Anarchist Memoirs Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum film + retro vinyl club is back with Anarchist memoirs - a talk and reading of her late mother's memoirs about her father who ran an anarchist bookshop by Professor Esther Leslie.

“My grandfather, Charlie Lahr, was a German-born Jewish anarchist who moved to England in 1906."

"He ran a bookshop in Camden Town and it became the haunt of Jomo Kenyatta, CLR James – and George Padmore...

CLR James, who had been at the same school as Padmore in Trinidad, learned his politics at my grandfather’s bookshop. It was a place of debate and discussion. My grandfather would give books away – he was more interested in spreading knowledge than making a living."

On the last week of every month, the museum opens late for Night at the Museum is a series of short documentary films on London themes, cities, social justice, gentrification, and urban change, followed by a DJ playing Retro vinyl music.

Bring your own vinyl with you, or just come along, listen and watch.

Disabled access via a ramp. Disabled toilet is accessible next door.

Part of Camden Council's Black History Season which runs from October - December, to celebrate the incredible and wonderful achievements and contributions of Black people across Camden and the UK.