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About
The Museum of the Home reveals the ways we live and the many meanings of home, with evocative displays of Rooms and Gardens Through Time, diverse personal stories from the collections, exhibitions and events.
The Museum will reopen in early 2021 after a major redevelopment that will greatly improve access and open up spaces previously unseen by the public in the Museum’s 100 year history.
When the Museum reopens, it will be the go-to place for ideas and inspiration about what home means. Come to explore and debate – much more of the collection will be on display highlighting touching personal stories and important universal themes.
The Museum’s home is beautiful Grade 1 listed, 18th century almshouse buildings surrounded by gardens in vibrant Hoxton, East London.
What visitors will experience:
• Displays of Rooms and Gardens Through Time – a chronology of changes in home and home life over the past 400 years
• New Home Galleries that explore the many difference experiences of making, keeping and being at home, past and present
• Two new learning and event spaces and a Collections Library for reading and study
• New café with terrace garden and gift shop
• New entrance directly opposite Hoxton Overground station
• Vibrant programme of temporary exhibitions, installations, events and performances
• Almshouse 14 – the Museum’s restored historical almshouse which tells the story of how residents lived in previous times
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Important information
The museum is currently closed for a two-year redevelopment project. The museum will reopen in summer 2020.
Prices and opening times
| Child Ticket | FREE |
|---|---|
| Family Ticket | FREE |
| Senior Ticket | FREE |
| Adult Ticket | FREE |
Admission to the Geffrye Museum is free.
Tours of the restored almshouses are available on certain dates each month (check the website for details). Admission is £4 for adults, and free for children under 16 years old.
Pre-booked talks and lectures are available for groups of 10 of more at between £3 and £6 per person.
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Opening Times
The Museum of the Home is closed until early 2021 for a major redevelopment. Check the website (www.museumofthehome.org.uk) or social media for updates.
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Venue Details & Map
Museum of the Home
- Address
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136 Kingsland Road, HoxtonLondonE2 8EA
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)20 7739 9893
- info@museumofthehome.org.uk
- Website
- http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
- Public transport:
- Hoxton station (London Overground) is directly behind the museum. Liverpool Street: Use Bishopsgate exit, then take bus 149 or 242. Old Street: Use exit two, then take bus 243 or enjoy a 15-minute walk.
Facilities & Accessibility
- 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
- Access into the Building
- Flat routes from parking area to entrance
- Full, non-assisted wheelchair access
- Ramps with handrails to entrance
- Accessible Bathroom Facilities
- Designated wheelchair accessible public toilet
- Some toilets with handrails
- 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 Parking Facilities
- Designated disabled parking available within fifty metres of main entrance
- Drop-off point for guests available outside main entrance
- Accessible Venue Facilities
- Assistance dogs welcome
- Level access, ramp or lift to restaurant or cafe
- Level access, ramp or lift to the shop
- Staff available to assist
- Staff disability awareness trained
- Wheelchairs available free of charge
- 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
- Signed British Sign Language (BSL) performances
- Attraction Facilities
- Audio commentary available
- Gift shop
- Patron toilets
- Public toilets
- Catering Facilities
- Cafe
- Children Facilities
- Children welcome
- Event Facilities
- Available for wedding receptions
- Breakout Rooms
- Conference rooms / Meeting rooms
- In house AV available
- Trade vehicle access
- Venue allows outside catering
- General Facilities
- Free WiFi
- Lifts
- Lockers
- Luggage storage
- Payment Facilities
- Free entry