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 Police Museum, a new independent museum for which I was the sole curator. My exhibition portfolio includes:

  • 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 Police Museum, 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, Museum of London, 2016

  • Tattoo London, Museum of London, 2016

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

Bow Street Police Museum, No.28 Bow Street, Covent Garden, 2021. Images by Ash Knotek © Bow Street Police 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