Islington Museum
Explore Islington’s stories of the people, the places and the ideas that created our borough. The Friends of Islington Museum support the museum in all its activities!
Get involved to learn about the borough’s hidden histories, explore our collections and learn about what makes Islington such a fascinating place to live, work, and play.
Islington Museum
Visit to explore Islington’s story through free exhibitions and programming.
Current Exhibition
Our Islington: Art of the Borough
Celebrating Islington’s artists, with chances to add your own creations. 12/09/24 – 12/01/24
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Islington Archives
Visit to do hands-on exploration of our archive of 100,000+ documents related to the borough.
Islington Heritage Projects
Learn about how we are conserving Islington’s heritage and bringing art to the borough.
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Up Against It
‘1967: Up Against It’ explores the impact of the Sexual Offences Act (1967) passed on 27 July that year, and the 50th anniversary of the deaths of the borough’s most (in)famous gay couple, Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell, on 9 August. Through the stories of well-known and some not so well-known gay men living in…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 3rd August to 24th August 1916.
Specialist training Training was carried out intensively whenever a unit was away from the front line. It formed an important part of a soldier’s life, especially given the rapid development of new tactics and technologies as well as the large turnover of men in any given unit. On top of this, while not actively fighting the enemy,…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 17th July to 2nd August 1916.
Work on defences The defence posts by the Suez Canal included a network of communication trenches. Maintaining these trenches was a never ending task involving an immense amount of hard physical labour by the men. The trenches were lined with sandbags and boards but these gradually rotted away because of the heavy night dews and…
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Under 5’s Winter Activities Programme at Islington Museum.
Join us at the museum for some messy play and imaginative storytelling, as the leaves fall and the weather turns colder! Outside of our monthly programming we also have fabulous dress up boxes, toy kitchen and shop, exciting toys and lots to explore and learn, all in a warm and welcoming environment. Do drop in…
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Beastly Islington: Islington Museum at Moreland Chidren’s Centre
Beastly Islington: Musical Monday at Moreland Children’s Centre Monday 31st July. Music sessions at 10am and 11am, craft drop in 10am – 12pm. Come along to Moreland Children’s Centre for our special family music event. Join musician Pal Rubinstein for a musical Monday. Dance to the melodies, learn new songs and join in on some…
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