More than 180 young people attended seven after-school clubs in the borough, run by Groundwork Camden and Islington. They will have their work on display at the museum for six weeks from 10 July.
Tom Cox, youth heritage project co-ordinator for Groundwork, said: "The project aimed to raise awareness of young people's history and heritage, especially for disenfranchised, inner-city children, and give them an understanding about where they came from and teach them about citizenship."
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the project took a mixed-media approach, which saw the teenagers working on producing artwork based on heritage through modelling, painting and photography.
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