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Winter Festival

Reflect on the many traditions that mark the colder months as we unveil 400 years of winter at home.

Date

From November 2024 to January 2025

Where

Rooms Through Time

Age Guidance

6+ years

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Festivals

About

Museum of the Home’s annual Winter Festival is back. 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.

Creating new traditions

Our rich programme of events and redressed rooms for Winter Past will focus on our period rooms spanning the past 400 years. This year, for the first time, this will include our new rooms from 1878 to 2049, encouraging visitors to consider the changing nature of traditions.

Winter Festival invites you to engage with winter in a meaningful way, whether you’re exploring on your own or with others. We look forward to welcoming you.

Home is constantly evolving and so do our traditions. From Huguenot Noël in the 1740s to a Chosen Family Christmas in 2005 to imagining the festive season 25 years from now, our interactive exhibits provide a space for reflection on how we celebrate, both in the past and in the future.

Sonia Solicari, Director

Events and exhibitions

A colourful neon light display of a winged figure with a trident, a partially illuminated building is to the left, with dark trees silhouetted against the night sky in the background.

Shiv Ji, 2023

Chila Kumari Singh Burman’s illuminated commission on our green roof depicts Shiva the Destroyer.

Shiv Ji, 2023
A fold out, three-dimensional paper toy theatre displayed on a green plinth. Its arch is richly painted with classical motifs in muted reds, blues, and golds. Inside, a miniature stage scene shows a winged imp hovering above a pale figure reclining on a pink chaise, while a robed character looks on. The front panel is illustrated with a line of musicians playing under a conductor
Installations

Pollock’s Toy Museum Display

Enjoy a display of historic toy theatre from Pollock's Toy Museum, founded just a stone's throw away from Museum of the Home.

6 Dec 2024 - 12 Jan 2025

Free

Pollock’s Toy Museum Display
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Events

Winter Gathering 2024

An evening of late-night shopping and mulled wine with a special look at our Winter Past installations and a twilight tour of Almshouse 14.

Thursday 5 December 2024

£5-15

Winter Gathering 2024
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Events Workshop

Christmas Wreath-Making Workshop

Create a gorgeous wreath for your home with our Head Gardener, Heather Stevens at this beloved Christmas wreath-making workshop. 

Saturday 7 December

£60

Christmas Wreath-Making Workshop
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Events Market

Yard Sale 2024

Our much-loved Yard Sale returns with a fantastic array of items, ranging from elegant homeware to unique studio clear-out bargains.

Sunday 1 December 2024

£5-15

Yard Sale 2024

Lunar New Year at Museum of the Home

4 January to 23 February 2025

Discover the 2024 British Vietnamese home, where the Nguyen family is cleaning the house, preparing the shrine and redecorating the rooms from Christmas to Lunar New Year.

You’re invited to dive deeper into the stories and traditions found during this season at our Museum Late in January, and February Half Term Family Day celebrating Lunar New Year.

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Free digital guide

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

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