Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow

Vestry Road
London
City of London
E17 9NH
England

Website

www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house

E-mail

vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk

Telephone

020 8496 4391

Fax

020 8527 7070

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 front of the Vestry house Museum
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Only a few minutes walk from Walthamstow's busy shopping centre, Vestry House Museum is wating to unlock the story of the people of Waltham Forest.

The Museum is housed in Walthamstow's original workhouse, built in 1730 as a home for local paupers. In the 19th century the house was used as a police station and one of the old police cells can still be seen. After various uses, the building was converted to a museum in 1930.

The Museum is in the attractive conservation area of Walthamstow Village which has many fine historic buildings and is, itself, well worth a visit.

Venue Type:

Museum, Library, Archive

 Opening hours

Wednesday - Sunday 10.00 - 17.00
Group booking welcome on Tuesdays by prior arrangement (10:00-17:00)

Closed: Good Friday, Christmas Day

 Admission charges

Admission is free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Gardens open to public
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Braille information and/or interpretation
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • 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
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Vestry Road
London
City of London
E17 9NH
England

Website

www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house

E-mail

vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk

Telephone

020 8496 4391

Fax

020 8527 7070

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 Museum now serves as a centre for the collection, preservation and interpretation of the past and present story of the people of Waltham Forest, where visitors can learn about the long and fascinating history of the changing local community. As well as having a large social history collection of objects, the Museum holds approximately 80,000 historic photographs of the Borough, is the home for the Local Studies Library and also houses the Borough Archives.

Collection details

Archaeology, Architecture, Archives, Costume and Textiles, Fine Art, Industry, Land Transport, Law and Order, Personalities, Photography, Science and Technology, Social History, Toys and Hobbies, Trade and Commerce

Key artists and exhibits

  • The Museum holds displays on the development of local industry, the history of costume, the history of local policing and Victorian and Edwardian domestic life in Waltham Forest. One particularly unusual exhibit is the Bremer car. Built locally by a young engineer, Frederick Bremer, between 1892 and 1894, it is one of the earliest motor cars built in Britain and is certainly the first car made in London.

Collections services

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

Vestry Road
London
City of London
E17 9NH
England

Website

www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house

E-mail

vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk

Telephone

020 8496 4391

Fax

020 8527 7070

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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