| Marx Memorial Library | |
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 Marx Memorial Library | |
| 51°31′22″N 0°06′21″W / 51.5229°N 0.1057°W | |
| Location | Clerkenwell Green London, EC1R, United Kingdom |
| Type | Library |
| Established | 1933 |
| Architect(s) | James Steere |
| Branches | 1 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 60,000+ items (2021) |
| Legal deposit | No |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open to anyone with a need to use the collections and services |
| Other information | |
| Budget | £2 million GBP (2020)[1] |
| Director | Prof David McLellan (president) |
| Website | marx-memorial-library.org.uk |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Marx Memorial Library |
| Designated | 29 September 1972 |
| Reference no. | 1279541 |
| Part of a series on |
| Socialism in the United Kingdom |
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The Marx Memorial Library in London, United Kingdom is a library, archive, educational, and community outreach charity focused on Marxist and wider socialist bodies of work.[2]
The library opened in 1933, and is located at 37a Clerkenwell Green, formerly home to many radical organisations and base of an important publishing operation. The building, originally opened in 1738 as the Welsh Charity School, is Grade II listed.[3][4] The library's collection comprises over 60,000 books, pamphlets, items, and newspapers on Marxism, socialism, and working class history.[5]
- ^ "MML Accounts & Report of Work 2020 | Marx Memorial Library". www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Marx Memorial Library, registered charity no. 270309". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NHLEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Our History". www.marxlibrary.org.uk.
- ^ "Collections | Marx Memorial Library". www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2021.