If you wish to combine your tour with an inside visit to an East End museum, historic synagogue or church Diane and Rachel will be happy to arrange this. Places which can be visited include:
| The Ragged School Museum |
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Housed in a school founded to help educate the poor of Stepney by famous philanthropist Dr Barnado.
Situated by the Regents Canal this museum is housed in a school founded to help educate the poor of Stepney by Dr Barnardo , known for his Children’s Homes which started in this part of town. You will sit in one of the original classrooms, learn about Victorian schooling and view exhibits about East End history. An ideal visit combined with “An East End Village – Historic Stepney Green” |
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The Geffrye Museum |
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London’s museum of domestic interiors is housed in historic 18th century almshouses. The rooms in the Geffrye reflect the changing fashions and social habits which have influenced homes for the past 400 years – from the oak panelling of the 16th and 17th centuries to a cool modern warehouse conversion of the 1990s. An ideal visit combined with “Historic Shoreditch and Hoxton” or “The Sunday Morning Markets” Tour |
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The Museum in Docklands |
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This is one of London’s newest museums situated in a 19th century sugar warehouse. When London’s docks closed the Museum of London collected a fascinating array of artifacts from machinery to spice jars and they are now housed in this museum which tells the story of London’s Docks and the River Thames. The highlight of a visit is “Sailortown” a recreation of a Thames side street with shops selling everything from sails to giraffes. An ideal visit combined with our “Sugar Sailmakers and Seafarers – Historic West India Dock and Limehouse” Tour ”. |
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Dennis Severs House |
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An 18th century Huguenot Weaver’s House transformed by former owner Dennis Severs to trace the story of the fictional Gervais family through the centuries. This is not a museum but a theatrical experience. As you walk round the house in silence, listen for the sounds of the past and take in the atmosphere created by Severs in the rooms which are filled with memories of a bygone age. An ideal visit combined with our “Cosmopolitan London” “Sunday Morning Markets” or “Old Jewish East End” tours. |
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Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood |
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After the South Kensington Museum (now the V and A) was refurbished in 1872 the building was offered to any area which wanted their own museum. The people of Bethnal Green took up the offer and it moved to the present site playing host to a variety of exhibitions and even housed the Wallace Collection for a while. Since the 1970s the museum has been home to a wonderful collection of toys from the past and a visit will evoke happy memories for people of all ages. An ideal visit combined with our “Two Parks and a Canal” tour |
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19 Princelet Street |
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An 18th century Huguenot weaver’s house where a Victorian synagogue was built in the back garden. This Grade II* Listed building is home to “Suitcases and Sanctuary” an exhibition looking at the experience of a variety of immigrant groups who came to this area. A talk about the history and plans for the future is followed by time to explore one of London’s most atmospheric and intriguing buildings. Ideally combined with our “Old Jewish East End” “Sunday Morning Markets” or “Cosmopolitan London” Tours. |
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Hoxton Hall |
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A step back in time to Shoreditch’s theatrical past when the East End was home to many Victorian music halls. Now used as a local theatre and community centre, the hall retains many original features including a restored auditorium where we may be entertained with a song! Ideally combined with our “Historic Shoreditch and Hoxton” Tour. |
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Island History Trust |
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Housed in one of the East End’s famous “settlements” and founded by Victorian and Edwardian philanthropists to help the local community, the Island History Trust now contains a wonderful photographic history of the Isle of Dogs. An ideal visit combined with the “Island Explorations” Tour. |
| The Women’s Library |
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Once known as the Fawcett Library, the Women’s Library has relocated to a new building erected behind the façade of a Victorian Wash House.
Where women of the past once toiled to keep family’s clothing clean in the old laundry you can now visit the ever changing exhibitions in the gallery and take a private tour of the collections and reading room. Recent exhibition subjects have included Suffragettes, Dirty Laundry and Iron Ladies (about women of the 80s) . An ideal visit combined with our “Medicine and Missionaries” “Old Jewish East End” or “Cosmopolitan London” tours. |
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
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Founded in 1570 , the Whitechapel Bell Foundry has been responsible for many famous bells including America’s “Liberty Bell” and the recast “Big Ben”. Learn about the bell making process and tour this fascinating building which has been on this site since the 18th century. An ideal visit combined with our “Medicine and Missionaries” “Old Jewish East End” or “Cosmopolitan London” tours . THIS TOUR IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON SATURDAY AND NEEDS TO BE BOOKED A LONG TIME IN ADVANCE. |
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For further details and prices please contact us at info@goeastlondon.co.uk or telephone 020 8883 4169. |
