Clerkenwell Biennale

Author: Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas represented MoLAS on the London Architecture Biennale committee in both 2003 and 2004. The Biennale event was held in Clerkenwell in June 2004 and functioned as a celebration of the architecture and history of the area and wider afield. MoLAS had a wide-ranging involvement in the staging of the Biennale including providing a lecture on the archaeology of Clerkenwell (delivered by Barney Sloane) at the Museum of the Order of St John at St John’s Gate, helping to deliver an outdoor exhibition on the River Fleet, and working with our colleagues from the Survey of London who put together a marvellous display on their work in Clerkenwell.

Many other events and exhibitions were held in the area, often based in the remarkable Farmiloes building in St John Street. One of the highlights of the Biennale event was the ‘cattle run’ held in a closed-off St John Street on the opening Saturday.

MoLAS will continue to be involved in future London Architecture Biennales, with the next to be held in 2006.

This site report is extracted from MoLAS 2004: annual review