This is an East Texas hidden gem! The museum is amazing, capturing the horror of that terrible day of Thursday afternoon, 18 March 1937. It wonderfully presents the school, the event, and life in the late 1930s. They have a great deal of high school memorabilia and items that reflect on early-mid 20th Century Americana. The greatest highlight to this place for me is the soda fountain! Yes--an actual, honest-to-goodness, working, operational soda fountain! For decades I've been looking to find a functioning soda fountain that served Coca-Cola. Our family visited a "soda fountain" in Galveston and what they meant was that the building/restaurant used to be a soda fountain--they had a regular machine found at most fast food restaurants, which was very disappointing. We were in New London picking up a package and was a little lost since Google and Apple Maps sometimes have difficulty with addresses. I pulled off the road right into their parking lot to make contact when I looked at the building and saw the words, "museum and soda fountain." I instantly looked for their hours and saw that they were opening soon. We made our pick up and headed back to the museum. A very friendly and hospitable volunteer greeted us and welcomed us in, showing us around the place. After going through the museum, we made our way back to the soda fountain counter. My boys were more interested in *this* part of the museum more than the museum itself. We sat down and all ordered Cokes. I didn't know exactly what I was going to get, but it was so much fun watching him pump the syrup into the classic-shaped Coca-cola green-tinted glass. I was so delighted and filled with joy as I took my first sip. They have Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Barqs Root Beer, and Dr. Pepper. They have cherry, strawberry flavors to tweak your drink. A drink includes one free refill. They sell Blue Bell ice cream and make floats, milkshakes/malts, and sundaes. They have meals for lunch with daily specials. If you're interested in history and nostalgia, you will thoroughly enjoy the London Museum & Cafe. At the time of this review admission to the museum is $5 for adults and $3 for children.

I don't get this way too often. But it is a great place to visit.. this was my second time to eat here... First of all. ALL the food is GREAT. The Staff is Top Notch , friendly and super nice. I especially like the Old Timey Fountain with the OLD WAY of mixing the COKE drink.

Excellent tour guide! Very knowledgeable staff..many many artifacts from that event.

Wonderful museum honoring the tragic deaths of the New London school explosion of 1937. Information is well-researched and educational. Volunteers running the museum were kind. The old fashioned soda was great too! We want to go back on a weekday and try the café.

This is such an amazing little museum which does an excellent job of telling the story of a very tragic event in history. The cafe attached to it serves great food! Well worth a visit!

An amazing day trip. Very interesting, informative and humbling.

Growing up in this town an learning the history of the tragedy that took place I grew to love and respect the community and this museum has the best people to give tours of the museum and to get refreshments from. They are so sweet and their hospitality is above and beyond any service I’d ever received so far!! Thank you so much for a wonderful, and sincere experience!!

This is a must see! East Texas history. A Museum dedicated to the victims and survivors of the New London School explosion in the early thirties. The guide was very knowledgeable. I would love to go again.

Visited this wonderful and informative museum on my way to see the Cardinals-Rangers series. I hope more people visit to learn that the deaths of these many children and adults were not in vain. Every time we smell that pungent odor of a gas leak, we have them to thank for it.

We took our Senior Group from Oakland Heights Baptist Church in Longview today. We enjoyed a delicious lunch. The prices are very reasonable. 25 of us enjoyed the tour of the museum led by a very knowledgeable docent. It was a great trip. Everyone should see this museum.