Museum of the Home
A museum in Hoxton exploring the history of domestic life in Britain, housed in genuine 1714 almshouses originally built by the Ironmongers' Company.
- Museum
- Price: Free
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Did you know
It was renamed from the Geffrye Museum in 2021 specifically because Robert Geffrye, whose bequest funded the original almshouses, profited from investment in transatlantic slavery. A statue of him still stands on the building despite a public consultation favouring its removal.
Local tip
The period room sequence (recreated domestic interiors from the 1600s to today) is the actual highlight. Go in expecting a walk through real reconstructed rooms, not a conventional object-in-a-case museum.
Finding it
- Address
- 136, Kingsland Road, De Beauvoir Town, Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England, E2 8EA
- Nearest station
- Hoxton (Overground), 61 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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