Category: Exhibition
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We’ll Meet Again: Bomb Damage – Destruction
As part of the exhibition We’ll Meet Again: Islington on the Home Front in Photographs 1939-45, we look at the significant bomb damage suffered in Islington and Finsbury. The Second World War turned the home front into the battlefront. On 7 September 1940, Dornier and Heinkel bombers, escorted by Messerschmidt…
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Revelry and jubilation, bonfires, squibs and brass bands: VE-Day celebrations in Islington and Finsbury 1945
“After days of suspense the news was announced that on Monday afternoon [7 May 1945] the German Government had capitulated. War in Europe was over”, so announced the North London Press. The following day, Tuesday 8 May 1945, became known as VE-Day (Victory in Europe Day), with Winston’s Churchill famous…
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We’ll Meet Again: Shelters
Preparations for air bombardment began prior to the Second World War, with the British government providing air-raid shelters to families for free or for a small fee, depending on their income. Over the course of the war, shelters would take a number of forms and provide security for the people…
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We’ll Meet Again: Evacuations
As part of the exhibition We’ll Meet Again: Islington on the Home Front in Photographs (1939-45), we look at those who were evacuated from Islington to rural locations during this time. Throughout the Second World War, many of London’s children were evacuated to country towns, such as Cambridge, Kettering, Sheringham…
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We’ll Meet Again: Islington on the Home Front in Photographs (1939-45)
Islington Museum is delighted to present the photographic exhibition, We’ll Meet Again: Islington on the Home Front in Photographs (1939-45). Over the coming months, we will be sharing a series of captivating images of the people and places in Islington and Finsbury during the Second World War; shedding light on…
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Finsbury Under Attack (1939-45)
Like many parts of inner London, Finsbury suffered badly from bombings during the Blitz (1940-41) and, again later, as part of the V1 and V2 rocket attacks on the capital from the summer of 1944 onwards. Citizens lived with the threat of bombing, invasion and untimely death. However, in spite…
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Mobilise! Mobilise! exhibition now on
‘Mobilise! Mobilise! The Firefighters of Holloway’ highlights the unique perspective of Islington artist Niki Gibbs. A local fire station is a building that we often walk past but only perhaps become aware of when a big red fire truck emerges to deal with an urgent situation. Little is known about…
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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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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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