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Rooms Through Time: Winter Past

From 19 November 2024 to 12 January 2025

Discover the homes and traditions of winters past, present and future.

The Museum's Rooms Through Time have been dressed for the annual Winter Past display, exploring how seasonal festivals, culture and personal traditions shape the ways we spend time at home during the winter months. 

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See how the season has changed London homes through the last 400 years, from festive decor and food to the ways people kept warm, entertained themselves, and gathered with loved ones.

This year, the Museum’s newest permanent gallery - with rooms from 1878 to 2049 - will debut new stories of winter. These rooms will showcase the festive season evolving across different periods and communities in East London.

You'll journey from a joyful Midwinter Celebration in 1630 to Midnight Mass in 1956, a Christmas Party in 1978, and even glimpse a futuristic New Year’s Eve in 2049.

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Midwinter in 1630 

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An Afternoon at the Frost Fair in 1683

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Huguenot Noël in 1745

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Boxing Day in 1790 

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Twelfth Night in 1830

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Christmas Preparations in 1878

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Hanukkah in 1913

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Midnight Mass in 1956

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A Christmas Party in 1978

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Twixmas in 2005

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A Big Family Affair in 2024

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Renew Year's Eve in 2049

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Tết in 2025

Discover the British Vietnamese home redressed specially for Lunar New Year, where the Nguyen family is cleaning the house, preparing the shrine and redecorating the rooms after Christmas. On display from Tuesday 14 January - Sunday 23 February 2025

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Lunar New Year Family Day

Tuesday 18 February 2025 | Join us for a vibrant day of creativity, connection, and celebration, where we explore the snake to welcome the Lunar New Year. 

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Visit our Rooms Through Time between November 2024 and January 2025 to explore their stories. Museum of the Home is open 10am-5pm, Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays.

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