Hackney Museum

Hackney Museum is a small museum in the Hackney area of London focusing on local history of the area. Considering the history of Hackney, a lot of the exhibits focus on the influx of people over the centuries and decades. The story starts with the Roman period, but the story rapidly shifts to the last 200 hundred years with a particular focus on immigrants and by extension the poorer members of society.

There's also a small exhibition room which is currently dedicated to "black" music. Truly amazing to see some old school equipment. A real gem of a museum.

This museum tells the history of hackney’s settlers, food, music, and homes. It ranges from quirky and fascinating (eel shops & 200,000 BCE digging tools) to enlightening and kid-friendly (many different groups of immigrants /where they came from, photographs from the past, interactive displays). Definitely give it a visit if you’re in love with Hackney or need somewhere to take the kids in the daytime. Bang on some steel drums.

Interesting facts about Hackney, but don’t expect a big place, it is inside a big building.

Currently exhibiting here and having première on 7th November. Happy memories of having a studio space @ Colvestone back-in-the-day. 😁😁😁😁

A well curated exhibition on the history of vibrant Hackney. Knowledgeable and friendly staff. I especially enjoyed learning about Hackney as hotbed for political activism and how people of different cultures came to call it home.

A lovely cute museum. Kids loved it. Staff are brilliant and very helpful.

It as not a big museum but lovely. Very cleqn area. Everything is interesting. Linda was so kind, helpfull and friendly. Thank you for everything.
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Very helpful staff in a modest but interesting and we'll maintained local museum. Well worth a visit.