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Museum of the Home
Museum of the Home — museum in London, specializing in the history of the English domestic interior.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Hoxton · 0.0 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Museum of the Home is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1914. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in London, specializing in the history of the English domestic interior". Coordinates: 51.5317°, -0.0762°.
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Heritage listing
The Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum, is a free museum in the 18th-century Grade I-listed former almshouses on Kingsland Road in Hoxton, London. The museum's change of name was announced in 2019. The museum explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with galleries which ask questions about 'home', present diverse lived experiences, and examine the psychological and emotional relationships people have with the idea of "home" alongside a series of period room displays. In 2018 the museum had about 120,000 visitors before then closing for two and a half years, during which an extensive refurbishment and building programme took place.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum, is a free museum in the 18th-century Grade I-listed former almshouses on Kingsland Road in Hoxton, London. The museum's change of name was announced in 2019. The museum explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with galleries which ask questions about 'home', present diverse lived experiences, and examine the psychological and emotional relationships people have with the idea of "home" alongside a series of period room displays. In 2018 the museum had about 120,000 visitors before then closing for two and a half years, during which an extensive refurbishment and building programme took place. The museum reopened as the Museum of the Home in summer 2021 with a mission to reveal and rethink the ways we live, in order to live better together, and with 80 per cent more exhibition space for its collections and 50 per cent more public space. The Museum of the Home now has new basement galleries (The Home Galleries), a cafe, learning pavilion, collections and reference libraries, several events spaces, and replanted gardens.
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Background
History
Almshouses were built on the site in 1714, to house the widows of ironmongers. The almshouses were funded by a bequest from Sir Robert Geffrye, a merchant who had served as Lord Mayor of London and Master of the Ironmongers' Company. There were 14 four-room houses, for up to 56 pensioners, with a large garden. The Metropolitan Public Gardens Association contributed to the funding for the acquisition of the former almshouses and garden by Shoreditch Metropolitan Council, and the MPGA's landscape gardener Fanny Wilkinson laid out the garden in 1900–01. In 1911 the Ironmongers' Company decided the area had become too dangerous for pensioners, moved them to the country, and sold the buildings…
Architecture
Several structures connected with the museum are listed on the National Heritage List for England. The main museum building is Grade I listed and the niche in the northwest corner of the forecourt of the museum is listed Grade II*. The forecourt wall, gates and railings to the museum are also Grade II* listed, and the two K6 telephone boxes on Kingsland Road outside the museum are listed Grade II. In 2021 the museum reopened following an extensive rebuilding programme.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5317, -0.0762
- District
- Hackney
- Parish
- Hackney, unparished area
- Postcode
- E2 8EA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Phone
- +44 207 739 9893
- Established
- 1914
- Nearest railway station
- Hoxton — 0 km
- Opening
- Tu-Su 10:00-17:00, PH 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- www.museumofthehome.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q2918086 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Museum of the Home (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cmglee London Geffrye Museum front.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Museum of the Home?
- Museum of the Home is in London, United Kingdom (postcode E2 8EA), in the parish of Hackney, unparished area.
- When was Museum of the Home built?
- Built or established in 1914.
- Is Museum of the Home a listed building?
- Museum of the Home is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Museum of the Home free to visit?
- Yes, Museum of the Home is free to enter.
- How do I get to Museum of the Home?
- The nearest railway station is Hoxton, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode E2 8EA.
- How busy is Museum of the Home?
- Museum of the Home draws around 120,000 visitors a year.