All themes
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01 Natural History
Mammoths, hippos, wholly rhinos and more! Browse our collection of fossils.
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02 Prehistoric Hackney
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03 Roman & Saxon Hackney
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04 Hackney 1066 - 1713
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05 Georgian Hackney
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06 Victorian Hackney
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07 First World War
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09 Second World War
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1950s
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1970s
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1980s
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2009 - Growing Up Black: a photographic exhibition by Dennis Morris
A unique and poignant collection of photographs depicting the West Indian
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2010s
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2011 - Our African Roots
This exhibition came about from our conversations with a number of people of
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2015 - African Threads Hackney Style
This exhibition explored Hackney’s historic ties with Africa through fabric
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2015 - Hackney@50: The People's Choice
50 objects, 50 stories, 50 years of Hackney
In 1965, the London boroughs
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2016 - Art of War: Posters and Propaganda from the First World War
Posters and propaganda from the First World War.
The original
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2016 - Pubs, Clubs & Carnivals: Pleasure and Leisure in Hackney
An exhibition about pleasure and leisure in Hackney.
Having fun is a
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2016 - Sharing Our Stories: Jewish Stamford Hill, 1930s-1950s
Jewish Stamford Hill, 1930s-1950s
For the last 350 years. Hackney has
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2017 - Island to Island: Journeys Through the Caribbean
Journeys through the Caribbean.
This exhibition presented a visual
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2017 - Warhol to Walker: American prints from pop art to today
American prints from pop art to today.
From Andy Warhol to Hackney Wick,
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2018 - Making Her Mark: 100 years of women's activism in Hackney
100 years of women's activism in Hackney.
The story of women’s
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2018 - Roots, Rhythms & Records
The sounds and stories of African & Caribbean music in Hackney
From
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2019 - Hackney's Got Style
Celebrating the History of African and Caribbean Fashion & Hair
This
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2021 - Being African in Hackney: 1960s-2020s
Exploring the experiences of Hackney’s diverse African heritage communities.
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2021 - Out of the Mancave
Experiences of isolation and lockdown in men 50+.
Hackney Brocals
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2022 - Faces Behind the Fashions: Hackney and the Garment Trade
Stories from the clothing industry in 20th century Hackney.
For most of
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2022 - Movers, Shakers & Community Makers
This display explores how African heritage individuals have shaped Hackney to
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2022 - People Power: Black British Arts and Activism in Hackney
Black British arts and activism in Hackney 1960s-2000s.
This
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2022 - We Are All In This Together: Hackney During The Pandemic
The world as we know it changed in 2020. The global Covid-19 pandemic
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2023 - 1980s People Power: The Campaign to Save St Leonard's Hospital
Hackney Health Emergency was a successful people-led campaign to save St
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2023 - Hackney 300,000 BC: Old Stone Age
Neanderthal neighbours and curious creatures of the borough's Old Stone
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African Hackney
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Broadway Market
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Campaign Badges
Badges were an important tool of communication, with individuals often wearing
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Caribbean Hackney
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Chalmers collection of fine & decorative arts
A selection of works of art from the collections of Hackney resident Alexander
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Civic Life
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Dalston
Items from the museum's collection relating to the area of Dalston.
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Disability & Access
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Earlier Olympic and Paralympic Games
Items from the museum's collection relating to the London Olympic Games of
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Hackney Wick
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Healthcare in Hackney
Hackney has a long tradition of healthcare from the earliest private hospitals
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Historic Images
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Jewish Hackney
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LGBTQI+ Hackney
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Local responses to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
As part of the Mapping the Change project, Hackney Museum is collecting local
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London 2012
This theme contains items the museum has collected that relate to the London
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Music, Dance & Performance
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My Story (Oral Histories)
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On display: 01 City limits
Hackney was once a group of quiet villages - an ideal place for wealthy
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On display: 02 Free speech
Hackney was once on the edge of London, outside the control of the City
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On display: 03 Safe haven
For hundreds of years Hackney has provided a refuge for people from other
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On display: 04 A place to find work
The chance to find a job has been one of the main reasons why people have come
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On display: 05 A place to do business
For centuries Hackney has been convenient place to settle and start a new
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On display: 06 A place to live
Hackney has traditionally been able to offer cheap housing to new arrivals.
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On display: 07 No choice
Some people found themselves in Hackney through no choice of their own. These
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On display: 08 Street level
Generations of settlers have left their mark on Hackney. Their influence can
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On display: 09 A sense of community
Arriving in a new place with a different culture and language can be difficult
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On display: 10 Moving on
This has always been a mobile population. Roma, gypsys and travellers were
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On Display: Highlights
Explore some of the highlights in our permanent display.
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Politics & Campaigning
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Shoreditch
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Sports
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Stoke Newington
Items from the museum's collection relating to the area of Stoke Newington.
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