The project will see a group of 18- to 25-year-olds learning how to produce an exhibit and interviewing adults who witnessed the riots.
Lucie Fitton, inclusion officer at the Museum of London, said the exhibit would feature in a new gallery covering the capital's history since 1950. The young people will start work on the exhibit in November, although the gallery won't open to the public until refurbishment finishes in early 2010.
"We are going to be recruiting from a number of organisations but we are targeting young people not in education, employment or training," said Fitton. "The riots were chosen because they are a very important part of London's post-war history."
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