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Three visitors stand inside A Terraced House in 1978 installation at the Museum of the Home, each engaging with the record player and objects on the table. The room features mustard yellow patterned wallpaper and is lit by floor lamps with its walls hung with framed photographs, and its furnishings include a glass-fronted cabinet of glassware and various decorative accessories.
A family gather around a large pot of meat smiling
An adult guides primary school children in a creative workshop, as they draw with markers and coloured pencils around a table at the Museum.
This image shows three distinct still life arrangements displayed side by side. On the left Modern items including a white pillow, red boots, england shirt, and other items tumble down. In the centre, toys, dolls, dominoes, and a newspaper reading "Black Power or bloodbath" arranged in a red display case. On the right, woven baskets, pottery, and wooden implements on cloth against a brown background.
a person sitting in a curved reading room that overlooks a garden and has blue painted impressionist wallpaper

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Exhibitions

World Food Photography Awards

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

Tuesday 3 June - Sunday 7 September

Free

World Food Photography Awards
A framed artwork with a wide white border against a white wall. Viewed from above, five faceless figures in muted greys, blues gather, and reddish brown gather around a circular table bathed in warm yellow light. Against a deep blue patterned floor, they reach for dishes of food, bottles, and a central platter rendered in grey, blue, and reddish brown. Their forms are simplified and minimalist.
Exhibitions

New acquisitions display: Uzo Egonu

This new acquisitions showcase brings together eight prints by the artist Uzo Egonu in one of the largest displays of his work for twenty years.

Tuesday 8 April - December 2025

Free

New acquisitions display: Uzo Egonu
Black-and-white photo of hands with bangles by the wrist holding an opened pea pod. The hands gently reveal smooth beans inside, against a dark textured surface.
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Gathered: A film screening and in-conversation

Join us for A Love Supreme and Roast Pork: two short films exploring themes of food, family and memory.

Wednesday 2 July 2025

£12.00 – £15.00

Gathered: A film screening and in-conversation
Group of children playing outdoors in a garden with several adults nearby. Some children hold colourful twisted balloons, while others jump and reach into the air. In the background is a red-brick building with tall arched windows and greenery.
For Families

Outdoor Family Rave with Big Fish Little Fish

Bringing the original family rave to East London’s Museum of the Home this summer.

Sunday 6 July

Free – £12.00

Outdoor Family Rave with Big Fish Little Fish

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

Visitor, 2024

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

Visitor, 2025

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

Visitor, 2025

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

First time visitor, 2025

“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

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.
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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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