A Space for us – People’s Museum Somers Town is open.
Visit for an insight into the history and contemporary contexts of an urban area in change: timeline, Radicals movements, old photo albums, books and material in our library, and old films of slum clearance and housing movement. `
And a great selection of books, postcards and prints on donation. We now serve coffee and tea on donation.
MUSEUM
Lost/ Found: Somers Town tells the story of Somers Town – through found objects and demolished buildings and lost art – a community and area overlooked amidst developments either side.
Bounded by termini of Euston, King’s Cross and St Pancras, Somers Town is at a crossroads, its community beleagured. Phoenix Road where the festival centres, is a physical crossroads its heart – on one side the Cock Tavern tells the tale of railway workers, activism and rebellion in meeting rooms now turned into private flats; at the other representing Camden’s Golden Age of social housing, Tabori’s Oakshott buries layers of history – the Polygon which housed Wollstonecraft, Godwin and Shelley. Yet it has retained a cohesive community, in part a living legacy of remarkable 20th Century social housing pioneers.
The museum tells these stories: the result of 6 years co-curation of that community into history and local stories. Radical: Reformers: Un-common people sums up its narratives: home to earlier radical ideas about women’s education and medicine, politics, experiments in communal living and working class theatre – ideas of social justice that reach out to all of us.
Visit us at:
52 Phoenix Road, NW1 1ES
London
Email: info@aspaceforus.club
OR contact us for requests on group visits, guided tours, talks, consultancy.
FAQ
Is it accessible?
We are ground floor and there is a small ramp to the museum, which wheelchair users and buggies have used. There is a toilet, but the accessible toilet is next door at Training Link on request.
Our outdoor parklet is ground floor and accessible. We recommend you use your smartphone QR reader to get the most from your visit – please ask us for aid. A printed guide with large type is available.
Is it free?
You can view our exhibitions free – but we appreciate a donation!
There are books, T-shirts and prints on sale – with a local discount. Please ask.
Opening Hours
Wednesdays to Fridays + Saturday 11-5pm Check.
Occasionally open for Festivals, Night at the Museum evening events and special occasions.
Available for hire on request.
We are also available on other times by appointment for groups – please email info@aspaceforus.club