Museums & Galleries · London
Museum of the Home
📍 E2 8EA
Photo: Cmglee (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Explore how home life has changed over four centuries
- Guided tours of restored 18th-century almshouse dwellings
- Family-friendly Diwali day with creative activities and performances
Museum of the Home sits in Hackney and explores how domestic life has changed over four centuries, with permanent collections like Rooms Through Time plus guided tours of its restored 18th-century almshouse dwellings every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Family events such as a Diwali day and special evenings like Changing Rooms add seasonal variety. It's a relaxed, free-to-enter museum with no booking needed and step-free access throughout, suiting families, history lovers and casual visitors alike. It's right by Hoxton station, so it's easy to reach, and with 710 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays, it works well as part of a wider London stay, with Hampstead Heath's Mens Pond beach a short trip away.
Practical details
- Open
- 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays
- Booking
- No booking required to visit
- Accessibility
- Step-free access to the museum and galleries
- Best for
- Families, with drop-in activities on select days
From the attraction's own website on 23 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Guided Tours
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🚆 Or come by train
- Hoxton 0 miles
- Haggerston 0.5 miles
- Old Street 0.6 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page