Celebrating Hackney’s past, shaping its future – since 1967
A group of 10 Hackney-based organisations (including the Hackney Society) who share common goals around increasing the use and knowledge of the borough’s rich heritage and its built environment.
We work together on projects which increase learning about Hackney’s diverse and rich heritage. For more information, please log on to www.discoverhackney.co.uk.
Here are contact details and links to the other partners:
Address: Stoke Newington High Street, London N16 0LN
Tel: 020 7275 7557
https://www.abney-park.org.uk/
Conserves Abney Park Cemetery and makes it accessible to the community.
Address: 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ
Tel: 020 7729 2011
https://www.buildingexploratory.org.uk/
A local education centre about East London’s built environment.
Every Generation Media Foundation
https://www.everygeneration.co.uk/
An online community resource for the African Caribbean community.
Address: Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
Tel: 020 7739 9893
https://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/
A museum of the home from around 1600 to the present day.
Address: 43 De Beauvoir Road, London N1 5SQ
Tel: 020 7241 2886
https://www.hackney.gov.uk/ca-archives.htm
Cares for the archives and local studies collections of the London Borough of Hackney, local organisations and businesses.
Hackney Historic Buildings Trust
Address: The Round Chapel, 1d Glenarm Road, London E5 0LY
Tel: 020 8986 0029
A building preservation trust that has restored and found new uses for historic buildings in Hackney.
Address: 1 Reading Lane, London E8
https://www.hackney.gov.uk/cm-museum.htm
Hackney’s local museum.
Address: 130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH
Tel: 020 7684 0060
A Victorian music hall used to bring together arts, culture and the local community.
Address: 2 & 4 Homerton High Street, London E9 6JQ
Tel: 020 8986 2264
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk
East London’s oldest family home. It has a programme of community projects, creative activities, events and talks, as well as an art gallery.