Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Address: | Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5AZ |
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Phone: | 020-7395 9257 |
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Opening times: | Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00 |
How to get there: | Tube: Holborn/Covent Garden |
Entry fee: | Free |
Freemasons’ Hall (built 1927–33) is a monumental building intended as a memorial to the freemasons who died in the First World War. Steel-framed, more than 900 tons of marble were used in its construction, 500 in the Grand Temple alone. The museum proper is prefaced in the Library, with temporary displays illustrating aspects of the history of English freemasonry. Divided into five sections, it traces the development of freemasonry from the craft of the medieval stonemasons up to the modern day and the activities of masonic charities. On the way, it covers the initiation of Elias Ashmole in 1646, the emergence of masonic lodges in private dining rooms of the late 17th century, and the formation of the Grand Lodge in 1813. |
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