Charles Harrison Townsend's Grade II* Arts and Crafts gallery of 1901, one of London's first publicly funded exhibition spaces, doubled in 2009 into the former Passmore Edwards library next door.
Location
77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
Whitechapel, London
Whitechapel, London
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Don't Miss
Townsend's asymmetric facade with its wide arched doorway and twin towers; Rachel Whiteread's gilded leaves on the frieze area, added for the 2009 expansion.
Best Time
Thursday evenings (open to 9pm) for a late visit; weekday afternoons are quiet.
Know Before You Go
Free entry to most displays; one ticketed exhibition per season (under-16s free). Closed Mondays. Aldgate East station is next door. Common Rooms upstairs is a free reading room.