Welcome to Museum of the Home
Our purpose is to reveal and rethink the ways we live, in order to live better together.
Free entry - no booking required.
Open 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday & Bank Holidays
Rooms Through Time: 1878-2049
Open from 23 July 2024
Travel through time as you discover homes, personal stories and objects reflecting the lived experiences of our East London community—past, present and future.
Real Rooms Project
Discover how the new Rooms Through Time: 1878-2049 came to life.
Explore
Shop
Explore bespoke homewares, books, ceramics, gifts and more for the special someone in your life.
Café
NOW OPEN
Welcoming you to relax before, during or after your visit to the Museum. Doors are open from dawn to dusk.
For families
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.
Get involved
Discovery Garden
Creating access to child-friendly green spaces
Free Tea Fridays
Drop in every Friday afternoon
Food Equality
Our campaign for equal access to good food and reducing food insecurity
Young Futures
Support the Museum's ambitions to improve access to heritage for young people
Be a Changemaker
A special relationship with the Museum
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.