Author: friendsofislingtonmuseum
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Yao Blog 3
This is the last day I work in Islington Museum and I spent a fantastic morning with Julie Melrose, the archivist of Islington Local History Centre who gave me a mesmerising introduction to the centre and briefly the history of London borough of Islington and Finsbury. Then I got some…
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Dadabhai Naoroji Photo Album and Presentation Box, 1892
The constituency of Central Finsbury elected Britain’s first Asian MP in 1892. This album and its presentation box were gifted by the people of Bombay (now Mumbai) to commemorate Dadhabai Naoroji’s election. He served as MP for Central Finsbury until his defeat in 1895. Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) was born near…
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Yao Blog 2
The first thing I started in Islington Museum was to check the objects’ locations in the small store. In order to handle collections appropriately, Roz introduced me all the must-dos in different cases and circumstances. I finished roughly six shelves full of objects, registering their numbers, names and descriptions as…
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Yao Blog 1
My name is Yao and I am studying Digital Humanities in UCL. In 2016 I earned my bachelor of art degree in Advertising from Sichuan University in China. During the term time, I was the vice president of the youth media department of Sichuan University, in responsibility of operating media…
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Under 5’s and family events this summer
Join us for a summer of creative fun at Islington Museum. Family Workshop: Sunshine Printing 10th August, 1pm—3pm, £3 per family Come as a family and learn how to make prints using just sunlight, plants and water! We will collect beautiful natural objects in the park before having time to experiment and create your…
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