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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.

Free entry | No booking required

What's on

Winter Festival 2024/25

Nov 2024 - Jan 2025

With events spanning a range of cultural and historical festivals—from Diwali and Hanukkah to Christmas and Lunar New Year—the Museum will be the destination for appreciating winter in its many forms.

Winter Past

19 November 2024 - 12 January 2025

Discover the homes and traditions of winters past, present and future as our Rooms Through Time are redressed for the festive season.

Endurance & Joy in the East End | The photography of David Hoffman

15 October 2024 - 30 March 2025

An exhibition coinciding with the publication of David Hoffman’s monograph by Spitalfields Life Books, Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971–1987.

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Market Special
Sunday 1 December 2024

Yard Sale

Our much-loved Yard Sale returns on Sunday 1 December with a fantastic array of items, ranging from elegant homeware to unique studio clear-out bargains.
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Winter Festival
Thursday 5 December

Winter Gathering

An evening of late-night shopping, mulled wine and discussions with curators. Inspired by our Museum collections and gardens, with a special look at our Winter Past installations and a twilight tour of Almshouse 14.
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Winter Festival Special
Saturday 7 December

Christmas Wreath-Making Workshop

Create a gorgeous wreath for your home with our Head Gardener, Heather Stevens at this beloved Christmas wreath-making workshop. 
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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.

Café

Welcoming you to relax before, during or after your visit to the Museum. Doors are open from dawn to dusk.

For families

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

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. 

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 the Museum

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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