ions for its long-term accommodation.
One of those options he says is discussion with Queen Mary college at Mile Ende, which wants to buy Bancroft Hall. It would involve collaboration and the possibility of the Wiener Library relocating on to the expanded college campus, he admits.
"However, as you would expect, we are also in discussion with other potential partners.
The Bancroft has 'excellent potential' as a home for a collection such as the Wiener, as it is "purpose-built as a library," though that is not strictly true, as the Bancroft was built as the Vestry Hall, por Town Hall, of the former Mile End Old Town municipality which was incorporated into the new Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in 1900.
The refurbishment of the Bancroft would be a matter for Queen Mary, he revealed, since they would occupy "the majority of the building" as it is the college, not the Wiener Library, which was hoping to acquire it.