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Marx Memorial Library
Marx Memorial Library
51°52′29″N 0°10′57″W / 51.87472°N 0.18250°W / 51.87472; -0.18250
LocationClerkenwell Green
London, EC1R, United Kingdom
TypeLibrary
Established1933 (91 years ago) (1933)
Architect(s)James Steere
Branches1
Collection
Items collectedBooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, prints, drawings and manuscripts
Size60,000+ items (2021)
Legal depositNo
Access and use
Access requirementsOpen to anyone with a need to use the collections and services
Other information
Budget£2 million GBP (2020)[1]
DirectorProf David McLellan (president)
Websitemarx-memorial-library.org.uk
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMarx Memorial Library
Designated29 September 1972 (1972-09-29)
Reference no.1279541

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]

  1. ^ "MML Accounts & Report of Work 2020 | Marx Memorial Library". www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Marx Memorial Library, registered charity no. 270309". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NHLE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Our History". www.marxlibrary.org.uk.
  5. ^ "Collections | Marx Memorial Library". www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

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