Visitor Information The Cuming Museum is now open in its new venue
The museum moved to a new fully accessible venue at 151 Walworth Road in 2006, next door to our old site. Two new permanent exhibitions explore the Cuming family collection and the story of Southwark. Both exhibitions have trails, activities and costumes for children to try.
Southwark collections website
You can search our collection at  www.southwarkcollections.org.uk
The online database will grow as we are able to add more records and images. It includes records from the Cuming Museum collections, Southwark Art Collection and the Local History Library Historic Photographs collection.
Opening hours
The Cuming Museum is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10am to 5pm. Admission is free.
During Christmas and New Year the museum will close from December 22 2007 and reopen on January 5 2008.
How to get here
Rail and tube: Elephant and Castle or Kennington
We are five to ten minutes walk from the Elephant and Castle tube station. Make sure you exit out of the Northern Line exit. Turn left, keeping the shopping centre on your left. Walk round the edge of the shopping centre. You'll find yourself on Walworth Road. Walk under a railway bridge. Keep heading straight across a road junction. Pass a petrol station. The Cuming Museum is on your left.
Buses: 12, 35, 40, 45, 68, 148, 171, 176, P5, 343, 468
There are bus stops immediately outside our building. We are the first stop after the Elephant and Castle shopping centre if you are heading towards Camberwell Green or Peckham. For more details on transport links, directions to the Museum and a map see How to get to the Cuming Museum 275kb PDF.
Toilets
The museum provides public toilets, including a toilet for the disabled and baby change facilities.
Access information
Our new venue is fully accessible to wheelchair users. More information about access arrangements can be found on our access page.
Museum shop
The shop sells a range of books and souvenirs including
- Local history books, publications and maps
- Greetings cards and postcards
- Cuming Museum linen bags
- Small souvenirs for children such as pencils, rubbers and rulers
Contact us
General information about the museum can be found at The Cuming Museum Home page.
General enquiries 020 7525 2332
Event or school bookings 020 7525 2332
Enquiries about our collections 020 7525 2332
cuming.museum@southwark.gov.uk
Cuming Museum
Old Walworth Town Hall
151 Walworth Road
London
SE17 1RY |