
A brief history of running water
How a new river and a city-wide system of pipes made water for cooking and cleaning an everyday possibility for Londoners.
Monday 12 May 2025

Cleaning and housework
We all have to do housework, but the way that we do it has changed a lot.
Monday 19 May 2025

Creating a period room
The real room in the real house that helped us refresh the look of our Victorian parlour.
Wednesday 18 June 2025

Finds during the 2019 build
What we found in the ground when we began the redevelopment of our buildings in 2019.
Thursday 19 June 2025
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Finds during the 2019 build
What we found in the ground when we began the redevelopment of our buildings in 2019.

Creating a period room
The real room in the real house that helped us refresh the look of our Victorian parlour.

Museum of the Home and Tate jointly acquire Rebecca Solomon’s ‘A Young Teacher’
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Our commitment to anti-racism and equity
We are developing our programming and policies on anti-racism and equity.

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…

Museum of the Home Statement of Support for the Transgender Community
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A history of Robert Geffrye’s fortune
An English merchant who made his fortune partly from his involvement in the forced labour and trading of enslaved Africans.

Cleaning and housework
We all have to do housework, but the way that we do it has changed a lot.

A brief history of running water
How a new river and a city-wide system of pipes made water for cooking and cleaning an everyday possibility for Londoners.

Free digital guide
Explore Museum of the Home with our digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app.