19 Princelet Street in Spitalfields is a magical unrestored Huguenot master silk weaver's home, whose shabby frontage conceals a rare surviving synagogue built over its garden.
We are working to save the building and to create a permanent exhibition where you can discover the stories of waves of newcomers - Huguenots, Irish, Jews, Bengali and Somali peoples among many others - who have shaped this area and this nation.
'One of the most remarkable places in London'
Michael Palin
'It reflects the past and present, where old and new are neighbours...'
Hasib Abdul (age 11) Hague School, Bethnal Green
Visit on our rare public openings. The building is otherwise CLOSED to the public, because the charity needs money for urgent repairs so the building can then open permanently as Britain's first museum celebrating our history as a country of immigration and settlement.
