Our new exhibition opening on 16th January 2012 looks at how changes in society and its attitudes have affected the ways in which freemasons felt able to be part of the wider public life of the country.
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Standards and banners
A new information leaflet on the Use of Standards and Banners in freemasonry is now available from the Information Leaflets section of the Resources page
Museum Mile: Download a podcast of the Curator’s favourite exhibit
Click here to listen to a podcast about the Curator’s favourite exhibit. …more
New Exhibition – The Patriot Mason: Freemasonry in American Society
This new exhibition opens in the Library and Museum on America’s Independence Day, Monday 4th July, and continues until Christmas. It explores the role of freemasonry in American society from the 18th century to the present day …more
With sport dominating the news this Summer, the Library and Museum’s latest exhibition celebrates the many and varied sporting achievements of freemasons over the last 150 years. Many have been actve amateur or professional sportsmen or involved with the administration of all types of sport. Did you know that the only man to win an Olympic medal and be awarded the Victoria Cross was also a freemason? The exhibition will be your chance to see Sir Alf Ramsey’s masonic apron and find out more about the stories behind sporting medals.
Guy Nickalls, rower