Museum of the Home's Revamped Gallery
Museum of the Home, a major museum in the East London cultural hotspot of Hoxton, opens Rooms Through Time: 1878-2049 on 23 July, the culmination of a six-year-long journey of research and community co-curation. The newly refurbished gallery will be home to seven new and permanent period rooms. For the first time at the museum, the rooms will welcome visitors to get hands-on in the rooms for an interactive journey into the lives and stories of people who have enriched the fabric of London over the past two centuries.
Image: A Terraced House in 1978. Image above: A Townhouse in 1878.
As part of Museum of the Home’s commitment to revealing and rethinking how we live in order to live better together, the gallery will introduce a more diverse array of narratives to the Museum’s renowned Rooms Through Time. Each room has been co-curated, using personal stories to speak to universal themes including migration, homemaking, belonging, and more. These narratives are deeply intertwined with the complex histories of migration and identity that have shaped London for generations, and which resonate on a national and global scale.
Image: A Tenement Flat in 1913.
In response to audience feedback, visitors will now have the opportunity to step inside the spaces—from bedrooms and bathrooms to kitchens and gardens—and immerse themselves in each. From the aroma of lokshen soup wafting from the stove in 1913, singing karaoke in 2024, or changing the music on a record player and curling up on the sofa in 1978, guests will be transported through time, encountering objects and fragments of the stories that constitute our shared history.
Find out more and plan your visit:
www.museumofthehome.org.uk