Brent Museum and Archives
Museum · Willesden, England
Brent Museum and Archives occupies the second floor of The Library at Willesden Green, 95 High Road, NW10 2SF, and is free. The museum and exhibition space open Monday to Friday 10.30am to 8pm, Saturday 10.30am to 5pm and Sunday 12pm to 5pm. The archives open Tuesday to Thursday 10.30am to 5pm, to 8pm every alternate Thursday, Friday 11am to 4pm for volunteers and project partners only, and alternate Saturdays 10.30am to 5pm with a closure from 1pm to 2pm; at least one week's notice is required for an archives appointment. Willesden Green station is 624 m away.
History
It is the borough museum and record office combined, holding photographs, documents and objects of local history, and a current exhibition, Brent Records Album Covers, shows the covers of reggae albums released from the 1960s to the 2020s. It holds the photograph of the Queen's Park bandstand in 1905 that the City of London Corporation reproduces on its own history page. Contact is museum.archives@brent.gov.uk and 020 8937 3600. Willesden Green station, which serves it, is listed Grade II, NHLE 1391808.
Visit
The Library at Willesden Green, second floor, 95 High Road, Willesden, London NW10 2SF
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