Islington Museum
You can find the new museum underneath the Finsbury Library, on St. John Street. It houses a gallery about Islington's history, with nine themes, ranging from wartime to leisure and childhood. It also boasts a unique collection of items, including a bust of Lenin, who lived and worked in Clerkenwell.
Islington has an extraordinary history. It was an important suburb of Victorian London and has many prestigious buildings from that period, including music halls, markets and transport hubs. We celebrate this history using objects, the spoken word, historical archives, and photographs. Many of these have been collected by ordinary people who have lived in the borough over the last century. These include the collection of Harry Trigg, who amassed a wealth of memorabilia relating to Arsenal football club, as well as the lesser known, but immensely popular and successful amateur football team Islington Corinthians. Objects found during the restoration of a Georgian building in Cross Street give an insight into the daily lives of 18th century people. Photographs and letters reflect the lives of those who lived through the two World Wars.
Islington Museum is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Museum is open every day from 10am to 5pm except for Wednesday and Sunday.
Email: islington.museum@islington.gov.uk - Phone: 020 7527 3235
Islington Museum
245 St John Street
London EC1V 4NB
Nearest tube: Angel
Buses: 153. The 38 and 19 go along Rosebery Avenue
Disabled access available.
http://www.islington.gov.uk/Leisure/ArtsAndEntertainment/Museums/IslingtonMuseum/default.asp
Islington Local History Centre
The story of Islington from Anglo Saxon settlement to cosmopolitan urban centre (and everything in between) can be explored through the unique documents and images held at Islington’s Local History Centre. The collection includes books, maps, images, local newspapers, news cuttings, street and trades directories, census returns, registers of electors, vestry records, rate books, poor law records and parish records. There is also a special Joe Orton collection with books, cuttings, and reproductions of Islington Library book jackets defaced and doctored by Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell at their flat, 25 Noel Road.
The centre’s collection is open to everyone, even if you’re not a library member or live outside the borough. Catalogues, finding aids and a knowledgeable staff are always available to put researchers on the right track.
http://www.islington.gov.uk/Education/LocalHistory/localhistorycentre/default.asp
The Arsenal Museum
The Arsenal Museum takes a thematic approach to the history of the Club, founded by munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal artillery in 1886 in Woolwich. The museum looks at the founding fathers, Championship winning managers, the fans, Highbury and Emirates Stadium and Arsenal legends. There are also sections devoted to successes in the League, the Cup and Europe.
The museum has many computer interactives that enable visitors to find out even more about Arsenal as well as showcases packed with memorabilia. Some of the most famous objects are Michael Thomas’ boots from Anfield 1989, Jon Sammels’ shirt from the Fairs Cup victory in 1970, Alan Smith’s shirt from the Cup Winners’ Cup Final in 1994 and Charlie George’s collection of medals and shirt from the 1971 Double. There are also player contracts through the ages as well as many other unusual objects you might not expect to find in a football museum that help to tell the story of Arsenal F.C.
The Club’s education department also has a history module available for Primary Schools that includes a whiteboard compatible resource pack for use in school. Schools who use the module are also invited to visit the museum where they will be able to handle many of the objects on display.
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