Museums in Hackney, London: Complete A-Z & Interactive Map

Hackney has long been a byword for East London cool. Once a collection of villages beyond the city’s edge, the borough has evolved into a cultural powerhouse, home to beard-stroking hipsters, independent coffee roasters, vintage boutiques, and craft beer havens.

This eclectic spirit is perfectly reflected in the borough’s small but fascinating collection of museums. You’ll find Sutton House, one of London’s last Tudor mansions that offers a glimpse of 16th-century life when Hackney was still a rural retreat. The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities is undoubtedly London’s strangest museum – a cabinet of creepy, gothic collection of the surreal in the basement of a cocktail bar. The sort of thing that could only exist in Hackney.

For contemporary art, the Autograph gallery champions photographers exploring identity and social justice, while the Museum of the Home (formerly the Geffrye Museum) is one of London’s best social history, tracing 400 years of domestic life through beautifully preserved period rooms. And don’t miss the Hackney Museum, one of London’s best local history museums, telling the borough’s story from medieval times to the present day.

Explore all museums in Hackney in more depth below. You’ll also find museums in nearby boroughs further down the page.

Complete A-Z of museums in Hackney

Museums near Hackney

From Hackney, you have access to all of East London’s eclectic, creative museums. A few highlights include the new V&A East Storehouse, the Ragged School Museum in in Tower Hamlets and the Museum of London Docklands, one of my favourite museums in the whole city.

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