Islington Council
Museums and Places to Visit
Islington has a wealth of interesting and unique places to visit in all four corners of the borough and across its borders. From taking the children to see farm animals, to a tour around Arsenal's ground, there is something to stimulate even the most enquiring of minds.
Arsenal
Follow in the footsteps of your Arsenal heroes by going on a stadium tour! You will be able to see all the most important areas at the Emirates Stadium: the players tunnel, the first team dressing room, the press and media area as well as the Director's box.
Standard tours cost £12 per adult (£6 concessions). A tour ticket includes a trip to the museum. Tours are also available with Arsenal Legends, please phone for more information.
Accessibility information for Arsenal Museum can be found by clicking on the DisabledGo link below.
75, Drayton Park
London, N5 1BU
Tel: 020 7619 5000
Email: tours@arsenal.com
Barrett Marsden Gallery
Barrett Marsden Gallery shows contemporary studio ceramics, glass, metal and wood.
Open Tuesday - Friday 11am - 6pm and Saturday 11am - 4pm
Open by appointment only during August and between Christmas and New Year
Barrett Marsden Gallery
17-18 Great Sutton Street
London, EC1V 0DP
Tel: 020 7336 6396
Email: info@bmgallery.co.uk
The British Postal Museum and Archive
The British Postal Museum and Archive is the leading resource for all aspects of British postal history. It is a combined museum and archive, bringing together The Royal Mail Archive and a museum store. With collections ranging from staff records to stamps, poster design to photography and from transport to telegrams, it cares for the visual, written and physical records from over 400 years of innovation and service, illuminating the fascinating story of British communications. The Royal Mail Archive is designated as being of outstanding national importance.
Freeling House
Phoenix Place
London, WC1X 0DL
Tel: 020 7239 2570
Email: info@postalheritage.org.uk
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
This museum shows works from the remarkable collection of modern Italian art created by Eric and Salome Estorick, with powerful images by the main protagonists of the early twentieth century Italian avant-garde Futurist movement, including Balla, Boccioni, Carrà, Severini and Russolo, as well as Modigliani, Sironi and Campigli and de Chirico.
The gallery also holds a varied programme of temporary loan exhibitions and educational events and the library is an important source for researchers and students of early twentieth century Italian art.
Accessibility information for the Estorick Collection can be found by clicking on the DisabledGo link below.
39A Canonbury Square
London, N1 2AN
Tel: 020 7704 9522
Email: curator@estorickcollection.com
Freightliners Farm
A taste of country life in the city. Freightliners Farm, in the heart of Islington, provides an exciting opportunity for you to experience a real working farm in action.
The Farm is open all year round from Tuesday to Sunday. On Monday, the farm is closed except on Bank Holidays. During the Christmas period, the farm is closed for the week.
Sheringham Road
London,N7 8PF
Tel: 020 7609 0467
Email: liz@freightlinersfarm.org.uk
Islington Ecology Centre
The Ecology Centre, in Gillespie Park Nature Reserve is an educational facility which welcomes school children and members of the public alike. It is designed and run as a model of green living, aiming to encourage people to live their lives in as green a way as possible. The centre offers advice on all aspects of green living, runs many events for the public, and has a curriculum linked education service for schools and colleges.
Accessibility information for the Ecology Centre can be found by clicking on the DisabledGo link below.
Gillespie Park Nature Reserve
191 Drayton Park
London , N5 1PH
Tel: 020 7354 5162
Email: ecologycentre@islington.gov.uk
Islington Museum
An exciting new space where locally and nationally renowned artists exhibit their work alongside the permanent exhibitions which highlight some of the most interesting times in Islington's history.
The Museum is open every day from 10am - 5pm except for Wednesday and Sunday.
Accessibility information for the Museum can be found by clicking on the DisabledGo link below.
Islington Museum
245 St John Street
London
EC1V 4NB
Tel: 020 7527 3235
Email: islington.museum@islington.gov.uk
Marx Memorial Library
The Marx Memorial Library contains fascinating collections on Marxism and the history of the labour movement. See the room where Lenin worked for a year and the archives of the International Brigades.
Open Monday -Thursday 1pm-6pm
Accessibility information for the Marx Memorial Library can be found by clicking on the DisabledGo link below.
37a Clerkenwell Green
London
EC1R 0DU
Tel: 020 7253 1485
Email: info@marx-memorial-library.org
London Canal Museum
At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrow boat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. The museum is an attraction housed in a former ice warehouse built in about 1862-3 for Carlo Gatti, the famous ice cream maker, and features the history of the ice trade and ice cream as well as the canals. The museum is fully accessible to disabled visitors and is located at Kings Cross. It boasts a bronze award in the Green Tourism for London scheme - the first in London to achieve this.
Accessibility information for the London Canal Museum can be found by clicking on the DisabledGo link below.
12/13 New Wharf Road
London, N1 9RT
Tel: 020 7713 0836
Email: info@canalmuseum.org.uk
Museum of the order of St John
Explore almost one thousand years of history in our museum, which reveals the many stories of the Order of St John.
Beginning in medieval Jerusalem, Knights of the Order fought in the crusades as defenders of Christianity. They also established a hospital that provided exemplary nursing care for the poor. In the following years the Order amassed great wealth and lands throughout Europe. In England these were lost during the Reformation. In the nineteenth century a new British Order founded St John Ambulance, continuing its role of caring for the sick and poor up to the present day.
Come and visit the Norman crypt and Tudor Gatehouse that are relics of the Order’s ancient home in Clerkenwell, as well as the interactive St. John Ambulance Gallery.
St. John's Gate, St. John's Lane
London, EC1M 4DA
Tel: 020 7324 4005
Email: museum@nhq.sja.org.uk
Newgate Gallery
We have a wide range of artwork for sale on display and we offer a bespoke framing service. We are able to make frames within 1 hour.
Opening times: Monday – Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm, closed weekends.
66 Clerkenwell Road
London, EC1M 5PX
Tel: 020 7608 2728
Email: gallery@newgategallery.com
Wesley's Chapel, Museum of Methodism and John Wesley's House
Wesley's Chapel was built in 1778 by the founder of Methodism, John Wesley. On site is his chapel, his house, the Museum of Methodism and his grave. The house is a well preserved example of a Georgian town house, containing many of John Wesley's own belongings. The Museum of Methodism is in the Crypt of the Chapel.
49 City Road
London, EC1Y 1AU
Tel: 020 7253 2262
Email: administration@wesleyschapel.org.uk
Page Last Updated: 11 February 2010