Geffrye Museum. The Geffrye Museum of the Home is located on Kingsland Road in the Hoxton area of Shoreditch, London.
The Museum explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with a series of period room displays. It is housed in 18th-century Grade I-listed almshouses formerly belonging to the Ironmongers' Company which were built in 1714 thanks to a bequest by Sir Robert Geffrye, a former Lord Mayor of London and Master of the Ironmongers' Company.
On 7 January 2018 the Geffrye closed for its two-year E18m development project, Unlocking the Geffrye. The museum is due to reopen in early 2020.
Until the recent closure, the main permanent displays were a series of room settings furnished and decorated to show the main living spaces and elements of domestic life through the centuries, reflecting changes in society, behaviour, style and taste. Several structures connected with the museum are listed on the National Heritage List for England.
The main museum building is Grade I listed and the niche in the north west corner of the forecourt of the museum is listed Grade II*. The forecourt wall, gates and railings to the museum are Grade II* listed, and the two K6 telephone boxes on the Kingsland Road outside the museum are listed Grade II.
The Museum explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with a series of period room displays. It is housed in 18th-century Grade I-listed almshouses formerly belonging to the Ironmongers' Company which were built in 1714 thanks to a bequest by Sir Robert Geffrye, a former Lord Mayor of London and Master of the Ironmongers' Company.
On 7 January 2018 the Geffrye closed for its two-year E18m development project, Unlocking the Geffrye. The museum is due to reopen in early 2020.
Until the recent closure, the main permanent displays were a series of room settings furnished and decorated to show the main living spaces and elements of domestic life through the centuries, reflecting changes in society, behaviour, style and taste. Several structures connected with the museum are listed on the National Heritage List for England.
The main museum building is Grade I listed and the niche in the north west corner of the forecourt of the museum is listed Grade II*. The forecourt wall, gates and railings to the museum are Grade II* listed, and the two K6 telephone boxes on the Kingsland Road outside the museum are listed Grade II.
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