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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.

Research

We are an international hub for collaborative research on everyday domestic life, material cultures, architecture and design.
We work with partners throughout the world and have collaborations across the UK to support ground-breaking research into the meaning of home–past, present and future.

Centre for Studies of Home

The Centre for Studies of Home (CSH) is an international hub for collaborative research, knowledge exchange and dissemination activities on the study of home.

The centre is a partnership between Museum of the Home and Queen Mary University of London.

Research includes everyday domestic life, material cultures, architecture and design. Projects also look at the significance of home beyond the domestic, investigating ideas about dwelling, belonging, privacy and security.

The co-directors are Sonia Solicari, Director at Museum of the Home and Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography at Queen Mary University of London.

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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentships

Hidden Histories of Home: domestic stories and displays, 1600 to the present

Building upon the Centre for Studies of Home’s track record of innovative collaborative doctoral research, Museum of the Home has received funding for nine fully funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentships, with the second cohort of three students starting from October 2025.

Find out more about the CDP
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