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Identity, Taste and Power: Colonial Histories of Everyday Objects
Join Visitor Experience Host Marcia O'Connor for a weekly talk exploring the colonial histories of everyday objects.
Every Friday
£5 / £3.50 concessions
Changing Faces in a Changing City: Migration in the Age of Sail, 1600-1850
Join Visitor Experience Host Mark Chacksfield on this weekly tour as he brings our galleries to life with stories of how and why early migrant communities came to live in London.
Every Saturday
£5 / £3.50 concessions
Almshouse 14 Tours
Discover what it was like to live in Hackney 200 years ago on tours of our restored 18th-century almshouse dwellings.
Every Wednesday and Sunday
£7-10
Domestic Atmospheres: How the Immaterial Shapes the Home
Come join us for a Two-Day conference, working in collaboration with London South Bank University as we discuss the subject of atmosphere, and the atmospheric nature of the immaterial and material aspects of home.
Monday 24 March - Tuesday 25 March 2025
£10-40
Travelling Ayahs in the British Empire: CSH Seminar
Delving into the stories of individuals travelling ayahs from a wide range of sources, this talk will illuminate their influences on British consumption cultures, their brave struggle to assert their rights, and more.
Wednesday 26 March
Free
Block Printing Workshop hosted by Haveli Diaries
Explore the art of Indian block printing in this hands-on workshop, inspired by the themes and stories of A Townhouse in 1878. Drawing from the rich textiles an ayah may have carried from India, create your own unique piece to take home.
Thursday 27 March 2025
£50
Housewarming: A Victorian Home from Kolkata to London
Enjoy exclusive late-night access to our galleries with a special tour of A Townhouse in 1878, led by co-curator and historian of the British Empire and Asian history, Dr. Arunima Datta. Plus, enjoy a DJ set from local legend The Cockney Sikh, a Block Printing Workshop, a film screening and a selection of refreshing drinks.
Thursday 27 March 2025
Free, with some paid elements
The Ideal Home
Free Thinking Fridays | Join our free drop-in, philosophy-focused Fridays as we explore and discuss what home is and can be over a cup of tea.
Friday 28 March 2025
Free
Spring Family Day 2025
Join us this spring holidays for immersive, creative and playful family activities, exploring how light and sound can help shape our sense of home and belonging.
Thursday 10 April 2025
Free
East End Homes walking tour
Join architecturally trained and chartered town planner Lachlan Anderson-Frank on an immersive and educational walking tour in East London exploring the housing landscapes surrounding Museum of the Home.
Saturday 12 April & Saturday 24 May 2025
£15
Undomesticated Gender Defiance in the Home
Jaye Hudson of TGirlsonFilm and Museum of the Home present a series of free moving image screenings exploring queerness in the noughties.
22 April, 13 May & 10 June
Free
The Garden of Ideas
Free Thinking Fridays | Join our free drop-in, philosophy-focused Fridays as we explore and discuss what home is and can be over a cup of tea.
Friday 25 April 2025
Free
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Exhibitions
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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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