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Hawksmoor & Bloomsbury Exhibition
Exhibition opening hours are generally restricted to the opening hours of the church. If you would like to visit the exhibition please ring the church office on 020 7242 1979 or email info@stgb.org.ukAccess to the exhibition is below the front of the tower at the eastern church entrance on Bloomsbury Way, following the signs down the stairs to the Museum of Comedy.Hawksmoor & Bloomsbury tells the story of how St George’s church came to be built and the subsequent development of both the church and its local area. How did Bloomsbury come to be built? Who has lived in this area since Georgian times? What inspired Hawksmoor’s unique design for St George’s and how has the recent restoration project restored this masterpiece of the English Baroque to its original splendour? Come and explore the rich history of this unique part of London and find out how authors (Dickens, Trollope), artists (Hogarth, Turner), socialists, abolitionists and suffragettes have all played their part in the history of Hawksmoor’s most distinctive London church.