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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Art ideas for the classroom
Museum collections can be fantastic starting points for art activities. Collections are full of beautiful, intriguing and unusual objects, artworks and archival documents. They can help your pupils get close to the past and investigate different material cultures. They can help you to explore different creative techniques, materials and styles. They can also inspire new discussions within the…
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Flood at the Museum
Roz Currie, Curator In May we came down into the museum to find water up to our ankles. Following very heavy rain, a deluge had raced down St John Street and come up through the basement floor of the museum. We were very lucky that the flood was only a few inches deep. The first…
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UV Light Therapy Goggles: art and light
In 2016 artist Ella Phillips worked with teacher Emily Evans and Year 1 from Robert Blair Primary School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. UV light therapy goggles In the early 20th century rickets was a very common disorder among children, caused by a lack of vitamin D from food and sunlight. Their bones would become soft and weak, leading to bent…
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Gas-Air machine: Ella Medley-Whitfield and Samuel Rhodes Primary Department
In 2016 artist Ella Medley-Whitfield worked with teacher Kelly Waite and Zebra and Lion class at Samuel Rhodes Primary Department on the exhibition ‘Imagine Islington.’ Why we chose the Gas-Air Machine: ‘I chose this object because I was working with an SEN school and thought a theme of health had potential to be sensory based and introspective. I…
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Gas-Air machine: exploring bodies and the senses
In 2016 artist Ella Medley-Whitfield worked with teacher Kelly Waite and Zebra and Lion class from Samuel Rhodes Primary Department on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Gas-Air Machine Dr Robert Minnitt developed his first Gas-Air machine in 1933. He was known as ‘the man who killed the agony of child birth’, providing pain relief for mothers during labour. The…
