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Three Centuries of English Freemasonry

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Date: 30-Sep-16 to 23-Dec-16
Location: The Library & Museum of Freemasonry / London / United Kingdom
Category: Travel & Tourism Conferences & Trade Fairs Culture, Society & Lifestyle

This new and permanent addition to the Library & Museum of Freemasonry 'Three Centuries of English Freemasonry' is set within the magnificent Art Deco Freemasons' Hall. Originally designed in the 1930s as the Library & Museum's Reading Room, the new gallery has been transformed to walk the visitor through three hundred years of history, featuring highlights from lodges across the centuries, tracing the development of freemasonry from its origins in the early days of industrialisation, urbanisation and empire to the significant social institution which it had become by the 19th century and explores how modern freemasonry fits into today’s world.
Freemasonry spread quickly across the world in the 1700s. Freemasonry adapted to different social structures. In several countries local circumstances encouraged the development of extended series of ceremonies. As the British Empire developed and countries within it gained independence, their English lodges evolved into independent national Grand Lodges, generally retaining English traditions. Most countries in the world have a form of freemasonry today. Items of international Masonic influences sit alongside those belonging to British royalty, celebrities, renowned individuals and everyday freemasons over the past three hundred years.

Open Monday to Saturday: 10am to 5pm, admission free www.freemasonry.london.museum

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