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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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 25th June to 2nd July 1916.
In recent posts we have seen various divine services taking place. Often these would be open air and represent some of the few times that the men could come together collectively, outside of battle. Location SHALLUFA EAST Date 25/6/16 Voluntary divine service. Battalion finding guards and outposts. 2nd Lt Allen to hospital. Date 26 to…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 18th June to 24th June
Date 18/6/16 No work on defences. Divine Service in E7 Canteen. Date 19 to 22/6/16 Work on defences as usual also finding the battalion duties. Date 23/6/16 6.30am visit of inspection of post by Commander in Chief. Routine as usual. Date 24/6/16 Work on defences. Lt Noileen and Lt Hamilton and Evans and 144 other…
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Stephanie Blog 1
Introducing Stephanie! My name is Stephanie and I am studying Digital Humanities at University College London (UCL). I am half Peruvian and half Italian with dual nationality, but have lived in Peru my entire life. Three years ago I moved to London to study Digital Marketing at King’s College and I ended up staying here.…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 18th June to 24th June 1916
Date18/6/16 No work on defences. Divine Service in E7 Canteen. Date 19 to 22/6/16 Work on defences as usual also finding the battalion duties. Date 23/6/16 6.30am visit of inspection of post by C in C. Routine as usual. Date 24/6/16 Work on defences. Lt Noileen and Lt Hamilton and Evans and 144…
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Sifting the Paperwork
Islington Museum’s paperwork is crucial in helping us understand what our objects are, where they are from and why they are interesting. An old brick is just a brick…until you have a piece of paper that shows it is an original tile from Sadlers Wells ‘Musick House’ in the 1680’s where people would come to take the waters, which cured dropsy,…
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