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title: "Conway Hall virtual tour"
date: "2024-04-10T15:38:32+01:00"
modified: "2026-09-22T10:19:38+01:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/conway-hall-virtual-tour/"
post_id: 4560
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# Conway Hall virtual tour

![](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/CONWAY-2-300x157.png)Conway Hall is one of only two surviving buildings in the UK built by and for the non-religious. **A humanist building**, this was a place where non-religious people could gather, to come together and find community. A community specifically of people who wanted to share ideas, to work for a better world, and to enjoy music, the arts, and each other’s company.

Our **[virtual tour](https://virtualexhibition.v21artspace.com/conway-hall)** provides teachers and students with the opportunity to explore the humanist worldview and its history. On this **interactive journey** you will discover some of the people, objects, stories, and events that helped to shape humanism and its impact on the modern world. Featuring 360-degree panoramic views, high-definition imagery, audio commentary, and video, the virtual tour will help bring humanism to life.

As well as introducing the history of this building and the people who have used it, the tour explores what it means to be ‘humanist’. Linked to the main spaces in the building (the foyer, main hall, and library), you’ll discover some of the key features of humanism through the themes of:

- community and the arts
- freedom of speech and taking action for others
- understanding the world and the sharing of ideas.

### **[Click here to start the tour](https://virtualexhibition.v21artspace.com/conway-hall)**

[![](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/1-300x157.png)](https://virtualexhibition.v21artspace.com/conway-hall)### Virtual tour resources

[Teachers guide and suggested activities](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/Conway-Hall-virtual-tour-teachers-guide.pdf): **read this first** to help you navigate around the tour, and find ideas to support students’ learning

[Video guide for teachers to using the virtual tour](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/how-to-use-the-conway-hall-virtual-tour/)

[Doers, Dreamers, Place Makers](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/Doers-Dreamers-Place-Makers.pdf): eight short stories about humanists from history connected with Conway Hall

[Videos of the stories in Doers, Dreamers, Place Makers](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/films-category/?rescat=4855)

[Videos featured in the](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/films-category/?rescat=4580)[ tour](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/films-category/?rescat=4580): all the video interviews in one place

[Artworks](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Conway-Hall-artworks.pdf): all the portraits and sculptures found in the building (who they are and what they did)

[Photos of events at Conway Hall](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Conway-Hall-events-photos.pptx)

### Other resources

[Origins of humanist organisations](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/Origins-of-humanist-organisations.pdf): a resource describing the links between humanist organisations and rationalists, ethicists, and secularists, three movements that link closely to the three themes on the virtual tour

[A flowchart of the history of Humanists UK](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/02/Flowchart-History-of-Humanists-UK.pdf)

[Other resources on the history and influence of humanism](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/area/history-and-influence/)

To learn more about [Conway Hall](https://heritage.humanists.uk/conway-hall/) and many of the people you meet on on the virtual tour visit the [Humanist Heritage](https://heritage.humanists.uk/) website.

![](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/CONWAY-5135-300x157.png)### Feedback

We’d love your feedback on our virtual tour. Let us know about your experience [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSci7NGuNeXBuaU-o7ThwoV-0Ocm0Vz9uFXG8gwIwr7OFIINYg/viewform).

### Further links

Visit the [Humanist Heritage](https://heritage.humanists.uk/) website.

Visit the [Conway Hall](https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/) website.

With thanks to the The National Lottery Heritage Fund

![](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_PNG-300x300.png)