The People’s Museum Somers Town is part of the London Festival of Architecture – we’ve a full programme of events on its themes of ACT Social Justice.
We will offer Free Friday Curated lates and Wednesday Lunchtime Social Justice walks.
Please note: we always have a low income option on all paid events: many of these are free events.
SOMERS TOWN WEEKEND EVENTS!
The events below take place on the final weekend of the London Festival of Architecture, where the focus is Somers Town, so you can view the installation, and take in many performances including our “mock auction” from 12 – 4pm.
Health and Hygiene St Pancras housing by Eleanor Marshall of Open City walks Saturday 25th June 12pm – Tickets
The Model Estate: Oakshott by Camden Guide Fabien Watkinson
Sunday 26 June at 3pm Tickets
Ossulston Estate – Echoes of Karl Marx Hof 26th June 12.30 by founder and resident Diana Foster Tickets
NEW! Fun Auction – we auction off Somers Town “art” with a serious purpose – why were 80 Doultonware Gilbert Bayes artworks from St Pancras Housing stolen and sold at auction? FREE fundraiser for our campaign to restore art to estates. Sunday 26th at 2pm Outdoors on the installation Phoenix Rd
Wednesday Lunchtime Social Justice walks on Radical histories themes: June 8th, 15th, 22nd Tickets 12pm Meet at Museum
WORKSHOPS
Radical Screen Printing – each Thursday evening 6-8pm Tickets
FAMILY JOIN FREE! Mural Painting – FREE Tickets outside on Phoenix Road opposite Oakshott Court FREE
Friday Curated lates
With film showing – Unseen archival films Tickets
LFA TOP PICK!
RADICAL HISTORIES Walk 10th June 6pm
Anti-colonial routes & Black Radicals: Somers Town TICKETS
Deolonising estates from Cecil Rhodes to PanAfricanism
Led By Professor Esther Leslie
Meet at People’s Museum Somers Town 52 Phoenix Rd, NW1 1ES 6pm
SPECIAL EVENTS
Fairy Tale Walk Gilbert Bayes Walk to courtyards to see Art in everyday life Saturday June 18th 1pm Tickets
Social Justice Walk to installation on Homelessness by Artist Richard DeDomenici FREE Tuesday 21st June
Panel Discussion: Is this A Space for Us? Somers Town is changing rapidly – do local people have a say in their space and heritage?
6.30pm 28th June 2022 Tickets FREE
Unless otherwise stated: all events start at People’s Museum Somers Town 52 Phoenix Rd. NW1 1ES
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Dear People’s museum organisers, please consider to offer lower price to the people in low/no income for the walks to the sites of local radical history. £18 to join a walk is equivalent to the amount spent on weekly food shopping for considerable number of people in Camden. Thank you in advance.
Dear Jan,
I apologise if this was not clear – we offer walks FREE or low cost (donation) to local low income people and we always have.
I will make sure the organisers will add this to the website. This is purely an administrative error.
It should be on all Eventbrite tickets as a ‘Donation’ alternative which means ‘what you can afford’.
We realise, as you point out rightly, there must be a low income offer.
We have always been our proud to do so – and we are only now charging for the first time.
We have until now offered all walks free but in fact the people who benefitted tended to be middle class people.
The LFA suggested this is the standard price that their audience is prepared to pay.
But we will continue to offer an option of ‘what you can afford’ for all walks/ publications, which we give away to the local people.
Thank you,
Please feel free to write in order to have a low cost ticket.
Organisers
Dear Jan
We have now added a Donation – low income option on the Eventbrite to the paid for walks.
Note the Friday lates are Free; and the lunch walks are £5.
Thanks!
Diana