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Geffrye Museum

(Now Closed)

History Museum, Art Museum, and Museum

Hackney, London

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Geffrye Museum

Has a stamp of approval from Time Out London and Evening Standard

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Friederike WildNovember 27, 2016
Visit this cute museum for a free time-travel on how living in the UK looked over the past 100 years. The Christmas special in December is especially worth a visit. Kids-friendly with a fun quiz too.
MaríaNovember 13, 2017
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.
Julia S.April 17, 2016
Very interesting peek into the life of the British middle class from the 1600s to the 1990ies. If you love period rooms, this is the right place for you.
Michael B.April 29, 2017
Free entrance and very interesting museum. Nice café with fair prices as well. Afternoon Tea on Saturdays £20.
Evening StandardMay 14, 2012
A visit to the Geffrye Museum is about as close as it gets to travelling in time. Dedicated to interior design, it consists of a series of eleven lovingly recreated period living rooms. Read more
Rev StanSeptember 14, 2013
Hidden treasure of a museum about family life in London from 16th to 20th Century. Plenty of info and interactive features. Well worth a visit.
MaríaJanuary 16, 2016
There's a special light in other. Wonderful place to hang out and learn more about the evolution of the British household. Free entry.
Tom MaxwellDecember 8, 2016
Interesting place to see how the English household evolved before the American Revolution and beyond. Also 100% free
Time Out LondonMarch 26, 2012
The Geffrye’s ‘garden rooms’ illustrate changing planting styles across half a millennium, from modest designs for Elizabethan townhouses to hothouse exotics loved by the Victorians. Read more
Hoxton SalonJune 2, 2011
The free art workshops for kids are very popular - get here early if you want a place - booking opens half an hour before the start time - grab an activity sheet from the Quiz desk to keep
Bianca NgAugust 28, 2016
Unique museum of interior spaces from 1600 to the present. I loved learning about the evolution of daily objects!
HISTORY UKFebruary 15, 2011
Named after a former Lord Mayor of London (d.1703), this museum shows how the English home has changed from 1630 to 1998 with 11 ‘sample’ rooms, each with festive decorations at Christmas.
Enzo MartinelliDecember 20, 2014
Apart from the interior design exhibition also a nice cafeteria at the end of the visit circuit
Vic McGinSeptember 17, 2015
It's free! Perfect weekend afternoon activity. Check out the beautiful gardens out back.
Jack DavisJuly 28, 2015
Nice museum with beautiful gardens and a fun timeline of interior design in Britain.
HaeAn SungApril 13, 2015
Museum about houses. Garden is peaceful and cozy too.
Time Out LondonMarch 27, 2012
Named after former Lord Mayor Sir Robert Geffrye, it’s possibly the city’s most stylish museum, boasting a fine restaurant and an art exhibition space in the basement Read more
AaronDecember 22, 2015
Most renting Londoners will recognise their own homes in a mashup of the 20th century section...
B CurranMay 30, 2016
Lovely gardens and cafe is delicious.
Steffi CNovember 8, 2015
Worth a visit even just for the outside park 😍
Time Out LondonFebruary 23, 2012
Housed in a set of 18th-century almshouses, the Geffrye Museum offers a vivid physical history of the English interior. Read more
Pedro FreitasJune 21, 2015
The gardens are a gem, also love the furniture exhibition.
Elena SApril 9, 2017
Nice gardens and very interesting museum of the history of the living room
Tobias OtteNovember 22, 2014
Nice herb garden in the back. Good to spend some quite time with a good book.
Bex ClarkeSeptember 17, 2012
Lovely herb garden and grounds right off kingsland road. The museum is pretty bland but free to get in.
Arix BiNovember 6, 2016
Lovely museum of British homes 🏡
Matthew D'AmatoMay 30, 2016
Nice outdoor spaces and free entry.
Jonathan WeirSeptember 6, 2016
An absolute must on the list of non-touristy London museums
Melissa TgsApril 22, 2011
Gotta check out the 'Japanese Home' exhibition. The Curator, in the jp spirit of not collecting second hand goods - will be raffle ticketing everything showing!
Katherine M.November 20, 2014
"Museum of living rooms. Free. Near Shoreditch. It should be immediately obvious to you whether or not this is a good idea. Not hipster."
MJ WidomskaJuly 7, 2016
Gardens are absolutely amazing!
Michael B.April 29, 2017
Afternoon Tea on Saturdays £20.
Arik FletcherAugust 23, 2010
A truly unique and remarkable museum with some fantastic plans for expansion now that the new Hoxton station has opened... watch this space! ;-)
Oğulcan GirginçJanuary 30, 2016
An interesting and rather small museum
Ly NguyenDecember 1, 2016
Nice surprise! Going back in time
William StearnApril 20, 2016
Finest herb garden on the Kingsland road
Cynthia WeiAugust 8, 2010
Great museum in Hackney but nowhere for people to eat picnics indoors. Service at the restaurant not the best and I was served my worst ever, chewy bread and butter pudding once. The waiter admitted
Robin ŠJune 28, 2014
The sandwiches are very tasty!
Charlotte SallisMay 24, 2010
Lovely garden, especially on a summers day. This museum is FREE!
Leah WalkerAugust 23, 2018
Main museum is closed for renovations until 2020. Limited access on limited days.
Phil WJune 30, 2012
The gardens are wonderful in the summer sun.
Barry PerfectOctober 13, 2012
Great Gardens, open 1st April to 31st October
Ceara PixieSeptember 1, 2015
Lovely grounds
SIY AUYApril 19, 2014
Free Entrance, until 5
Lizzy NakielnyOctober 27, 2011
Free entry. Nice gardens
Tamila JazayeriMay 19, 2012
Beautiful architecture & gardens
Jordan RonronJanuary 6, 2012
Offbeat and quirky museum.
Jenny KJuly 27, 2011
Fantastic place for lunch
RoyDecember 3, 2014
Crap, simply.
alfie dennenOctober 9, 2009
Been here 5+ times
When it snows the gardens at geffrye museum are delightful.

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