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Search Museum collection for:

  • • Hillingdon's 2600 museum objects, including 19th and 20th century domestic items, paintings and portraits, and geological and prehistoric specimens.
  • • Hillingdon's 15,000 photographs, postcards and prints.
  • • Maps of Hillingdon dating back over two hundred years.
  • • Film and video shot in Hillingdon over the past century.

Search Archives for:

  • • Hillingdon's archive collections, dating from 1180 onwards and documenting the lives of the Borough's residents over the centuries; also any maps and photographs not in the Museum collection.
  • • The records of the British and Foreign School Society, one of the world's most important resources for 19th century elementary education and teacher training.
  • • The records of Shoreditch College, and the Maria Grey College and Teacher Training Registration Society, documenting the history of education and teacher training, held by Brunel University

See Project Information for more detail on our collections.