Posts Tagged ‘Hackney Museum’
Town Hall scores £2m for Hackney Museum revamp
Centre will close this year to for transformation works including new exhibition spaces
Read MoreLocal residents are the stars of new exhibition charting 50 years of life in Hackney
Hackney Museum’s upcoming show features work by the borough’s best photographers
Read More‘Such determination’: Hackney Museum display tells story of community’s fight to save St Leonard’s Hospital in 1980s
One man’s collection of photographs and memorabilia shines light on major local campaign
Read MoreGet a glimpse of what the borough was like 300,000 years ago in ‘fascinating’ new exhibition at Hackney Museum
‘Hackney is one of the richest sites for finding objects from that time period,’ says Town Hall culture boss
Read MoreHackney Museum to explore local history of Chinese and Indian nannies
Exhibition featuring stories of ayahs and amahs who looked after British children during colonial times opens today
Read MoreNew exhibition commemorates life under lockdown in Hackney
Free display at Hackney Museum uses residents’ donated items and professional photos to chart the borough’s response to the pandemic
Read MoreHackney Museum asks residents for lockdown memorabilia for upcoming exhibition
‘Collecting Covid’ will go on display next year, full of local stories from the pandemic
Read MoreTreasure trove of photos found at the Rio to go on show at Hackney Museum
Thousands of images of 1980s Hackney, discovered in the cinema’s basement in 2017, set to become a major exhibition
Read MoreFormer refuge for colonial ayahs in Hackney shortlisted for blue plaque
Series of events at Hackney Museum this weekend sheds light on the Indian nannies abandoned by British families after being brought to the UK
Read MoreTown Hall to host free advice session for Windrush victims
Experts will be on hand to help residents affected by the scandal apply for compensation
Read MoreNew exhibition by Jewish youth group celebrates Stamford Hill’s post-war ‘pioneers’
Teen Action’s history of the area between 1950 and 1980 opened at Hackney Archives last week
Read MorePhotomonth 2018: East london’s annual picture festival is back – and ‘more varied’ than ever
The two-month event, featuring over 50 exhibitions, offers audiences a ‘visual smorgasbord’
Read MoreUrswick student’s Black History Month flag raised above Hackney Town Hall
Year 9 pupil Malaika Parillon Langlais Baron’s ‘highly creative’ design was selected from 75 competition entries
Read More‘I don’t feel lonely any more’: Hackney students moved by evening with black female authors
Two BSix College pupils joined the Hackney Black Women Writers group for a special workshop last week
Read MoreHackney’s Caribbean elders join councillors to mark Windrush Day
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble hosted a Town Hall ceremony on 22 June for the 70th anniversary of the ship’s arrival in Britain
Read MoreArtworks by brain injury survivors to feature in new Hackney Museum show
‘The Mind’s Eye’, a selection of art from Homerton Hospital, opens next week
Read MoreArcola Theatre awarded £30k for ‘DIY history’ project in Hackney
Volunteers to record stories from marginalised communities
Read MoreTown Hall launches search for 100 inspirational Hackney women to mark suffrage centenary
Nominations are open to find and showcase ‘local heroes’ driving change in the borough
Read MoreMaking Her Mark: new exhibition shows that women’s activism in Hackney didn’t end after 1918
The stories of Hackney’s female activists over the past century are being celebrated at Hackney Museum – plus, a chance to nominate your own inspirational local women
Read MorePride in your image: young and old LGBTQI+ locals come together for a pair of artistic Hackney Museum exhibits
Out and About and From Bedroom to Battleground will be open in time for LGBT History Month, after the Council spent a year collecting historical testimony and artefacts from the community
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