Beginnings
Discover the history of Conway Hall, from its beginnings as a dissident congregation in 1787 in rebellion against the doctrine of eternal hell.
Ethical Society
Conway Hall is owned and operated by Conway Hall Ethical Society, a membership organisation and educational charity with a history spanning two centuries.
The Hall hosts a wide variety of lectures, classes, performances, community and social events. It is renowned as a hub for free speech and independent thought. Hosting suffragettes, political radicals, scientists, philosophers, artists, performers; campaign, charities and other non-profit organisations.
Our Library holds the Ethical Society’s collection, which is the largest and most comprehensive Humanist and ethics related research resource of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Concerts, Journal and ‘The Good’
The year 1887 saw the birth of the South Place Sunday Concerts of chamber music – at a time when it was very daring to hold any kind of secular entertainment on Sundays.
Galleries
Browse our galleries, which feature images of the people that played pivotal roles in the formation of Conway Hall Ethical Society.
Humanist Ceremonies
The Ethical Society had an established tradition of performing secular funerals, memorial ceremonies, and namings of children at South Place Ethical Institute in the 1890s and at Conway Hall since 1935.
