Brent Museum and Archives
Local history museum and archive on the second floor of the Library at Willesden Green, telling the story of everyday life in Brent since about 1850.
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About the museum
Brent Museum and Archives is run by Brent Council and is housed on the second floor of the Library at Willesden Green. Its collections go back to the early twentieth century, when the first Willesden librarian began gathering local material. The museum opened in 1977 as the Grange Museum of Community History in Neasden and was later renamed Brent Museum.
Today the museum holds more than 10,000 objects, videos, oral history recordings and other items showing working and domestic life in Brent from about 1850 to the present day. It also presents free temporary exhibitions, which combine newly acquired objects, items that have been in storage for decades and loans from other museums.
The archive keeps photographs, postcards, documents, council records and building plans, electoral registers, maps, street directories, school records, records of local groups and local newspapers dating back to 1870. Researchers can consult it by appointment.
Highlights
- More than 10,000 objects on everyday life in Brent since about 1850
- Free temporary exhibitions
- Archive with maps, photographs, school records and newspapers from 1870
- Oral history recordings
- Founded
- 1977
- Operated by
- Brent Council
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Entrance through an automatic door with level access from the street, and a lift to the upper floors. Dropped kerbs outside have no tactile paving.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Willesden Green station
Willesden Green station (Jubilee line) is the nearest Underground station. Buses 52 and 302 stop at the Library at Willesden Green bus stop.
By car
No on-site parking at the museum.
There is no parking at the library. The nearest council car park is on Salusbury Road, and pay and display parking is available on Grange Road.
Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The museum offers services for schools. Archive visits are by appointment. |
