Our purpose is to reveal and rethink the ways we live, in order to live better together.
Open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays, 10am–5pm
Closed on Mondays
Free entry | No booking required
What's on
Housewarming: A Room Upstairs in 1956
Yard Sale
October Half Term Family Day
Don't miss
Vinterior's Mid-Century Modern Dollshouse
Endurance & Joy in the East End | The photography of David Hoffman
Winter Festival 2024/25
Discover homes of winters past, present and future. Coming soon, with events to be announced.
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Rooms Through Time
Our period room sets reflecting the lived experiences of our London community—past, present and future.
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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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Gardens Through Time
From a Tudor knot garden to a modern green roof, our gardens echo changes in society and the wider world and show the fashions and innovations of the time.
ExploreShop
Explore bespoke homewares, books, ceramics, gifts and more for the special someone in your life.
Café
Welcoming you to relax before, during or after your visit to the Museum. Doors are open from dawn to dusk.
For families
Hire our spaces
Situated in East London, our 300-year-old Georgian almshouses provide a range of unique spaces suitable for corporate hires, private events, filming and photography.
Our history
Read about the legacy of our buildings, which were built with money from Robert Geffrye's investments in transatlantic slavery, and how we rethink the ways we use the buildings.
Explore our collections online
Explore objects, photographs and books from our collections, all to do with domestic life and the everyday lived experience of home.
Support the Museum
With your help we can use our collections and programmes to reveal and rethink the ways we live, in order to live better together.