The Geffrye, Museum of the Home

Overview

One of London's most friendly and charming museums, the Geffrye explores the home from 1600 to the present day. The museum’s focus is on the living rooms of the urban middle classes in England, particularly London. A chronological sequence of period rooms show how homes have been used and furnished over the past 400 years, reflecting the changes in society and patterns of behaviour as well as style, fashion and taste.

The museum is set in elegant, 18th-century almshouses in Shoreditch, East London. It is surrounded by attractive gardens, which include an award-winning walled herb garden and a series of period gardens which chart the changing style of town gardens (April-October)

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Events at The Geffrye, Museum of the Home

Apartment Art: Workshop (Over 5s) at Geffrye Museum

Backpacks at The Geffrye Museum

Bird’s Eye View: Workshop (Over 8s) at Geffrye Museum

Ceramics in the City

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Prices

Admission to the Geffrye Museum is free. The almshouses are open on the certain Wednesdays and Saturdays of the month (please check for details)and and admission is free for children and £2.50 for adults. Special exhibitions are £5 or £3 conc, except for the Christmas Past exhibition which is free.

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Venue Details & Map

The Geffrye, Museum of the Home

Address

136 Kingsland Road

Shoreditch

London

E2 8EA

Telephone:

+44 (0)20 7739 9893

Email:

info@geffrye-museum.org.uk

Website:

http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

Public transport:

Hoxton Station (London Overground) - directly behind museum. Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate exit, then bus 149 or 242. Old Street, exit 2, then bus 243 or 15 minute walk.

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Facilities

Accessible Bathroom Facilities

Designated wheelchair accessible public toilet

Some toilets with handrails

Accessible Venue Facilities

Level access, ramp or lift to restaurant or cafe

Level access, ramp or lift to the shop

Accessible Communication Facilities

Audible alarm system

Clear signage (colour contrast, large letters or pictograms)

Hearing loop system

Information available in audio format

Information available in braille

Accessible Venue Facilities

Assistance dogs welcome

Staff available to assist

Staff disability awareness trained

Wheelchairs available free of charge

Access into the Building

Full, non-assisted wheelchair access

Ramps with handrails to entrance

Additional Accessible Facilities

Accessible baby changing rooms

Level access, ramp or lift from entrance to reception

Level access, ramp or lift to garden

Level access, ramp or lift to information point

Accessible Parking Facilities

Designated disabled parking available within fifty metres of main entrance

Drop-off point for guests available outside main entrance

Access Inside Building Facilities

Accessible lift

All routes suitable for limited mobility users

All routes suitable for pushchairs or prams

All routes suitable for wheelchair users

Effective lighting throughout for visually impaired users

Seating for limited mobility users along routes

Attraction Facilities

Audio commentary available

Gift shop

Indoors

Outdoors

Patron toilets

Public toilets

Booking Facilities

Group bookings accepted

Catering Facilities

Event catering

Picnic site

Restaurant

Event Facilities

In house AV available

Breakout Rooms

Conference rooms / Meeting rooms

Event facilities

Venue allows outside catering

Payment Facilities

Free entry