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Three people in red aprons and blue latex gloves are washing pans by the sink, viewed through a misted window. The person on the left pours water from a metal pot into another that the person in the middle is holding. The person on the right is looking down at the pot he is holding.
In a steamy kitchen, rays of sunlight pierce through the roof, illuminating stacks of delicate rice cakes as a person carefully handles them amidst towering metal vats.
A close up installation view of artworks featuring a large folded paper lotus forms in warm yellow and smaller ones in ivory, scattered across a smooth floor. The image is overlaid with a graphic of calligraphic fonts.
Children in blue rain ponchos outside in a garden making adobe bricks and smiling

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We are open every Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10am to 5pm. Entry is free.

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Featured exhibitions and events

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Three matte ceramic vases with abstract forms. Two are charcoal black and one is off-white, arranged side by side against a neutral background with soft shadowing.
Events Market

Ceramics in the City 2025

The annual ceramics fair and exhibit returns to Museum of the Home for London Design Festival 2025, celebrating world-class artistry and craftsmanship.

13 - 14 Sep

Free

Ceramics in the City 2025
Red paisley-patterned pashmina draped over green velvet chair against floral curtains.
Festivals

London Textile Month with Selvedge Magazine

This September, we invite you to celebrate London Textile Month, exploring the role of textiles in domestic life - past, present, and future.

1 - 30 Sep

London Textile Month with Selvedge Magazine
A close up installation view of artworks featuring a large folded paper lotus forms in warm yellow and smaller ones in ivory, scattered across a smooth floor. The image is overlaid with a graphic of calligraphic fonts.
Exhibitions

Mind the Gap

An exhibition exploring neurodivergent overwhelm, in collaboration with artist Alison Lam and curator Celina Loh.

19 Aug - 19 Oct

Free

Mind the Gap
A family gather around a large pot of meat, smiling and engaged in the moment
Exhibitions

World Food Photography Awards

Museum of the Home welcomes a new exhibition of world-class photographs selected for the World Food Photography Awards.

3 Jun - 7 Sep

Free

World Food Photography Awards

“One of the best museums I have visited in London – not that well known, and it should be. Fabulous presentation of historic interiors you will struggle to see outside a stately home. Well worth a visit. Unforgettable experience if you are in town.”

Visitor, 2024

“Very impressed with the set up of all the various homes. Brought back fondest childhood memories. Thank you. ”

First time visitor, 2025

“Well preserved, fascinating, welcoming, moving, informative and overall excellent!”

Visitor, 2025

“LOVE this museum. Honestly one of the best days out in London I’ve had in a while. ”

Visitor, 2024

“Absolutely loved this museum! Loved the cosy rooms and gardens.”

Visitor, 2025

A tall Progress Pride flag is hanging vertically from a lamp post among lush green trees.
Updates Statement

Museum of the Home Statement of Support for the Transgender Community

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Museum of the Home Statement of Support for the Transgender Community
A dimly lit still‐life setting evoking a 19th-century parlour: in the foreground, an ornate wooden chair upholstered in dark damask holds a folded white fabric over its back. Beside it, a small square table displays a crystal pedestal bowl, a spotted ceramic dog figurine, and a cluster of deep red grapes. In the back is another table draped in moss green fabric with a pink vase. To the right, a richly patterned hangs against the shadowed wall.
Updates Press release

Museum of the Home commissions artist Kenneth Lam in new photography series Still Living

Hong Kong & London-based photographer Kenneth Lam has created a series of seven exclusive photographs based on Museum of the Home’s historical…

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Museum of the Home commissions artist Kenneth Lam in new photography series Still Living
A framed painting hangs on floral-patterned wallpaper depicting a South Asian ayah—modelled by Jamaican-born Fanny Eaton—in an orange drape and white skirt, reading from a book to two white children, a toddler on her lap and an older girl leaning on the table.
Updates Press release

Museum of the Home and Tate jointly acquire Rebecca Solomon’s ‘A Young Teacher’

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Museum of the Home and Tate jointly acquire Rebecca Solomon’s ‘A Young Teacher’
A blurred figure walks across a room in front of weathered looking panels and windows showing a model of a city.

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