Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Packaging museum in Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom.
The museum displays over 12,000 items spanning from Victorian times to today, showing what people bought and used in their homes. The collection includes packaging, advertisements, toys, and everyday consumer goods collected across different decades.
The museum was founded in 2002 and relocated to Notting Hill in 2005, bringing the collection from Gloucester Docks into central London. The move placed these objects in an accessible location where they could reach more visitors.
The collection reveals how British consumers lived across different times, through everyday items, packaging, advertising posters, toys, and games that people actually bought. Walking through shows what mattered to families in each era.
The museum is located in Notting Hill and is open on different days and times during the week. Plan to spend about two to three hours wandering through the displays at a comfortable pace.
One gallery arranges products in order of when they were made, connecting them to major historical events like royal coronations, wars, and the moon landing. This helps visitors see how everyday life and shopping changed alongside important world moments.
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