Ragged School Museum

The museum was opened in 1990 in the premises of the former Dr Barnardo's Copperfield Road Ragged School.

The school opened in 1877 to serve the children of Mile End with a basic education.

The team continued to organise events for the local community even after the school closed.

[4] The buildings were saved from demolition in the 1980s by local residents and a trust set up to manage the property in 1990.

[3] The museum, which is run by volunteers, seeks to record the establishment in 1844 of the London Ragged School Union and to recreate the experience of how Victorian children would have been taught.