Have visited the museum a few times over the years and it was nice to see it again after the refurbishment. A small and free museum, but with so much history. The different rooms are displaying how families lived over the ages. The gardens are great to sit and relaxed as there is a lot of seating areas to relax. The staff at very knowledgeable and helpful. I still haven't tried their cafe but I will be back to do so. I would definitely recommend a visit, when the Christmas display is on, as the rooms are all displaying Christmasses during the periods.

I love this museum and would recommend that you visit especially if you are interested in interiors. The historical room sets are excellent. The gift shop is worth visiting. The gardens are gorgeous. Make sure you pop into Molly's Cafe because the food is delicious. I wrote an article for my blog so am posting some of those photographs for you to see.

Museum of the Home is a fascinating history of how home life has evolved over the last four hundred years. It’s a huge permanent exhibition that is designed tor people of all ages.

The museum and garden is gorgeous a nice little peaceful area to visit to have a break from everything else. The museum itself is very fun, well laid out with beautiful stories from people's homes intertwined with interactive displays and domestic objects. The museum is free, and definitely worth a visit!

Wholesome and feel-good kind of a museum! The displays were lovely, though they were often more arranged by the “vibe” than time period/class of the objects. There are many interesting stories to hear, whether about the Victorian servant girls or people living in London currently. The museum is deeply humanising and invites to reflect on what might be dear to us and others. As such the museum is more focused on exercising empathy than teaching in detail about the technologies and fashions within domestic sphere, which is fine I guess. There was enough educational content to leave me satisfied, though if you look more for history of furniture I would suggest going to V&A. The staff was lovely, they didn’t throw me out even though it was 17:02 when I was finishing my visit. I wish I could stay longer! Even the museum shop was nice and comforting. The History of the Garden was a surprise and welcome inclusion! I love the current exhibition about witches, women in medicine and herbs. Good stuff.

One of the most well-curated and uplifting museums I have visited in recent memory. I left so full of joy and inspiration. I was particularly moved it their collaboration with Missing People. It’s clear that the museum’s curators are investigating in engaging with the local community.

As Museums go, this place is unique with rooms through the ages and at Christmas decorated accordingly. My first visit 30 odd years ago and the "new" development opened 1998 (now about to be refurbed) along with the redeveloped undercroft opened a few years ago. Well worth a visit to bring back memories of objects seen in Grandma's parlour. A gem of a place, so drop by and enjoy.

A fascinating window into the world of the humble UK home through the lens of time. It's not the largest of museums but it is free and you'll certainly get an afternoon's worth of enjoyment out of it. The staff are on hand to help in any way and in all, it makes for a rather underrated gem amongst the dozens of museums in London.

It was an interesting and informative display of the home and domestic objects throughout time. There was a good level of interactivity suitable for children and adults. Appreciated the plentiful automatic hand sanitiser dispensers throughout the museum. The garden was peaceful and pretty, with lots of benches around should you wish to relax for a bit.

Great day out. Staff very friendly with an interesting museum. We loved the gardens and free tea being served. Davina was great. Good to know the history and how wealth from the past has been used with the alms houses and now very much part of the community too. The recently extension is amazing too….

A stunning museum with a clear commitment to diversity, celebrating its local community and responding to concerns of the public. A collection that opens up what home means to us and that draws you intimately into the lives and spaces of other people. Its hard not to be touched by the effort put into this museum and the dignity with which it cares for people which extended to free sanitary products in the toilet. This is truly a museum that will make you reflect. In all the museum probably takes around one to two hours to go around properly. It includes rooms set up as they were in that time period, two exhibition spaces and a garden. All the exhibitions are carefully curated and built upon real life experiences and uses of the home and it will make you realise how much we do in the home, how use of the home changed in time and how the meaning of home shifts around.

Very interesting museum with many well-preserved exhibits of different eras, painting and furniture,dishes of different styles plunges us into the unique atmosphere of the past

Great Museum if you're looking for something to do on a cold winters day! It's free entry (although you do have the option to donate) and there's plenty to explore and visit to keep you busy for up to 2 hours! It details the different way we have lived since the 1700's and it shows a great presentation of what it means to be, have or feel 'at home'. Great concept!

We decided to revisit the Geffrye Museum just before its two year closing for extension. A magical and fun place to give you insights to homes of the past. Geffrye Museum transports you to a family living room in the 70's or the Edwardian era or many other eras. A fun time to see what's changed and how the home has been lived and celebrated in ages past. Worth your time and makes a business as usual day into something a little special.

Wonderful museum to visit highly recommend.

Really interesting place which explores not just the physical home interiors you could have expected to see from each period during the last few centuries, but also what makes house a home. This later aspect is explored through written and recorded testimony from a variety of people of different ethnic origins and locations. One of the elements in making a house a home relates to the objects we keep in our homes, and the emotional significance we attach to these objects. Some of these are displayed in this museum as well as items that a purely functional but are displayed here to show how these things saw improvement and development through time e.g The Vacuum Cleaner. The building itself is quite interesting built in 1714 as Fourteen Almshouses providing free homes to poor pensioners. Now the building provides a linear one way walk through across to levels where you can see all the displays. Outside, a garden strip runs parallel and along the full length of the building. This area is divided into sections representing different garden styles through the centuries so nicely complements the different interiors through time in the museum.

I recently visited the Museum of the Home, for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed my experience. It was fascinating to learn about and explore the evolution of domestic interiors from 1600 to the present day. The museum is open to the public free of charge, and there's no need to make a booking. Please note that it's closed on Mondays.

An amazing location. Set back off the main road, you'll in for a surprise as the museum just keeps on going...and going..Turn another corner and there are yet more fun things to see. Favourite part was just comparing rooms from hundreds of years ago to pretty much today. The contemporary loft apartment is worlds away from the living room of the 17th century of course, but it's a joy to spend time just exploring it. A great cafe, beautiful gardens to explore. Free lockers, fun little colourful bookshop and staffed by friendly folks. And it's all FREE!! Well, not the cafe obviously, but definitely worth a visit.

My rating is actually for the gardens as the house is closed until 2020 for refurbishment. The gardens are just a lovely place to relax and have a real secret garden feel to them. Worth a visit.

(Translated by Google) The place has been closed for renovations for over a year! I lost time to go there and face the door. (Original) O lugar está fechado para reformas a mais de um ano! Perdi tempo de ir lá e dar com a cara na porta.

Closed until 2020. Good garden for picnic

A most interesting, enjoyable and informative experience. Very good displays and interactivity for all. Lovely gardens at the rear with seating areas. However, there were fewer contemporary rooms than l had previously expected. The young female assistant in the gallery area was really friendly and keen to share her knowledge. I wouldn't recommend visiting the shop, especially with children as all items are rather expensive. Otherwise accessibility, one way system, audio interaction and larger print information are excellent.

It was a place i went to visit when I was in primary school, so taking my children to visit was great! Very nice, child friendly, there are activities for children to do, great outdoor garden where children can play, run around. There is a adorable gift shop too

Fantastic museum, going through the homes from the 1600s through to modern day. Sold really well curated exhibitions, and stunning grounds & gardens, both we and our kids loved it.

First and most important,the museum is free. Overall very interesting place to visit. I think is particularly good for teenagers to see how ordinary homes looked like throughout the centuries and more recent years and people used to do when at home. The souvenir shop was also good. They had a great selection with books about London along with everything else that you will find in a museum souvenir shop. There is also a beautiful garden where people can sit and enjoy the plants and the sunshine (if there is any). An hour was enough for me to see all. I wasn’t extraordinary detailed reading everything but Neither I rushed and took my time to read quite a bit. What I didn’t like was the lack of signs. I believe there was some maintenance work taking place in the garden and what seems to be the main entrance was closed. I walked around quite a bit until I could find how to go in. I nearly gave up on looking when I saw people working outside and they pointed to me how to get in. Then I saw several doors and again couldn’t figure out at first how to get in. Surely,some signs on the outside around the fence pointing where the entrance is will be very helpful. Another thing that annoyed me a little bit was when I was in one of the Mollspeak where I could listen to the sounds which I found fascinating. There were two members of staff chatting loud and I couldn’t hear properly because of their conversation. In conclusion,if you are in Hoxton area and looking for hour or two something free to do,that’s a good place to visit.

Did flowers for an event here. Staff professional and very relaxed. Lovely atmosphere. The garden in mid May was just beginning to be all singing and dancing. Perfect place for peaceful solitude

Fantastic free museum that gives great insight into homes over the last few hundred years. It wasn't very busy at all when we went on a (quite sunny) Sunday afternoon, which was nice. All very well laid out with lots of interesting information and personal stories.

My second favourite museum. It’s free and open to all. I love the rooms and their interiors - they are all very entertaining and aesthetically pleasing - as well as the individual little exhibition, that at the time had a little room with starry lights - very atmospheric. I even visited during the Lunar festival, and it was engaging and fun, playing mahjong was quite the experience

Lovely place where you can see the different styles London homes went through. The parlours translated me to 1700 and 1800 England and they were great to see, and beautiful. You can also see the gardens which are nice particularly in a sunny day, and also bathroom, cooking and cleaning, etc. The explanations are great to understand how people lived and the differences vs nowadays.

It is a really interesting and unique museum where History and furniture combine for the explanation about costumes habits and routine rul people in London and Great Britain lifes. If you love interior design and History definitely is a must.

Superb brickwork and architecture to the new wing, only slightly let down by the double header above the lift door. Nice coffee, friendly but poor service.

Interesting place to spend a couple of hours and also set in nice grounds which is lovely during the summer months to walk around. Particularly liked the Christmas exhibition

Lovely old building and interesting exhibits, also free and not too much.

Closed until 2020, only Almshouse is open

(Translated by Google) By 2020, the museum is closed. (Original) Bis 2020 hat das Museum geschlossen.

Lovely journey through early to mid 20th century way of everyday life

Excellent museum which has benefitted from a total refurbishment making it totally accessible. The displays are very well thought out and there is plenty of interactive opportunities (particularly in the lower galleries). The one way system ensures it is more Covid friendly and there are plenty of hand sanitisers to use after touching the displays. The reception area is very spacious and has an excellent gift shop full of interesting items to do with historical homes and gardens as well as more modern ideas. The toilets are spacious though did get busy on the Saturday we were there causing a bit of congestion in the locker area. Nice touch having lockers to leave your bags, coats, prams etc. Molly's restaurant adjoins the museum with plenty of seating, some outdoors for nice days. It was a bit pricey, though good quality, and may not be such a good option for families on a budget, though you can picnic in the front (I think, best check). Gardens are a wonderful, relaxing space full of beautiful shrubs and herbs, all named should you wish to note for your own garden. A wonderful place to spend an afternoon.

This is a well-presented look at how life in the home has changed over time, featuring diverse points of view. I enjoyed the mock-ups of how parlours/drawing rooms/living rooms might have looked over the past few hundred years. They have made an effort to include interactive displays to jazz things up about, but I don't think this place will hold too much interest for younger visitors. At the time of my visit, the pet section was not accessible. The museum has lots of hand sanitizer dispensers dotted around the place and has a one-way system in place. I believe that everywhere is accessible for wheelchairs users with many ramps and lifts throughout. There is a well-stacked, if over-priced, gift shop, a cafe (which I didn't visit) and a pleasant garden out the back.

Wonderful and well curated museum. The new Home Gallery is particularly designed, featuring fascinating stories from the local and wider-London area, as well as some excellent interactive displays (the most responsive touch screens I've ever used in a museum!). I particularly loved the mollspeak display, which was mesmerising in both concept and execution.

Lovely museum showing how the London family home evolved over time. The recent modifications have hugely increased the exhibition space. Lots of new themes explored. Great for families. Cafe is first class. Good shop as well.

Really great museum, we spent a couple hours inside, and had a very nice time.

Well worth an hour or so of your time wandering through the ages seeing how homes have moved with times. Good reconstructions of the rooms with authentic furniture. I did laugh at the 1970's room as I recognised quite a lot, could have been my front room growing up. There are some sobering elements (people missing and lost loved ones). The gardens are well maintained and worth a wander also. Frustrating when I checked in that the gentlemen never explained the basics, i.e where to start. Luckily I overheard the women explain it to another patron. Popped in the cafe after, got to say the tea/coffee is overpriced and the serving table setup by the door must be a nightmare when it's busier.

I enjoyed my visit here. Have passed this place a lot when I was younger (it was called Geffrye Museum formerly) but never ventured inside until today. The museum exhibits what 'home' means to people, since the 17th century. You see a lot of topics being discovered, such as housework, women's roles, style and taste, entertainment and technology. What I found most interesting was the stories of different people who have made London their homes. You get to read their anecdotes on how they came to London, where they settled and their perceptions of their homes. There is also intriguing artwork by photographers to capture the moments of people and their homes. A good exhibition was the 'Ethelburga Tower' (in Battersea) showing how people living in different flat have designed and decorated their main room. Towards the end of the tour, you get the see parlours and rooms as they would have looked like at the time it mentions e.g. 'A parlour in 1745', this is part of the 'rooms throughout time' which proceeds into the 20th century. There is also a room for children to take part in activities such as origami (I left a handmade paper star box) or write what they liked about the museum or what their concepts about home are. A gift shop is available too, with useful paraphernalia (I settled with a fridge magnet as a memento). There is an outdoor space too, which is the garden full of plants to show 'gardens through time'. It was too rainy for me to enjoy to the full extent, but I liked what I saw. I would definitely recommend this museum; information is not just available through text but there are some interactive parts in some sections where you can listen to people's experiences through audio, or watch videos. Perhaps I will visit once more...

A surprise find! A museum centred around the home is a pretty brilliant idea, since it provides a glimpse into many aspects of history, such as furnishing, technology and social welfare. Not a very large museum, takes about 1-1.5h to walk through it.

The main topic of this museum is very interesting and unique. I really enjoyed walking around the galleries and learning about diverse population of London. We didn’t have enough time to visit the gardens so I will definitely visit again. I would recommend this museum to families as well, children of all ages can enjoy the exhibitions, there are free activity booklets for kids at the entrance.

A charming, thought-provoking, friendly museum. The galleries explore the concept of home through people’s everyday experiences of creating and spending time at home. There are peaceful gardens, a lovely little shop and a cafe. The new name better describes the museum and is more inclusive. My favourite bit are the modern homes - the 90s loft flat and the gorgeous 70s living room. A great - and free to visit! - resource located next to Hoxton overground.

Lovely museum with great exhibitions and lots of accessibility options which made me able to see and enjoy much more. Plenty of lifts,toilets and planned seating as well as plenty of museum seats available to use. Lots of variety in the types of home to look at and a really fun day out. The gardens were closed for a private event so we will have to go back

Visited this week; staff are friendly & on hand to assist. There is a cafe & a shop to buy gifts. There are facilities to leave your belongings(lockers) space to leave wheelchairs & buggies. It's not a big muesum but well worth a visit.

I went on a recent inset day with 2 under 10s. We had a really good time, helped by their free (donations if you like) for children's work books to use around the museum and also the working garden area. The children and me designed cups and there was also an old Intendo you could play in one of the rooms (mario) . We had a great morning. There is no cafe or restaurant but the staff said we could collect food and eat it in their school room, very helpful.

Nicely done little museum with a beautiful courtyard. Recommend to go in spring/summer. Fun to see various interiors throughout history.

A very different venue .....Beautiful Allotment....is a must if you haven't been

It's a really nice museum showing how house build changed along the time. It has the rooms showing how was a dining room in the 18th century, for example. Also showing more recent times as 60's. It worth the visit and it's free.

Lovely especially the garden... But will go again in the winter when the garden is closed.

Beautiful recreations of living rooms through the ages, this museum is the next best thing to time travel.

Great little museum with evening performances and a beautiful garden 🌹🌼🌺🌻🌷

Fascinating history of the home and garden through time. Been several times and looking forward to the next visit.

Very cool museum about the middle class lifestyle from c. 1690-1890 with a small annex covering 1920-1990. They're hoping to expand, which is exciting. Entry is free and its worth your time if you like: home life, textiles and materials, historical logs of the NOT upper class. There's a nice little garden outside to sit in as well.

Geffrye explores the home from 1600 to the present day. illustrate homes and home life through the centuries, reflecting changes in society, behaviour, style and taste. Set in beautiful 18th-century almshouse buildings, the museum is surrounded by gardens - a much-loved oasis in the heart of inner-city London. This place used to be poor and elderly in the 1780s and 1880s.Enjoy the beautiful garden after the museum.

Free entry, with displays of house interiors from past periods to the modern era. Currently displaying additional information and items related to Christmas. A few things to do for children at the end. Lavatories down the spiral stairs.

Really interesting small museum on the history of the middle class home, with extensive herb and decorative gardens. Pleasant cafe too, if you feel like a coffee and a slice of cake after exploring.

Delightful little museum​. Lots of interesting things to learn and see. And it's completely free!

Charming and modest museum. A great way to spend an afternoon, also very family friendly. The café offers mouthwatering cakes and other goodies from local providers like E5 Bakery.

fantastic opportunity to go back in time

(Translated by Google) A very beautiful place. I advise you to spend the day there. (Original) Очень красивое место. Советую там провести день.

(Translated by Google) When the weather was nice, the locals had a picnic lunch and had a very relaxing and pleasant time. There was no admission fee inside the museum, but of course you can donate. (Original) 天気の良い日は地元の人がピクニックランチしていたり、とてもゆったりとした気持ちの良い時を過ごせました。 ミュージアム内は入場料無料でしたが、勿論寄付も出来ます。

(Translated by Google) Curious and interesting museum that analyzes the evolution of our homes throughout history. Furniture, appliances ... (Original) Curioso e interesante museo en el que se analiza la evolución de nuestros hogares a lo largo de la historia. Mobiliario, electrodomésticos...

must see and must come here, great view!

The Geffrye Museum is great. It has a lot of activities for children. It also has children's classes during holiday times. My kids love it and it gets them off the computer.

Amazing!

Really nice travel from the past to the future

It is closed until 2020

Beautiful and interesting museum with lovely garden and good cafeteria. Recommended

very interesting place. great design very convenient to see.

(Translated by Google) It is under construction. I did not confirm it. Sorry. (Original) ただいま工事中。確認していなかった。残念。

Good Place

A very interesting museum to visit, one must consider the past to be able to value the present .

Interesting musuem and friendly staff.

Excellent space for picnic events

Ok

Temporarily close

Really nice place to go!!!

Great little museum with a lovely garden and nice cafe.

Fantastic museum. So interesting. Amazing cafe and food. Can't wait for it to reopen. Great for kids and adults as so many things to try and answer.

Very nice garden with drinks in a relaxed atmosphere. Haven't been in the actual museum

Really nice but a little expensive!

Just popped in on the way to some where else beautiful outside event enjoyed the garden with my granddaughter

The Beautiful Allotment - summer 2018.

Pop up bar is magical

Love the new allotment outside the museum!!! 😊

Very nice place

Great place to see homes through the centuries.

The Geffrye is closed for a two-year development but we are running events in our front gardens and continuing our restored almshouse tours.

Went on a warm Sunday afternoon. Garden was packed with revelers enjoying Pimm's and other cocktails in the shade. Door had obvious security which I found surprising and a bit disturbing.

Very interesting , furnitures in UK belonging to 15th-20th centuries. Free admision. The cafe inside has a nice garden view.

Affordable and shady enough for the hot summer

The staff were friendly and the layout was fine, but I definitely found the place lacked in actual home history, and was over politicised. Why is the gift shop of a home museum dedicated to political activism? I would expect this place to still house poor pentioners if they practised what they preach.

Lovely insights into home life for all and historic view of gardens

Some sections are a bit boring tbh. But mostly quite interesting. Definitely a must see.

I very much enjoyed the Museum Of Home! :) It was interesting to see how people lived back in the day in terms of their home furnishings, cleaning essentials, board games, T.V's and technology. There is an area regarding the covid-19 pandemic and how is impacted the world in terms of activities we all did from home during lock down. There are a number of lovely paintings/pictures on the wall which they all had different stories told during the olden times. Very clean toilets with a wash dispenser inside the cubical. Very quiet and pretty garden for visitors to chill out and relax. Only thing is you can not eat in the garden as we were told that it will attract foxes but water is fine. :) Just thought I would let you know on that one! :) You can eat in the front garden or in the entrance area though. Nice little gift shop with plenty of books, post cards, aprons, pencils, erasers and other little bits and bobs! :) There was a private event going on at the front garden as we walked in so you may meet a member of the security team in order to get pass with good reason! Finally we noticed there were protesters outside the museum protesting about the statue of Robert Geffrye - (1613-1703) Apparently they want the statue of him to fall. Info on Robert Geffrye: He was a slave trader who made a fortune from Altantic Slave Trade and the merciless exploitation of human beings. Will you want him to fall? You Decide!

Newly refurbished museum, excellent to visit as well as the gardens

A lovely museum located in the almshouse built by philanthropist Robert Geffrye. The gardens are lovely, the building is really well preserved and the exhibits are a fascinating trip through time, of how people lived during different periods. There is an amazing statue of benefactor Robert Geffrye above the main entrance but back far enough from the main road that delicate people don't have to look at it unless they are going out of their way to be offended.

Lovely location to take the kids or even a little serenity…. Delightful sessions held there and friendly staff. Story time was our favourite part 🤓📖🪅🧸🪄🖼♥️✨❤️

Interesting place, still feels like it's lacking direction and is incomplete

Amazing example of how world changed in one home and amazing history of location itself. During half terms there was few activities for kids. Plenty of interesting things to discover

Really nice museum in a wonderful historic building. Very odd layout and the directions need improvement. It took a while to work out where we supposed to go next, luckily there were other lost visitors to help.

Huge improvements since our last visit three years ago. A great journey in the history of homes. Perfect for a Sunday family visit followed by a quick stroll to the Columbia flower market and a lunch at nearby Tas Firin restaurant in Bethnal Green.

didn't want to leave. So engaging and interesting!

Great museum with interesting displays of period rooms. We love to visit at Christmas time.

Great museum. It’s awesome to learn a little more about the evolution of the average British house along the years. They even have a Macintosh on display 🤓

The museum opened in 1914 . It explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with galleries which ask questions about 'home', explore lived experiences, and examine the psychological and emotional relationships people have with the idea of 'home' alongside a series of period room displays.

What a gem in the rich London museum scene. Such a great peek into the British lifestyle over time. It has great potential i hope their collection and display will grow further because I would love to see more!

This museum is really cute with some interactive parts - they even had a sensory nook, a story time area and a play area for children. The change facilities were also lovely and the building is quite accessible with lifts (I will note the accessible toilets did not have a button to automatically open the door though). It’s cool to see these rooms and home items through history - we even played an old Nintendo which was nostalgic. They have a space to keep your pram but it’s also easy enough to walk around with one.

Exhibitions were fascinating and thought provoking, sensitive to all types of dwellers over the centuries. Allow a couple hours to properly explore. It’s free and in a convenient-to-central London cool neighborhood that is not touristy but worth a stroll. I’ll definitely go back.

Highly recommend! Lovely view in the history of the home. Free entry and interactive. Not a bad way to spend an hour. Enjoyed the cozy corner whwre you could see the difference of light throughout the years. Also, the mario kart game was a fun throwback.

A great museum housing artifacts and living room layouts from the 1600's to the present day. Great to see the retro stuff, particulary from the 30's onwards. A really nice communal garden and shop on site and free entry. Friendly staff.

amazing museum. the best bit is definitely the rooms through time as this is a fantastic way to see how fashion and craftsmanship changed and improved through history. the first half is also really interesting as it has lots of information about how people lived. definitely worth going. easy to get to as well as it’s right next to a tube stop. free entry as well which is great if you’re a student.

A wonderful museum, so much to see and learn about. It's a great place to bring the whole family. It is free to enter. Some negatives are that the cafe was closed the toilets were filthy, and some of the handwashing gadgets were not working.

It’s a great opportunity to appreciate the change in the home’s style during the ages all the way from the 1800 down to the late 1990s. I met some older people there who explained the differences and such. It’s so cool. If you’re a geek like me, you’ll love it!

Free entry, friendly staff. Self-guided tour. Exhibits were interesting and had plenty of info. Nice sun room, kids' area, and garden. Playable Super Nintendo with Mario Kart in home tech area.

A really excellent museum. So many interactive elements which are super educational. Would be brilliant to take kids here. Lots of interesting areas to explore too

Have visited here a few times and there is always something new and contemporary to see. The shop has a good selection of gifts. Free entry to the museum.

Visited before an amazing Museum. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Looking forward to visiting again in the summer when other rooms have been added.