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The Museum will be closed from 2nd-13th September, re-opening on the 14th with our exhibition “Collecting Morris: Highlights from the Helena Stephenson Collection”.
Our museum is open Thursday, Saturday, & Sunday from 2-5pm.
Please note there is a £3.50 entry fee to the museum.
Craftsman, designer, poet, printer, socialist, novelist, environmentalist
William Morris was a revolutionary force in Victorian Britain. His work dramatically changed the fashions and ideologies of the era and he remains as influential and important today as he was in his own time.
The William Morris Society was founded in 1955 to share knowledge of the life and works of William Morris amongst our members and the wider public.
The Society is based in the Coach House of Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, Morris’s London home for the last eighteen years of his life and where there is now a charming museum and event space…
What’s On
The Society has an exciting variety of exhibitions, talks and events, both online and at Kelmscott House throughout the year.
September 18, 2024
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Kelmscott House Coach House, 26 Upper Mall, W6 9TA and Online
William Morris fished many rivers during his long, impassioned career as an angler, but none of them meant as much to him as the Thames - 'our only English river', as his utopia News from Nowhere describes it. This hybrid talk will evoke the variety and excitement of Morris's angling ventures on the lower and Read More
November 20, 2024
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Online
From about 1868 to his death in 1893, Frederick Garrard made a range of tiles at the Millwall Pottery in London, in early Dutch polychrome delftware style as well as reproductions of early Spanish cuenca tiles and some medieval line impressed tiles. Recently, a few of his tiles have come to light revealing designs based Read More
October 30, 2024
10:30 am
1:30 pm
Kelmscott House Coach House, 26 Upper Mall, W6 9TA
Join us at the William Morris Society for an introduction to crochet! Sally Roberson, who has 60 years of experience, will show you how to make a start in crochet by learning to make granny squares. With practice, these can be turned into cushions or rugs, or even into scarves, waistcoats or jackets. The possibilities Read More
November 13, 2024
10:00 am
1:00 pm
Kelmscott House Coach House, 26 Upper Mall, W6 9TA & Emery Walker's House
This is a rare opportunity to get up close with items that are rarely on show to the public with a specialist tour of both Emery Walker’s House and the nearby William Morris Society premises. The tour will explore the Arts & Crafts textiles in both collections, including exquisite examples of May Morris’ work. The Read More
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For the month of July sign up for a membership (any type or tier) and receive a free gift with your welcome package.Membership benefits include: Free museum entry 3 issues of our magazine and 2 issues of our journal annually Free or discounted access to talks and events 10% off in our shop (online and Read More
The William Morris Society is participating in London Open Gardens for another year, to welcome our visitors and members to the rarely opened gardens of Kelmscott House. On 9th June from 12-5pm the Society will open their walled garden, which will lead onto the private garden of the Kelmscott House tenants. Cream teas, scones, and Read More
