page_title: William Morris Gallery
section_title: Collections and exhibits
hierarchical_section_title: William Morris Gallery / Collections and exhibits
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: The Morris &amp; Co Room at the William Morris Gallery
context_page_description: The William Morris Gallery is a museum devoted to the life and works of William Morris, an English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist. It is located in Walthamstow at Water House, a substantial Grade II* listed Georgian home. The extensive grounds of the building are a public park, known as Lloyd Park.
context_section_description: The William Morris Gallery holds the most comprehensive collection of objects relating to all aspects of Morris’s life and work, including his work as a designer, a writer and a social activist.
  The permanent exhibit is divided into 9 rooms:
  1. Meet the Man, Morris' early life and background; 2. Starting Out, Morris' early works and his influences including Pre-Raphaelite artists and Art Critic John Ruskin;3. Morris & Co, the formation and ideal's of Moris' design company; 4. The Workshop, the design and manufacturing techniques championed by Morris; 5. The Shop, an interactive gallery exploring the experience of shopping for Morris' creations in Victorian London; 6. Ideal Book, Morris' foray into printing and book design includes an original printing of Earthly Paradise by William Morris;7. Fighting for a Cause, Morris' social activism and socialist beliefs; 8. Arts and Crafts, the movement that Morris founded; 9. Frank Brangwyn, works from the student of William Morris.
  The museum is also used as a learning facility with educational exhibitions from artists such as Eamon Everall of the stuckist movement.
caption: The Morris & Co Room
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