 Front long elevation which has jettying and garden | |
  Location of the Museum of the Home in London | |
| Established | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Location | Geffrye Almshouses 136 Kingsland Road London, E2 United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°31′54″N 0°04′36″W / 51.531742°N 0.076630°W |
| Visitors | 120,000 (annually) |
| Director | Sonia Solicari |
| Public transit access |  Hoxton |
| Website | Museum of the Home |
The Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum,[1][2] is a free museum in the 18th-century Grade I-listed former almshouses on Kingsland Road in Hoxton, London.[3] The museum's change of name was announced in 2019.[4] 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.[5]
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,[6] and with 80 per cent more exhibition space for its collections and 50 per cent more public space.[7][8][9][10][11] 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.[12]
- ^ Brown, Mark (27 November 2019). "Geffrye to reopen as Museum of the Home after £18m overhaul". The Guardian.
- ^ "Sir Robert Geffrye: Museum of the Home wants statue moved". BBC News. 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Opening hours | Getting here | Museum of the Home".
- ^ Sanderson, David (27 November 2019). "Tongue-twister Geffrye museum of the home clears its name". The Times.
- ^ "Stories of home | Homes through time | Museum of the Home formerly Geffrye Museum | Museum of the Home". www.museumofthehome.org.uk.
- ^ "What we stand for". Museum of the Home.
- ^ Crook, Lizzie (30 May 2021). "Wright & Wright completes overhaul of Museum of the Home in London". dezeen.
- ^ Moore, Rowan (30 May 2021). "Museum of the Home review – home discomforts". The Observer.
- ^ Freeman, Laura (10 June 2021). "Museum of the Home review — a welcome facelift for this faithful friend". The Times.
- ^ Thompson, Jessie (7 June 2021). "The Museum of the Home's £18.1m refurb: inside the rebranded east London cultural hotspot". Evening Standard.
- ^ Tolhurst, Sophie (9 August 2021). "Museum of the Home by Wright & Wright Architects". designcurial.com.
- ^ "Hire spaces at the Museum for corporate or private events | Museum of the Home". www.museumofthehome.org.uk.