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Museum in action

Behind the scenes

A close up of a decorative seahorse in the ornament
Behind the scenes

100s of shells, 60 hours of cleaning
Painstaking work on an old favourite
A white ceiling rose
Behind the scenes

Creating a period room
Finding all the features
A person holding open a drawer in the Museum stores to show a range of colourful cups and glasses
Behind the scenes

New spaces: the stores
Opening up access to collections in storage
A toy robot dog on the shelves of the museum stores
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Moving a collection in a pandemic

30,000+ books and objects into the new stores
Director Sonia Solicari wearing a hard hat in the Undercroft with newly plastered walls
Behind the scenes

New spaces: Undercroft
Our vaulted space under the chapel
Plants on a green roof
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Gardening in climate crisis
Designing our green roof
Leather boot or shoe
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Finds during the build
An insight into Hoxton past
Flowers and plants growing at the Museum
Behind the scenes

Zero waste gardening
What we're doing to reduce waste in the gardens at the Museum of the Home

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