Museum of the Home Museum

Website: https://www.museumofthehome.org.uk/

Museum of the Home, in Hoxton, east London, is a museum dedicated to the history of domestic life and interiors in Britain. The displays are built around a series of period rooms that illustrate changing domestic arrangements, design, and daily routines over several centuries.

The museum also presents temporary exhibitions, community programmes, and research on housing, home life, and social history. Collections include furniture, textiles, domestic objects, and archival material used to interpret the history of the home.

The museum occupies a row of former almshouses and associated buildings that were adapted for museum use; it reopened under the name Museum of the Home after a major redevelopment completed in 2019. Its interpretation places domestic objects in social and historical context.

The site lies on Kingsland Road in Hoxton, within the London Borough of Hackney, north of the City of London and accessible by public transport from central London.

• Period rooms and domestic history: Formerly known as the Geffrye Museum, it presents a sequence of furnished period rooms that illustrate domestic interiors and everyday life from the 17th century to the present.

The Museum of the Home (formerly Geffrye Museum) is on Kingsland Road in Hoxton, east London. Take London Overground to Hoxton station - it’s approximately a 8-12 minute walk (around 600-900 m) south along local streets to Kingsland Road. From Old Street (Northern line) it’s a 15-20 minute walk or a short bus/ taxi ride.

By car it’s in northeast central London, about 3-4 km (roughly 2-2.5 miles) from Charing Cross; approach via the A10/Kingsland Road. On-street parking is limited; nearby paid parking or public transport is recommended.

• Approach via Hoxton Overground (Hoxton station) or local buses and use the main entrance on Kingsland Road for the most direct access.
• Time a visit for midweek or mid-afternoon to avoid school visits and the busiest weekend hours; the period rooms can feel crowded if everyone arrives at opening.
• Spend part of your visit in the historic gardens behind the houses - they're quieter than the main galleries and reveal the site's evolving domestic landscapes, which many visitors miss.