Marx Memorial Library
A Grade II listed 1738 building on Clerkenwell Green, now a library and archive of the labour movement, with guided tours of Lenin's former office and a 1935 fresco.
- Culture
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Did you know
Lenin worked in the building in 1902-03, when it housed a printing press, and edited 17 issues of the newspaper Iskra here.
Local tip
Visit on a guided tour, Mondays at noon or Thursdays at 4pm (£10, £5 concession, booked online); the reading room is by appointment only, and the building has no lift or step-free toilets.
Finding it
- Address
- 37a Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU
- Nearest station
- Farringdon (Tube), 306 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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