16th July 2026
In 1885, the Governors of the Charterhouse applied to parliament for the right to sell – for probable demolition –...
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When Thomas Sutton bequeathed his vast fortune to establish the Charterhouse charity in 1611, his sudden death that year sparked intense legal and political battles. Discover how early Governors navigated...
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The Charterhouse Water Maps are four illustrated manuscripts that depict the water system that was built c.1450 to provide the London Charterhouse with fresh running water. They are also technical drawings...
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“My aim is to bring new voices into the narrative” As I outlined in my previous blog, I am undertaking a DPhil, another name for a PhD, and in my case it is a Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA), sometimes...
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Annabel Brodersen and Caroline Croasdaile completed a curatorial research micro-internship between the Oxford University Heritage Network and the Charterhouse in December 2024. Their project explored the...
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The museum at the Charterhouse looks after a collection of documents, artefacts and artworks relating to the history of our charity and its community. Every object tells a part of the Charterhouse story,...
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Governor of Charterhouse: 1662. Shaftesbury was a radically-minded aristocrat, who changed sides several times during the English Civil Wars. He was one of the first Whig politicians, who believed in protecting...
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The current cataloguing with the old back copies of the Old Charterhouse Magazine is moving ahead at a steady pace. Already we have been astounded with the amount of stories from the past lives of the...
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Jack Evans, our Collections Volunteer, has had a rather exhaustive stretch of documenting and cataloguing an entire file box worth of photographs of the Charterhouse (as part of an exciting project that...
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Hi, my name is Jack, and I am the Collections Assistant volunteer at the Charterhouse. I have been with the museum for almost two years; during my MA course in Museum Studies, I applied for a placement...
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After nearly two years in lockdown at the conservator’s studio, the five remaining tapestry panels have now returned to the Charterhouse. They sit proudly in their new home, on the walls of the new ‘Tapestry...
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It is 650 years since the monastery at the Charterhouse was established here in London. Here James Spellane looks at the life of Sir Walter Manny, its founder. The London Charterhouse, a monastery of the...
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Hi! I am Rosie. I am delighted to have had the opportunity to participate in an eight-week placement at the Charterhouse as a student of Art Gallery and Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Initially...
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