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 in Gallipoli: 15 & 16 August
Location: SUVLA Date: 15 August 1915 Party returned to camp 4.30am. Position held by Lieutenant Fox and 80 men. Battalion moved out of camp 12.30pm and deployed on a position 1 ½ miles E by NE of camp. Thence advanced under distant rifle fire on the position previously entrenched. From here in connection with the…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 10 August to 14 August
Location: SUVLA BAY Date: 10 August 1915 Hour: 1pm Started for Suvla Bay arriving 3pm, disembarked 5pm, proceeded at 9pm with 163rd Brigade two miles due north. Then placed in reserve. Date: 11 August 1915 Moved one mile east and remained in reserve. Slight shelling by the Turks, shells falling half…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 6 August to 9 August
Location: HMTS AQUITANIA Date: 6 August 1915 Arrived Mudros Bay. Lemnos Isle. Date: 7 August 1915 Parades as usual for gymnastics. Ship remains in harbour. Date: 8 August 1915 Orders received for all troops Aquitania to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the Isle of Imbros. Date: 9 August 1915 …
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Filming ‘through the hole in the wall’ in Milner Square.
The film crew and interviewees spent the first sweltering week of July filming the documentary in Milner Square and other locations. Some current residents kindly allowed the film crew access into their homes to film some of the scenes. Eight former residents were filmed being interviewed in the square and inside some of the houses…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 29 July to 5 August
The Finsbury Rifles were part of the 54th (East Anglian) Division. The Division was made up of three Brigades, including the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade, which contained the 1/11 (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles.) Each battalion had 4 companies: A,B,C,D company (Coy or Co.) Battalions usually started with 900/1000 men; each company would…
