Geffrye Museum

Geffrye Museum
136 Kingsland Road
Shoreditch
London
Greater London
E2 8EA
England

Website

www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

E-mail

info@geffrye-museum.org.uk

Telephone

Switchboard

020 7739 9893

Record Information

020 7739 8543

Fax

020 7729 5647

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
1830 drawing room Geffrye Museum
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The Geffrye presents the changing style of the English domestic interior through a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. It is set in beautiful 18th century almshouses with attractive gardens, including an award-winning walled herb garden and a series of period garden rooms which chart the key changes in town gardens from 1600 to 1900.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Tues-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1200-1700
Bank holidays 1200-1700
Closed Good Friday, 24 25, 26 & 1 January

 Admission charges

Free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • General audio-guide available
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Toilets
  • Gardens open to public
  • Picnic area
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Geffrye Museum
136 Kingsland Road
Shoreditch
London
Greater London
E2 8EA
England

Website

www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

E-mail

info@geffrye-museum.org.uk

Telephone

Switchboard

020 7739 9893

Record Information

020 7739 8543

Fax

020 7729 5647

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The displays of period rooms lead the visitor on a walk through time, from the 17th century with oak furniture and panelling, past the refined splendour of the Georgian period and the high style of the Victorians, to 20th century modernity, seen in a 1930s flat, a mid-century room in 'contemporary style' and a late 20th century 'warehouse conversion'.

Collection details

Archives, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Fine Art, Social History

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Geffrye Museum
136 Kingsland Road
Shoreditch
London
Greater London
E2 8EA
England

Website

www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

E-mail

info@geffrye-museum.org.uk

Telephone

Switchboard

020 7739 9893

Record Information

020 7739 8543

Fax

020 7729 5647

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Design a Garden

http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/kidszone/garden/

Design a Room

http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/kidszone/room/

This online interactive game for children helps show the differences between interior design in Tudor, Victorian and contemporary times. Choose one of the period rooms to create your own design. Click on the furnishings and colours you want to use. Remember you don't have to use all of the furniture! Happy designing!

Looking for Clues

http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/kidszone/clues/

Walk Through A Victorian House

http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/learning/walk-through-a-victorian-house/

 Face to face resources

Opening of Restored 18th century almshouse

Visitors can now view one of the Geffrye’s eighteenth century, Grade I listed almshouses, which has been fully restored to its original condition. The almshouse offers a rare glimpse into the lives of London’s poor and elderly in former times and is one of only a very few almshouses accessible in this way.
The almshouse will open to the general public on the first Saturday of each month on a timed-entry basis beginning at 11.00pm. Limited visits will be possible during the week for groups which have pre-booked.

How to obtain

Open to the public on the first Saturday of each month on a timed-entry basis beginning at 11.00am. (Ring in advance for times of opening).
Price: Adults: £3.00 per head, OAPs: £2.00 per head
Children under 16: Free
It will also be open on some Sundays during the summer (check with museum for dates).
Limited visits will be possible during the week for groups which have pre-booked.

Geffrye Museum
136 Kingsland Road
Shoreditch
London
Greater London
E2 8EA
England

Website

www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

E-mail

info@geffrye-museum.org.uk

Telephone

Switchboard

020 7739 9893

Record Information

020 7739 8543

Fax

020 7729 5647

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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