Hackney Museum & Hackney Archives: Events of June

Closing exhibition activity day and Photobooth

Come and celebrate the last day of our adventure playgrounds exhibition with us. Join in our family activities and get your portrait taken by professional photographer Heather McDonough as part of Photobooth.

Free. Drop-in. All ages welcome.

Saturday 1st June
12pm to 3pm
Hackney Museum
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Danny F! Anansi Lives! Comic-Book Launch! 

Cartoonist Danny F! presents his comic anthology ‘Anansi Lives!’ Q&A hosted by Comic Laureate Bobby Joseph. Comic-book art resources will be available on the day and are suitable for all ages to create their own stories.

This book launch marks the last day of the We Remember HCDA Archival Exhibition, part of the If Mi Nuh Laugh Mi Cry! Hackney Art Activism Festival programme

Sunday 16th June
1.30pm to 4pm
Hackney Archives
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Festival of Learning for a Greener Hackney: Searchroom to Strongroom

Come for a tour of Hackney Archives’ public searchroom and basement stores and learn how to explore Hackney’s past and present, with a sustainability theme.

Tuesday 25th June 
6pm to 7.30pm
Hackney Archives

Free. Ticket booking opens from 3rd June
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The Mighty Ruler Sound System Documentary screening – The Return To Hackney

Join us as we celebrate the legacy of Count Rob, the engineers who revived the Mighty Ruler Sound System, and the enduring spirit of Hackney. Through interviews and archival footage, we honour the past while embracing the future.

Wednesday 26th June
6.30pm to 7.30pm
Hackney Archives
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Out and About

Child Migrant Voices from East London

Join Eithne Nightingale, East End author & film maker, to celebrate the publication of her book Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain: Oral Histories 1930s – Present Day through films, readings by, and discussion with, those featured. Followed by book sales and signings.

Tuesday 11th June
6.30pm to 8.30pm
Ragged School Museum
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1 Reading Lane
London, E8 1GQUnited Kingdom

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Dalston CLR James Library
Dalston Square
London, E8 3BQ
United Kingdom

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