Exhibitions

I have curated a number of exhibitions and displays, featuring content acquired during community heritage and contemporary collecting projects which I have developed and delivered. In 2021 I opened Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice, a new independent museum for which I was the sole curator. My exhibition portfolio includes:

  • Forge: Industries of Croydon, Museum of Croydon, 2025

  • Rewind: This is Croydon’s Music, Museum of Croydon, 2024

  • Community Women’s Football in Milton Keynes, UEFA Women’s EURO Fan Party and local libraries, 2022

  • Confederation of Paper Industries: 150 Years of Excellence, CPI conference, 2022

  • Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice, Covent Garden, 2021

  • Being Port Sunlight, Port Sunlight Village Trust, Wirral, 2021

  • MK Skate, Centre:MK, Milton Keynes, 2019

  • The Barking Stink, Valence House Museum and London Southbank, Thames Festival Trust, 2019

  • Lunation, Charlton House, Moon Festival, 2019

  • The World’s Oldest Boat Race, Guildhall Yard and London Southbank, Thames Festival Trust, 2018

  • A Short Exhibition About Music Zines, London College of Communication, 2017

  • Working River, Richmond Boathouse and London's Southbank, Thames Festival Trust, 2017

  • Fighting for our Rights, Kingston Museum and Kingston History Centre, 2017

  • Punks, London Museum, 2016

  • Tattoo London, London Museum, 2016


Forge: Industries of Croydon, Museum of Croydon, 2025. Images by Holly Revell for Croydon Council

Rewind: This is Croydon’s Music, Museum of Croydon, 2024. Images by Glenn Foster for Croydon Council

Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice, No.28 Bow Street, Covent Garden, 2021. Images by Ash Knotek © Bow Street Museum


Community Women’s Football in Milton Keynes, UEFA Women’s EURO 2022, Milton Keynes Libraries


MK Skate, centre:MK, Milton Keynes, 2019 © Jen Kavanagh


Punks, Museum of London, 2016 © Museum of London


The World’s Oldest Boat Race, Guildhall Yard and London Southbank, 2018 © Jen Kavanagh and Hydar Dewachi


Tattoo London, Museum of London, 2016 © Museum of London


A Short Exhibition About Music Zines, London College of Communications, 2017 © Jen Kavanagh


Updated: 3 June 2026