Joseph Exall Greenhill

Stone Age Hackney: Joseph Exall Greenhill

A black and white photograph of a man and a woman, presumably members of library staff, arranging a display of archaeological artefacts in glass cases. In the bottom left case stone tool artefacts from the collection of Joseph Exall Greenhill can be seen.

This series explores how Hackney’s Old Stone Age was discovered and preserved due to the rapid urban development of the late 1800s and the dedicated work of a handful of collectors. In this post we explore the life and impact of the forgotten figure behind Hackney Museum’s prehistoric collection, Joseph Exall Greenhill. Joseph Exhall Greenhill … Read more