Museums · London
Clowns Gallery-Museum
In or near City of London.
Clowns Gallery-Museum — clowning Museum in Dalston, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Dalston Junction · 0.2 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Clowns Gallery-Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Address: E8 3TF. Wikidata describes it as: "clowning Museum in Dalston, England". Coordinates: 51.5443°, -0.0731°.
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Official information
Clowns International, established in 1947, is a community for clowns from around the world. It originated from a gathering at Joseph Grimaldi's grave and has evolved to include members from various countries, celebrating the art of clowning.
From the Wikipedia article
The Clowns Gallery-Museum is a museum of clowning. Established in 1959, the collection contains costumes and props from famous clowns, as well as a reference library, and is home to the Clown Egg Register.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The collection is split between the museum's two sites, Holy Trinity Church in Dalston, London, and Wookey Hole in Somerset, England. The museum was established in 1959 in Dalston and the collection was split into a venue in Wookey Hole in 2007. The Dalston museum was situated in what was the vestry of the Holy Trinity Church. It was threatened with closure in 2014 but remained in place. The Wookey Hole museum was begun by Gerry Cottle, vice president of Clowns International. However, the Dalston museum shut in 2018 due to health and safety issues, and remains closed, and the Wookey Hole collection is also in storage.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5443, -0.0731
- District
- Hackney
- Parish
- Hackney, unparished area
- Postcode
- E8 3TF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Established
- 1959
- Nearest railway station
- Dalston Junction — 0.2 km
- Official site
- www.clowns-international.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q21062363 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Clowns Gallery-Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Clowns Gallery-Museum?
- Clowns Gallery-Museum is in London, United Kingdom (postcode E8 3TF), in the parish of Hackney, unparished area.
- What is Clowns Gallery-Museum?
- Clowns Gallery-Museum — clowning Museum in Dalston, England.
- How do I get to Clowns Gallery-Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Dalston Junction, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode E8 3TF.
- When was Clowns Gallery-Museum built?
- Built or established in 1959.
- How do I get to Clowns Gallery-Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Dalston Junction, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode E8 3TF.