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Museum of the Home

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The Geffrye Museum of the Home
Geffrye Museum façade
Museum of the Home is located in Central London
Museum of the Home
Location of the Geffrye Museum in London
Established1914; 111 years ago (1914)
LocationKingsland Road
London, E2
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°31′54″N 0°04′36″W / 51.531742°N 0.076630°W / 51.531742; -0.076630
Visitors120,000 (annually)
DirectorSonia Solicari
Public transit accessLondon Overground Hoxton
Website[1]

The Geffrye Museum of the Home is located in Shoreditch, London. The Museum explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day.[1] Named after Sir Robert Geffrye, a former Lord Mayor of London and Master of the Ironmongers' Company, it is located on Kingsland Road in Shoreditch, London. The museum is set in beautiful 18th-century Grade I-listed almshouses of the Ironmongers' Company, built in 1714 thanks to a bequest by Sir Robert Geffrye.[2] Surrounding the museum is a walled herb garden, and a series of period gardens which show how domestic gardens have changed over time. The herb and period gardens are open from 1 April to 31 October.

Inside the museum, evocative displays of London, middle-class living rooms and gardens illustrate homes and home life through the centuries, reflecting changes in society, behaviour, style and taste.[3]

The many aspects of home are brought to life through an imaginative and inspirational programme of special exhibitions and events throughout the year.[4] The museum's popular Christmas Past exhibition is held annually each winter, with the eleven period rooms authentically decorated for the season.

In addition, the museum's restored 18th-century almshouse, taken back to its original condition and offering a rare glimpse into the lives of London's poor and elderly in the 1780s and 1880s, is open to the public on specific days.[5]

The museum has embarked on an ambitious £18.1m development project - Unlocking the Geffrye. The museum has raised £16.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, trusts and foundations and individuals and is actively fundraising the balance of £1.5m to make sure the project goes ahead. Click on the link to find out more about the Unlocking the Geffrye development project: http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/aboutus/unlocking-the-geffrye/

  • Front facade
    Front facade
  • Herb garden
    Herb garden
  • Rear facade and garden
    Rear facade and garden
  • Garden reading room
    Garden reading room
  • Chapel
    Chapel
  • 1870 drawing room
    1870 drawing room
  • 1998 loft apartment
    1998 loft apartment
  • 20th Century galleries
    20th Century galleries
  • Period gardens
    Period gardens
Service Station/Stop Lines/Routes served
London Buses London Buses Hoxton Station / Geffrye Museum Disabled access 67, 149, 242, 243, 394
London Overground London Underground Hoxton Disabled access London Overground

References

  1. ^ Geffrye Museum
  2. ^ Paula Deitz, 'A Furnished Time Machine', in The New York Times, 13 March 1988
  3. ^ Geffrye Museum
  4. ^ Geffrye Museum
  5. ^ Geffrye Museum

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