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Spitalfields Walking Tour with Mike Berlin: Immigration and Creativity (7 Feb)
One-day course
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
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This walk will explore Spitalfields, one of London’s most famous quarters. A place of settlement of migrants and site of production of the world-famous silks, seen in the V&A’s textile collections, Spitalfields has been defined by the cultures of Huguenots, Jewish, Irish, Bangladeshi and other communities over four centuries.
This walk is designed to complement the course ‘A History of London: 1666 – 1851’ led by Mike Berlin but you do not need to be enrolled on any online course to join a walking tour. To view Mike's course, click here: A History of London: 1666 to 1851 - V&A Academy Course at Online · V&A (vam.ac.uk)
Please note that we cannot guarantee that this tour is fully accessible; there will be curbs, narrow and uneven pavements on this tour.
This walking tour is sold out, if you wish to be added to the waiting list, please email courses@vam.ac.uk or take a moment to sign up to our newsletter to hear about similar events and more.
Please note that we cannot guarantee that this tour is fully accessible; there will be curbs, narrow and uneven pavements on this tour.
This walking tour is sold out, if you wish to be added to the waiting list, please email courses@vam.ac.uk or take a moment to sign up to our newsletter to hear about similar events and more.
V&A Academy Course Director
Mike Berlin
Mike Berlin is a Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a specialist in the social history of early modern London and has published extensively on the history of London’s guilds. Before joining Birkbeck, he was a research officer at the Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute of Historical Research.
I loved it all! An excellent walk with so much interesting information, hearing about the people that lived in the area and what their work and lives involved. Previous Walking tour attendee
Course overview
This walking tour is linked to Mike Berlin's 12-week spring term art history course 'A History of London: 1666 - 1851'. If you wish to join the online course, please book online.
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V&A Members can book from 10.00 (BST) on Friday 11 October 2024. General booking will open at 10.00 (BST) on Monday 21 October 2024.
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One-day course: Spitalfields Walking Tour with Mike Berlin: Immigration and Creativity (7 Feb)
7 February 2025
£70.00
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