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Our purpose is to reveal and rethink the ways we live in order to live better together.

Open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays, 10am–5pm. Closed on Mondays

Entry is free, no booking is required.

What's on

Uzo Egonu 2

Uzo Egonu: New Acquisitions Display

Tuesday 8 April - December 2025

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2000S Room Kenneth Lam

Still Living | Kenneth Lam x Museum of the Home

28 January - 29 June 2025

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EastEnders at 40: Icons of Home and Drama

20 February - 22 June 2025

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Tour
24 May, 21 June, 26 July & 23 August 2025

East End Homes walking tour

Join architecturally trained and chartered town planner Lachlan Anderson-Frank on an immersive and educational walking tour in East London exploring the housing landscapes surrounding Museum of the Home.
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A group of individuals gathered around a tour guide in a park, enjoying the tour.
Tour
Saturday 7 June 2025

Queer Footprints Walking Tour with Dan Glass: A Summer of Queer Love

Join us on a walking tour led by Dan Glass, 'AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power' (ACT UP) activist and author of Queer Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London’s Fierce History, focusing on the early - current LGBTQIA+ Pride movements in the neighbourhood.
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A poster of Queer Foot Prints by Dan Glass
Late
Thursday 29 May 2025

Housewarming: At Home in 2049

In the final museum late of our Housewarming series, learn how life in Hackney might look in the future in light of climate change and technological advancement, and dream up a new future together.
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Objects from the 2049 room at the museum including a modern brown chair and panels of mycelium insulation panels leaning against each other.
Free Families
Wednesday 28 May 2025

May Family Day

Join us this May half term for a day of creative, collaborative activities exploring biodiversity and our connection to the natural world around us.
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A child and a carer dyeing a piece of fabric in Garden Through Time at Museum of the Home.
Free
Sunday 22 June & Saturday 26 July & Wednesday 13 August

Windrush Programme: Honouring Our Elders

Come join us this summer for our Windrush Programme Series, Honouring Our Elders.
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Rooms Through Time

Our period room sets reflecting the lived experiences of our London community—past, present and future.

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Home Galleries

Explore the concept of home through people’s everyday experiences of making, keeping and being at home over the last 400 years.

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Plants in the gardens at the Museum of the Home

Gardens Through Time

From a Tudor knot garden to a modern green roof, our gardens echo changes in society and the wider world and show the fashions and innovations of the time.

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Shop

Explore bespoke homewares, books, ceramics, gifts and more for the special someone in your life.

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Families

There is lots for children to see and do at the Museum. Eager explorers can expect a fun-filled day out!

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Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring an accessible experience for all our visitors. Plan your visit now.

Support us

Museum of the Home is a free museum, registered charity, and is open to all. Your support plays a crucial role in revealing the history of the Home and rethinking how we can live better today.

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With your help we can use our collections and programmes to reveal and rethink the ways we live, in order to live better together.

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