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About the Crafts Council Gallery

The Crafts Council Gallery in London is a new public space dedicated to craft


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The study area of the Crafts Council Gallery. Photo: David Grandorge

The Crafts Council Gallery in London is a new public space dedicated to craft. After a year during which craft became ever more present in our lives as a source of solace, creativity, and empowerment, opening a new home for craft seems very timely.

The Gallery will present a programme of exhibitions and events throughout the year that tell the many stories of craft and making. It is a welcoming and inclusive space that has been designed with collaboration in mind. We want the Gallery to offer something for anyone with an interest in craft or curious to find out more.

Tickets are free!

To plan your visit please read our Visitor Information page.


  • Inside the Crafts Council Gallery. Photo: David Grandorge

  • Crafts Council Gallery. Photo: David Grandorge

More about the Gallery redevelopment

The Crafts Council Gallery is located in a Grade-II listed chapel on Pentonville Road in London. AOC Architecture led the redevelopment of both the interior and exterior spaces, completing work in 2020. Their development stripped out raised floor and suspended ceilings to uncover the original parquet floor and increase the height of the gallery, they used natural materials such as clay plaster resulting in a richly textural environment. The new Gallery has a flexible exhibition space, a study area housing 5,000 publications and a reception area. The reception desk, study furniture and all architraving was designed and made by Sebastian Cox; Soane Britain created a rattan bench; and lighting was supplied by TM lighting. The outside courtyard has been re-designed to provide an open and accessible welcome to the Gallery. The redevelopment was supported by a range of funders including Arts Council England, City Bridge Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Wolfson Foundation, Cockayne Foundation.


Sebastian Cox designed and made all the library shelving, study furniture, architraving and reception desk.

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