Marx Memorial Library
Museum · Clerkenwell, England
The Marx Memorial Library is at 37a Clerkenwell Green, Grade II listed, NHLE 1279541, in the Clerkenwell Green Conservation Area. The Reading Room opens Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 11am to 4pm by appointment only, and the library is normally closed on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tours normally run on Mondays at midday and Thursdays at 4pm, at £10 full and £5 concession. The library publishes a summer closure: no tours from Monday 27 July to Thursday 3 September, no tour on Thursday 17 September, and the Reading Room closed from Tuesday 28 July to Thursday 3 September.
History
The library dates its foundation to 1933. It describes its home as a 'Grade-II listed, 18th century building' which 'currently has no lift and has various other issues with accessibility, including no step-free toilets'. The building was originally a schoolhouse and was later subdivided, one part becoming a pub, and the facade was extensively renovated in the late 1960s. The Grade I Clerk's Well survives in the basement of number 16, Farringdon Lane, NHLE 1298055, about 60 m away.
Visit
37a Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU
Featured in these guides
More in Clerkenwell
- Museum of the Order of St John, St John's Gate · Museum
- New River Head · Historic site
- Priory Church of the Order of St John · Historic site
- Sadler's Wells Theatre · Theater
- The Charterhouse · Museum
- Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer · Historic site
- Exmouth Market · Shop