Hackney Museum is a community Museum in the northern parts of London. London prides itself on its cultural diversity and nowhere is this diversity more evident than in Hackney. Over 92 languages are spoken in the borough and so Hackney is one of the most culturally diverse areas in Europe.The museum is very aware of this and has extensive community co-operation and programmes. The main exhibition is designed by Real Studios and opened in 2002.
The new exhibitions reflects the variety of cultures represented in Hackney, and that it is not a new phenomenon that people has settled in there. The name of the exhibition is “The Reason why People have Immigrated and Settled in Hackney for the last 1000 years”.
Developing the exhibitions they worked closely with community groups. They were working with one group at a time and hence was able to learn from the experiences. They set up a “collection panel”
with each group and gave them £150 to make a collection.
