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We are happy to announce that we have been successful in our application for a small grant to improve our facilities for children and anyone with sensory needs in our museum. This has kindly been granted by the London Museum as part of their Museum Development strategy. In working towards making our museum more child Read More

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!

24th October - 7th November at the William Morris Society Each year the William Morris Society partners with the Macbeth Centre, an adult education hub in Hammersmith, to display their students' work. A range of works have been chosen to display the breadth of skills that are honed through the classes at Macbeth and that Read More

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

Please join us on 3rd July in the Coach House of Kelmscott House to see Florence Boos talk about William Morris's lesser known period of Socialism as an elder statesman of socialism from the time of his eviction from the Socialist League until his death in 1896. Fewer of Morris's writings from this later period Read More

Join us at the William Morris Society for Rosa Harradine's Cobweb Broom workshop, following the sold-out Brush making workshop for London Craft Week. You will learn how to make one cobweb broom using broomcorn fibre. A selection of wooden broomsticks and a variety of colours of nylon thread will be provided for you to choose Read More

The William Morris Society has officially reopened to the public with the wonderful exhibition 'The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co. in Context'. The exhibition has been kindly loaned by Sanderson Design Group and originally curated by Mary Schoeser at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh. On display will be a range of wallpapers from Sanderson's own Read More