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
Sadness and Sweetness: screening and panel discussion
Disability at Home Symposium
East End Homes walking tour
Queer Footprints Walking Tour with Dan Glass: A Summer of Queer Love
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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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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.
ExploreShop
Explore bespoke homewares, books, ceramics, gifts and more for the special someone in your life.
Café
Welcoming you to relax before, during or after your visit to the Museum. Doors are open from dawn to dusk.
Our history
Read about the legacy of our buildings, which were built with money from Robert Geffrye's investments in transatlantic slavery, and how we rethink the ways we use the buildings.
Explore our collections online
Explore objects, photographs and books from our collections, all to do with domestic life and the everyday lived experience of home.
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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For 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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Hire our spaces
Situated in East London, our 300-year-old Georgian almshouses provide a range of unique spaces suitable for corporate hires, private events, filming and photography.
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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.