William Morris Gallery

The William Morris Gallery is the only public museum dedicated to the life and work of William Morris. William Morris (1834-96) was a writer, craftsman, poet, designer, typographer, and Socialist. He was born and educated in Walthamstow and later went to Oxford University. His life was dedicated to art and politics. He became one of the principal founders of the Arts and Crafts movement and was deeply involved in the early years of Socialism in Britain.

The Gallery's internationally important collections include permanent displays of printed, woven and embroidered fabrics, rugs, carpets, wallpapers, furniture, stained glass and painted tiles designed by Morris himself and by Edward Burne-Jones, Philip Webb, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown and others who together founded the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company in 1861.

The Gallery is located in Water House, Morris's family home between 1848 and 1856, and is set in its own extensive grounds (Lloyd Park). See Google Map here.