Museum of the Home, Historical interior museum in Shoreditch, England
The Museum of the Home displays eleven historic interiors, tracing British domestic life from 1600 to the present day through furniture, textiles and decorative elements. The rooms are arranged so visitors can understand how people lived and how taste and habits shifted.
The London County Council opened the museum in 1914 in former almshouses that had provided shelter to elderly residents since the 17th century. The buildings themselves received Grade I listed status in 1977.
The name reflects the private sphere of British households, made visible through furniture, wallpaper and everyday objects from different eras. Visitors see how rooms changed over centuries and which items were once commonplace.
The building opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00, with the entrance directly opposite Hoxton Station on Kingsland Road. The rooms are accessible at ground level, although the gardens are on different levels.
The gardens behind the buildings are designed after historical models and show plants that grew in British home gardens from the 17th century to today. Visitors can trace how garden design changed in domestic contexts.
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