Keats House

Keats Grove
Hampstead
London
NW3 2RR
England

Website

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/keatshousehampstead

E-mail

keatshouse@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Telephone

020 7332 3868

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Keats House
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Keats House is where the poet John Keats (1795-1821) lived from 1818 to 1820. Here he wrote some of his best known poetry, including "Ode to a Nightingale". The house is a Grade 1 listed building set in a peaceful garden in Hampstead. It has been open to the public since 1925.

Venue Type:

Historic house or home

 Opening hours

Keats House has now opened after its transformation. Please see our website for more information.

 Admission charges

Adults: £5.00 (valid for one year)
Concessions: £3.00 (valid for one year)
Children 16 and under: Free
Friends of Keats House: Free
Art Fund: Free

Discounts

  • Museums Association
  • International Council of Museums
 General services and facilities
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • General audio-guide available
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Gardens open to public
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities

Additional info

Study facilities are available at London Metropolitan Archives.

Keats Grove
Hampstead
London
NW3 2RR
England

Website

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/keatshousehampstead

E-mail

keatshouse@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Telephone

020 7332 3868

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The Keats House Collection consists of books, manuscripts, letters, prints, paintings and artefacts relating to the life of the poet John Keats (1795-1821), his circle and the English Romantic movement. The Keats House Collection, including the Keats Memorial Library, is currently available for consultation by appointment only. Please contact us for further information.

Collection details

Archives, Literature, Personalities

Key artists and exhibits

  • John Keats
  • Joseph Severn

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Keats Grove
Hampstead
London
NW3 2RR
England

Website

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/keatshousehampstead

E-mail

keatshouse@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Telephone

020 7332 3868

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Resources

Big Draw

Art activities using images and documents as inspiration. The visual work would be a way in to the story of slavery and abolition and would involve group work as well as individual activities

How to obtain

Available throughout October 2007. Contact Keats House for furhter details

Expressions of Identity – creative writing events

Exploring personal and community identity through the stories of people from the past and the present.

How to obtain

Available throughout October 2007 and on request

My Local Area - The Peopling of London

Linked to our local history walks identifying buildings and places with links to slavery and anti-slavery, this session explores the impact of the slave trade on local areas

How to obtain

Available June 2007 and on request. Contact Keats House for more information.

Romanticism, Politics and Protest

Understanding Romanticism as a means of political protest through the works of writers and thinkers of the day. Keats and Leigh Hunt provide a starting point and includes Equiano, Sterne, William Cuffay and William Davidson

How to obtain

Available throughout June 2007 and on request. Contact Keats House for further details.

The Road to Abolition – Gifted and Talented Summer College

An exploration of the anti slavery campaigns and the tradition / legacy of protest and reform

How to obtain

Available throughout July 2007. Contact Keats House for further details

Keats Grove
Hampstead
London
NW3 2RR
England

Website

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/keatshousehampstead

E-mail

keatshouse@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Telephone

020 7332 3868

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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