Islington Museum

245 St John Street
Islington
London
Greater London
EC1V 4NB
England

Website

E-mail

islington.museum@islington.gov.uk

Telephone

Islington Museum

020 7527 2837

Fax

not available

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Photograph of Islington Museum's gallery space.
Shop icon Library icon Study area icon Visual disability facilities icon Wheelchair access icon

The New Islington Museum opened its doors in May 2008. Using its collection it explores the boroughs history through a number of exciting ways.

The Museum also houses an exhibition space which has a wide programme of temporary exhibitions on during the year.

Keep an eye on our events page to keep you up to date with our current programme of temporary exhibitions, workshops and special events.

You can find the new museum underneath the Finsbury Library, on St. John Street. The nearest tube stop is Angel, or you can get to us by bus on the 19, 38, 153 or the 341.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri, Sat 10.00-17.00

Closed: Wed and Sun
Christmas & New Year

 Admission charges

Free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Toilets
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

245 St John Street
Islington
London
Greater London
EC1V 4NB
England

Website

E-mail

islington.museum@islington.gov.uk

Telephone

Islington Museum

020 7527 2837

Fax

not available

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Islington Museum’s collection has been built up over the past 20 years. It is based on objects relevant to the boroughs varied and important history from the Roman period through to modern times.

The gallery uses audio and visual displays, along side object based display cases to explore some themes that have made Islington what it is today. The museum focuses on 9 main topics, these are: Food and Drink, Fashion, Childhood, Leisure, Healthcare, Radicals, Caring, Home, and Wartime.

Collection details

Archaeology, Architecture, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Film and Media, Fine Art, Industry, Inland Waterways, Law and Order, Literature, Medicine, Music, Performing Arts, Personalities, Photography, Religion, Science and Technology, Social History, Sport, Toys and Hobbies, Trade and Commerce, Weapons and War, World Cultures

Key artists and exhibits

  • Joe Orton
  • Feminism
  • Lenin
  • New River
  • Caribbean nursing
  • Gay and Lesbian rights

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Kurdish

Islington Museum holds a small number of Kurdish objects, including photographs and some headwear. The headwear includes a man's headdress from the Kurdish area of Turkey dated around 1991.
There's also a black and white turban cloth, (shown above). It was brought back to the UK by a cameraman covering the crisis of 1991 in Iraq when many Kurds fled to the mountains following the gassing of Kurds by Saddam Hussein. The photographs held by the museum cover the same events and period.

Fujaan decorated with shells

Somali

Islington Museum holds a small number of Somalian objects, including a ceremonial Fujaan (marriage container), an incense burner, and a wooden cup.

245 St John Street
Islington
London
Greater London
EC1V 4NB
England

Website

E-mail

islington.museum@islington.gov.uk

Telephone

Islington Museum

020 7527 2837

Fax

not available

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Malicious Damage: The crimes of Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell

14 October 2011 — 25 February 2012 *on now

In 1962 the aspiring playwright Joe Orton and his partner and mentor Kenneth Halliwell, who live together in Islington, were each sentenced to six months imprisonment for malicious damage to Islington Public Library books. The offenders were found guilty of stealing and ‘doctoring’ library book covers with images from other sources or by adding new text and narrative. They also removed illustrations from library art books to ‘wa...llpaper’ their bed-sit at 25 Noel Road. During imprisonment Joe Orton embarked upon what was to be a successful but all too brief writing career, cut short by his murder at the jealous hand of his partner. ‘Malicious Damage’ tells the story surrounding the crimes of Orton and Halliwell and, for the first time at Islington Museum, offers the opportunity to view all of the surviving doctored book covers along with other material reflecting the life and work of the pair. ‘Malicious Damage’ coincides with the publication of a new book of the same title, produced by Islington Library and Heritage Services and Donlon Books.

Free event.

For more information, please call 020 7527 2837
or email islington.museum@islington​.gov.uk

Suitable for

  • Any age

Where

Islington Museum

245 St John Street
Islington
London
Greater London
EC1V 4NB
England

Website

E-mail

islington.museum@islington.gov.uk

Telephone

Islington Museum

020 7527 2837

Fax

not available

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Olympics

An education resource for key stage 2 teachers. This pack includes 5 activities and resources to go along with them. It aids the exploration of the history of the Olympic Games by covering some key curriculum topics.

245 St John Street
Islington
London
Greater London
EC1V 4NB
England

Website

E-mail

islington.museum@islington.gov.uk

Telephone

Islington Museum

020 7527 2837

Fax

not available

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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