Islington Museum
It opened in 2008 and covers various themes on local and social history.The museum houses a gallery covering nine themes on local and social history: childhood, food and drink, fashion, leisure, healthcare, radicals, caring, home and wartime.Amongst the items on display are a bust of Vladimir Lenin, who lived and worked in Clerkenwell, and some of the book covers defaced by Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell.The museum also hosts talks, walks and children's events.[2] There is also an education room which is used for visits by schools and other groups.