Museum of the Home

The Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum,[1] is a museum in the Geffrye Almshouses on Kingsland Road in Shoreditch, London. It explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with a series of period room displays.[2]

Museum of the Home
Museum façade
Location of the Museum of the Home in London
Established1914 (1914)
LocationGeffrye Almshouses
136 Kingsland Road
London, E2
United Kingdom
Coordinates51.531742°N 0.076630°W / 51.531742; -0.076630
Visitors120,000 (annually)
DirectorSonia Solicari
Public transit access Hoxton
WebsiteMuseum of the Home

The museum is housed in 18th-century Grade I-listed almshouses, formerly belonging to the Ironmongers' Company.[3] These were built in 1714 thanks to a bequest by Sir Robert Geffrye, a former Lord Mayor of London and Master of the Ironmongers' Company.[4]

Several structures connected with the Museum are listed on the National Heritage List for England. The main museum building is Grade I listed and the niche in the northwest corner of the forecourt of the Museum is listed Grade II*.[5][6] The forecourt wall, gates and railings to the Museum are Grade II* listed, and the two K6 telephone boxes on the Kingsland Road outside the Museum are listed Grade II.[7][8][9]

In January 2018, the museum closed for a two-year £18m development project, and is due to reopen in 2020.[10] Until this closure, the main permanent displays were a series of room settings furnished and decorated to show the main living spaces and elements of domestic life through the centuries, reflecting changes in society, behaviour, style and taste.[11] The museum's change of name was announced in 2019.[12]

  • Front facade
  • Herb garden
  • Rear facade and garden
  • Garden reading room
  • Chapel
  • 1870 drawing room
  • 1998 loft apartment
  • 20th Century galleries
  • Period gardens

References
  1. Brown, Mark (27 November 2019). "Geffrye to reopen as Museum of the Home after £18m overhaul". The Guardian.
  2. "Museum of the Home".
  3. Haslam, Kathy (2005). A History of the Geffrye Almshouses. London: Geffrye Museum. ISBN 1872828108.
  4. Hunting, Penelope (2013). Riot and Revolution: Sir Robert Geffery 1613–1704. London: Geffrye Museum. ISBN 1872828140.
  5. Historic England, "Niche in the north west corner of the forecourt of the museum (1265687)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 July 2017
  6. Historic England, "Geffrye Museum (1226772)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 July 2017
  7. Historic England, "Forecourt wall, gates and railings to the Geffrye Museum (1265688)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 July 2017
  8. Historic England, "K6 telephone kiosk, outside Geffrye Museum (1235680)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 July 2017
  9. Historic England, "K6 telephone kiosk, outside Geffrye Museum (1235681)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 July 2017
  10. "About the development". Museum of the Home.
  11. "About the museum". Museum of the Home.
  12. Sanderson, David (27 November 2019). "Tongue-twister Geffrye museum of the home clears its name". The Times.

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