Museum of London Archaeology, or MOLA, (formerly Museum of London Archaeology Service or MoLAS) is a Registered Archaeological Organisation(RAO) with the Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA), providing a wide range of professional archaeological services to clients in London, SE England, the UK and internationally. Until 1 November 2011, MOLA was a self-financing division of the Museum of London Group. As of 1 November 2011, MOLA became an independent limited charitable company, with company registration number 07751831 and charity registration number 1143574.
MOLA is the largest archaeological contractor in London and one of the 'big three' in England, along with Oxford Archaeology and Wessex Archaeology. MOLA carries out approximately two-thirds of all the archaeological work in Greater London, measured by value. In 2011, MOLA launched a regional subsidiary, MetroMOLA, with offices in Birmingham, Portsmouth and Manchester.
Based at 46 Eagle Wharf Road N1 7ED, just to the north of the City of London, MOLA employs approximately 150 staff offering expertise and advice at all stages of development from pre-planning onwards. Staff provide management and consultancy advice and carry out impact assessment work, excavation and mitigation (urban, rural, infrastructure and other schemes), standing building recording, surveying and geomatics, geoarchaeology, finds and environmental services, post-excavation and publication, graphics and photography, editing and archiving. Despite its independent status, MOLA continues to have a partnership arrangement with the Museum of London which gives it the capability to provide commercial services whilst also offering clients valuable links to already-established programmes in community outreach and public education. As of 2012, MOLA is hosting the Thames Discovery Programme (TDP), a community archaeology programme.
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