The William Morris Society Museum is open on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 1-4pm. The Museum and Society will be closed for the Holidays from 16th December and will re-open on the 4th of January 2025.
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 13, 2024
2:00 pm
5:00 pm
Kelmscott House Coach House, 26 Upper Mall, W6 9TA
This exhibition highlights the collection of objects donated to the William Morris Society by Helena Stephenson, the woman who also bequeathed Kelmscott House to the Society upon her death in 1972. Stephenson was an avid collector and enthusiast of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. She was a member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, Read More
January 15, 2025
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
The William Morris Society 26 Upper Mall W6 9TA or Online
In 1881 Willliam Morris moved his cramped workshop in Queen Square, Bloomsbury to a picturesque 18th-century fabric-printing works on the River Wandle in South London. Here in the old timber sheds, Morris established workshops for tapestry weaving, carpet knotting, block-printed textiles, woven textiles, stained-glass and a dye-works. Along with his older established workforce, Morris employed Read More
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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Peter Faulkner, who passed away last week. Peter was a friend, comrade and mentor to many in the William Morris Society, as well as being an outstanding scholar. Peter published extensively on the life and work of William Morris, including William Morris: the critical Read More
Visit our online or in-person museum gift shop for the perfect gift ideas for all of the William Morris enthusiasts in your life. We have exciting new items from homeware, puzzles, and books, to calendars, planners, and notebooks. Visit www.williammorrissocietyshop.com to discover more!
