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The national archive of Black British history, in a Georgian house on Windrush Square, open by appointment for its reading room and exhibitions.
Len Garrison, a teacher and historian, began collecting with friends in 1981 because the record of Black people in Britain was being lost while it was still being made, and the boxes moved from Coldharbour Lane to Kennington before a £5 million grant brought them home to Brixton. Raleigh Hall, a Georgian house of the 1820s on what was renamed Windrush Square, opened as the Black Cultural Archives on 24 July 2014, the first national centre for Black British heritage, and was named building of the year by New London Architecture. The substance is the archive: papers, photographs, oral histories and the records of organisations from the Windrush generation to the British Black Panthers, read in the reading room by appointment. The exhibition space is small and opens on set days with a ticket; the talks and events are the way most people meet it.
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 12:00 – 17:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 – 17:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 – 17:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Visits are by appointment: the reading room on Wednesday to Friday, exhibitions on set days.
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