Our purpose is to reveal and rethink the ways we live, in order to live better together.
Open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays, 10am–5pm. Closed on Mondays.
What's on
Winter Festival 2024/25
Nov 2024 - Jan 2025
With events spanning a range of cultural and historical festivals—from Diwali and Hanukkah to Christmas and Lunar New Year—the Museum will be the destination for appreciating winter in its many forms.
Winter Past
19 November 2024 - 12 January 2025
Discover the homes and traditions of winters past, present and future as our Rooms Through Time are redressed for the festive season.
Endurance & Joy in the East End | The photography of David Hoffman
15 October 2024 - 30 March 2025
An exhibition coinciding with the publication of David Hoffman’s monograph by Spitalfields Life Books, Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971–1987.
Don't miss
Dreidel Making Workshop
‘Sifting Through’ Archive Workshops
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Rooms Through Time
Our period room sets reflecting the lived experiences of our London community—past, present and future.
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Home Galleries
Explore the concept of home through people’s everyday experiences of making, keeping and being at home over the last 400 years.
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Gardens Through Time
From a Tudor knot garden to a modern green roof, our gardens echo changes in society and the wider world and show the fashions and innovations of the time.
ExploreShop
Explore bespoke homewares, books, ceramics, gifts and more for the special someone in your life.
Café
Welcoming you to relax before, during or after your visit to the Museum. Doors are open from dawn to dusk.
For families
Hire our spaces
Situated in East London, our 300-year-old Georgian almshouses provide a range of unique spaces suitable for corporate hires, private events, filming and photography.
Our history
Read about the legacy of our buildings, which were built with money from Robert Geffrye's investments in transatlantic slavery, and how we rethink the ways we use the buildings.
Explore our collections online
Explore objects, photographs and books from our collections, all to do with domestic life and the everyday lived experience of home.
Support the Museum
With your help we can use our collections and programmes to reveal and rethink the ways we live, in order to live better together.