London Docklands

Tom and Laylaa give visitors a tour of Sailor Town Photograph: Museum of London Docklands

Graham and Anis give visitors a chance to smell exotic spices that would have come to the Docklands from around the world in the Edwardian period Photograph: Museum of London Docklands

Louise and Nadia bring the swinging 60s to life with a rendition of the classic ‘Yellow Submarine’ by the Beatles Photograph: Museum of London Docklands

Ismail talks to visitors in the Museum of London Docklands galleries about the devastation of the East End in WWII Photograph: Museum of London Docklands

Nahid and Holly dress up as dockers' children and talk about the 1889 Dockers Strike as Alex and Jaqurline film the action Photograph: Museum of London Docklands

Giovanni and Alamin talk to museum visitors about the tea, coffee and spices that arrived into London via the docks Photograph: Museum of London Docklands