Museum of Immigration and Diversity

Not to be confused with Migration Museum, London.

19 Princelet Street, Spitalfields, London

The Museum of Immigration and Diversity is a museum at 19 Princelet Street in Spitalfields, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England.[1][2] The Grade II* listed building in which the museum is located was a house built in 1719 for the Huguenot silk merchant Peter Abraham Ogier.[3]

The house went through a number of stages, the building was converted to a synagogue in 1869. The building remained in use until the 1970s, when the congregation had moved out of the area. It has now been passed to a charity, The Spitalfields Centre, set up in 1983 to preserve the building and develop the museum of immigration and diversity.[4]

Due to the fragility of the building, as of 2023 the museum only opens for prebooked group visits.[5][6] It has been given £30,000 by English Heritage for repairs and is on the Buildings at Risk Register.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Museum Of Immigration And Diversity". www.museumslondon.org. Museums London. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Wignall, Katie (14 September 2017). "Inside 19 Princelet Street - Spitalfields' Unique Museum". Look Up London Tours. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ Historic England. "19, Princelet Street E1 (1260421)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ "The Spitalfields Centre for the Study of Minorities, registered charity no. 287279". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  5. ^ "Museum of Immigration and Diversity opens to the public for Refugee Week". Museums Association. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  6. ^ "19 Princelet Street". www.19princeletstreet.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023.
  7. ^ "East End history". Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.

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