Browse our museum collections through themes highlighting different aspects of Hackney's rich history.
Themes
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Campaign Badges
Badges were an important tool of communication, with individuals often wearing
![LGBTQI+ Hackney LGBTQI+ Hackney](https://museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/assets/object_images/5/00/30005/v0_webgrid.jpg)
LGBTQI+ Hackney
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Music, Dance & Performance
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Visual Arts & Crafts
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My Story (Oral Histories)
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Sports
![Civic Life Civic Life](https://museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/assets/object_images/2/95/92/eg/am/Image29592/v0_webgrid.jpg)
Civic Life
![Disability & Access Disability & Access](https://museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/assets/object_images/6/36/33/eg/am/Image33636/v0_webgrid.jpg)
Disability & Access
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Politics & Campaigning
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Jewish Hackney
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Historic Images
![African Hackney African Hackney](https://museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/assets/object_images/8/62/33/eg/am/Image33268/v0_webgrid.jpg)
African 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
![Earlier Olympic and Paralympic Games Earlier Olympic and Paralympic Games](https://museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/assets/object_images/9/38/91/eg/am/Image19839/v0_webgrid.jpg)
Earlier Olympic and Paralympic Games
Items from the museum's collection relating to the London Olympic Games of
![Chalmers collection of fine & decorative arts Chalmers collection of fine & decorative arts](https://museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/assets/object_images/8/72/13278/v0_webgrid.jpg)
Chalmers collection of fine & decorative arts
A selection of works of art from the collections of Hackney resident Alexander
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London 2012
This theme contains items the museum has collected that relate to the London
![Healthcare in Hackney Healthcare in Hackney](https://museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/assets/object_images/4/60/02/eg/am/Image20064/v0_webgrid.jpg)
Healthcare in Hackney
Hackney has a long tradition of healthcare from the earliest private hospitals
![Caribbean Hackney Caribbean Hackney](https://museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/assets/object_images/7/72/43/eg/am/Image34277/v0_webgrid.jpg)