Museum of the Home's displays will change to reflect changing times
about 3 months ago (02/02/2024)
Museum of the Home's displays will change to reflect changing times Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Museums & Heritage news Museum of the Home's displays will change to reflect changing times The 20th-century displays in the London institution’s Rooms Through Time galleries are being overhauled to reflect the diverse communities of Hoxton, the historic core of east London and one of the UK’s most gentrified areas Maev Kennedy 2 February 2024 Share An 1830 drawing room in the Museum of the Home’s Rooms Through Time galleries. The 1630-1830 rooms will remain open while the 20th-century displays are revamped, to reopen in the summer © 2023 Museum of the Home There is more than a bit of light spring cleaning going on at the Museum of the Home —formerly the Geffrye Museum—a much-loved institution occupying a row of beautiful Georgian almshouses in Hoxton, east London. As soon as Twelfth Night has passed, staff will begin dismantling seven of the museum’s most popular rooms, packing away hundreds of pieces of furniture, ornaments, pieces of crockery, toys, rugs, a 1970s white plastic telephone and even a 1990s mini CD player.