Industrial Museum (London)

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The Industrial Museum (later the Industrial Health and Safety Centre or Safety, Health and Welfare Museum [1] ) was a museum at the junction of Horseferry Road and Elverton Street in the City of Westminster, London, run by the factory department of the Home Office. It was designed by the Office of Works [2] and was due to open in 1914, but the outbreak of the First World War meant it was instead used for social and educational events by Australian troops, an Anti-Aircraft Signal Company [3] and the Metropolitan Police until 1925. [4]

It took until December 1927 for it to be re-opened as a museum, [5] with a catalogue produced in 1934. [6] The Factory Department and the Museum were transferred to the Ministry of Labour and National Service for the duration of the Second World War [4] and by 1943 staffing shortages had forced the Museum to close for the duration. [7] It hosted the 1951 Manpower Exhibition and on 22 March 1955 was renamed the Industrial Health and Safety Centre. [4]

It closed in 1980 after an cost-benefit study by the Health and Safety Executive found that (in the words of the Secretary of State for Employment) "the cost per head for visitors was higher than for comparable methods of bringing relevant information to the public". [8] Its building was demolished and in 1985 the drill hall of the London Scottish was built on the site. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Forestry Memories - Document 5879" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Industrial Museum: Horseferry Road, London. Revised detail of main entrance (drawing number 38). Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet. Office of Works, Storey's Gate, London". The National Archives . 1914.
  3. ↑ "Industrial Health and Safety Centre, Horseferry Road: temporary use by Anti-Aircraft Signal Company; works incidental to re-instatement of Home Office Industrial Museum, 1923-1933". The National Archives.
  4. 1 2 3 "THE INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CENTRE". The Journal of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. 18 (5): 134–136. May 1955.
  5. ↑ "Grace's Guide - Home Office Industrial Museum 1927".
  6. ↑ "Home Office Industrial Museum 1934".
  7. ↑ "Industrial Museum, Horseferry Road". Hansard . 21 October 1943.
  8. ↑ "Industrial Health and Safety Centre, Horseferry Road". Hansard. 6 May 1980.
  9. ↑ "Drill Hall Register: A list of the locations of London Drill Halls since 1908" (PDF). Retrieved 24 January 2025.
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