Category: Blog Post
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Inspired by WWII embroidered postcards: Sarah Pimenta and Morelands Primary School
In 2016 artist Sarah Pimenta worked with teacher Louise Murtagh and Year 1 at Morelands Primary School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Sarah supported Louise to design and deliver a 5 workshop programme for the classroom, inspired by the collection of embroidered postcards from the Second World War. Sarah also worked alongside the pupils in their classroom…
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Inspired by 53 Cross Street: Ella Medley-Whitfield and Montem Primary School
In 2016 artist Ella Medley-Whitfield worked with teacher Ed and Year 1 at Montem School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Ella supported Ed Musgrave to design and deliver a 5 workshop programme for the classroom, inspired by the collection from 53 Cross Street. Ella also worked alongside the pupils in their classroom to create…
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Installations inspired by Joe Orton’s Book Covers: Ella Phillips and Vittoria Primary School
In 2016 artist Ella Phillips worked with teacher Helen Roberts and Year 4 at Vittoria Primary School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Ella supported Helen to design and deliver a 5 workshop programme for the classroom, inspired by the Joe Orton book covers held by Islington Museum. Ella also worked alongside the pupils in their…
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The Origins of Islington Play Association
By Jordan James Islington Play Association was created in the early 1970s, when a rumour spread through Islington’s Playgrounds that an “outsider” was going to set up a play association. A group of Islington locals got together and decided to create an Association of their own. “…But meanwhile we had…
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A Sense of Place
In 2015/16 Islington Museum partnered with Morelands Children’s Centre on ‘A Sense of Place’, kindly funded by Islington Giving Supporting Families Programme and the Bunhill Councillors. Over 5 day long workshops we worked with local families from the King’s Square Estate. Families joined us at Islington Museum for an interactive storytelling session…
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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…
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Hello to Islington
What is Islington? Who is Islington? When did people start living here? Why did they live here? What interesting things have happened here? What interesting things are happening right now? Angel Live Webcam As the new curator at Islington Museum (I’m Roz) it’s my mission to tell at least part of…
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Art inspired by nature: Sarah Pimenta and Blessed Sacrament RC Primary School
In 2016 artist Sarah Pimenta worked with teacher Denise Quinn and Year 2 at Blessed Sacrament School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Sarah supported Denise to design and deliver a 5 workshop programme for the classroom, inspired by Islington Museum’s historic wooden water pipe. Sarah also worked alongside the pupils in…
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Boy Soldiers: voices from the Great War
Boy Soldiers: voices from the Great War, is a short film, commissioned by the Museum of London which tries to imagine some of the experiences of boy soldiers in the trenches. No one aged under 18 should have been able to sign up, yet we know that over 250,000 boys…
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Canonbury man’s experiences: newspaper story
Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune 11th October 1915 Canonbury man’s experiences ~~~~ The loss of his mate ~~~~ An awful baptism Mr. W.R. Lovell, a church warden at St. Mary’s, Upper Street, Islington, has received the following letters from his son – Trooper R.F. Lovell. He is an…
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