What's on
Enjoy our new Home Galleries, much-loved Rooms Through Time, glorious gardens and an exciting events and exhibitions programme. We are free to visit, no booking is required.
Festival of Sleep
Sleep is part of our everyday life, while at the same time, misunderstood and mysterious. Festival of Sleep explores sleep and rest through our home environments.
From June to September 2022
Our Home Our Stories
Join artist Alaa Alsaraji in a hands-on workshop, where you will be able to design and create your own coaster using punch needle.
Saturday 6 August, 2pm to 5pm
Mollspeak
An ever changing composition of word and sound by writer Maria Fusco with composer Olivier Pasquet
In the Undercroft
Tomorrowland
A multimedia artwork by local schoolchildren exploring Hackney in 2050.
In the Rooms Through Time continued
Rhymes Through Time
Exploring the role of children in the home through poetry and interactive design.
Galleries and gardens
Home Galleries
An entirely new way of telling stories of home
Rooms Through Time
How our homes have evolved
Gardens Through Time
Changing nature of urban gardens
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