Museum of the Home

26/04/2026

🌿☀️ We’re open as usual during both Monday 4 and Monday 25 May Bank Holidays! Come over and soak up the much anticipated sunshine in our beautiful gardens to enjoy a perfect spring day with us.

Plus, we’ve got some exciting events on the way… 👀 Sign up to our newsletter linked in bio for updates, programmes and events straight into your inbox each month.

Find out more at museumofthehome.org.uk

23/04/2026

Celebrate the beauty of materials, process and craftsmanship through our series of displays, tours and workshops for London Craft Week 2026!

Delve into the language of chairmaking as we launch 'Splats and Spindles: Six English Regional Chairs', a new free display in our Home Galleries. During London Craft Week, the display will be accompanied by film screenings of RUSH, directed by Lizzie Atherton, and curator tours for a behind-the-scenes look into our Collections Store.

We'll also be hosting a weekend programme with Vigour and Skills, a platform dedicated to championing contemporary craftsmanship and the people behind it. Engage directly with makers, explore material processes, and experience craft as a living, evolving practice through a free, drop-in exhibition fair, plus a series of live demonstrations and hands-on workshops.

🪵 London Craft Week at Museum of the Home
🗓️ Tuesday 12 - Sunday 17 May 2026
🎟️ Various prices
📍 136 Kingsland Road, E2 8EA

Learn more about the full programmes and book your tickets now at museumofthehome.org.uk

19/04/2026

Come over and check out our digital screen on site to see what we've been working on with BA Graphic Design students at Central Saint Martins (Central Saint Martins) as part of this year's Knowledge Exchange programme!

Students visited the Museum in February for an introduction and tour to our Rooms Through Time 1878-2049 and a talk from Dean Brown from Interaction Research Studio, the project lead for our 2049 Room. Students were then briefed to develop their own room set in a speculative future, presenting their scenario alongside four objects that reflects their research and inspiration from our galleries.

The results will be displayed on our digital screen from Tuesday 21 April to Tuesday 5 May, including the Monday 4 May Bank Holiday.

Huge congratulations to the BA Graphic Design students for their remarkable work!

16/04/2026

Weekend plans? Step through time and come along on a tour of our restored 18th-century almshouse dwellings to learn how the residents used to keep warm, sleep, eat, and did their washings centuries ago.

🕯️ Almshouse 14 Tour
📅 Every Wednesday & Saturday | 12.10pm & 2pm | drop-in
📍 Museum of the Home - 136 Kingsland Road E2 8EA
🎟️ Free, with an optional donation.
Spaces are limited - check in at the Welcome desk upon arrival at the museum to reserve your spot.

Find out more at museumofthehome.org.uk

Photo by Hallie Adukë Primus

14/04/2026

Enter our open call for Museum of the Home's Folk Fair 2026!

As part of our upcoming festival programme in June 2026, we’ll be hosting a Folk Fair art market on Saturday 13 June. We’re seeking stallholders selling folk art, traditional craft, or work that reflects on storytelling and folkloric traditions. In keeping with the spirit of our festival, we take an expansive and inclusive approach to folk art for this fair.

Apply by 11.59pm Tuesday 28 April 2026. We aim to get back by Thursday 30 April.

If you have any difficulty completing your application, please email [email protected] before 5pm Monday 27 April.

14/04/2026

Wanna be part of our folk-themed festival at Museum of the Home this summer?☀️

We are seeking a freelance Production Assistant to work with the commercial team with the administration and delivery of What the Folk? Festival in June 2026. This creative programme will include a week-long festival comprised of a selling fair, talks, workshops, and performances.

📌 Production Assistant (freelance)
🕛 6 weeks between mid-May and end of June 2026 | 2-3 days a week

Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 26 April 2026.

Interviews for successful candidates will be held on Thursday 30 April, with a start date of Monday 11 May.

This role is likely to involve lots of varied working patterns and will need a degree of flexibility to work with the Museum team at times and a pace that best suits their engagement.

👉 Find out more and apply before the deadline at https://bit.ly/FolkJobDescription

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you would like to request an alternative application format, please get in touch with [email protected].

12/04/2026

Join Dr. Errol Francis, Director of Culture&, in conversation with artists Güler Ates, Leyla Huysal and Yusuf Huysal, on their new sound piece ‘In Perpetuum’ installed amidst the Museums period rooms.

The event will begin with a collective listening of the work, followed by a discussion exploring how this new commission engages with The Unhomely – a concept from Sigmund Freud’s 1919 essay das Unheimlich. Often translated as “the unhomely” or “the uncanny”, the idea describes the unsettling feeling of being alien or out of place within a familiar setting.

🔊 The Unhomely – In Conversation
📅 Wednesday 22 April, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
🎫 Free, but ticketed

'In Perpetuum' is a new commission by Culture& (&) and Museum of the Home is part of 'The Unhomely', a public programme co-produced by Culture& that examines how histories of migration, displacement, belonging, and Identity shape personal and collective understandings of home. Funded by Arts Council England

Find out more at museumofthehome.org.uk

09/04/2026

Join our team! We are hiring a couple of exciting roles at Museum of the Home!

📌 Senior Learning Producer, Full-time, £40,000
[Applications close 5pm, Monday 27 April]
The interview for the successful candidates will be held on Wednesday 6 and Friday 8 May

📌Head of Collections, Programmes and Partnerships, Full-time, £60,000
[Applications close 5pm, Monday 4 May]
The interview for the successful candidates will be held on Tuesday 12 and Friday 15 May

👉 Find out more and apply before the deadlines at museumofthehome.org.uk/about-us/work-with-us/

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you would like to request an alternative application format, please get in touch at [email protected]

07/04/2026

Meet the makers of unique pieces and one-of-a-kind designs at our upcoming Yard Sale ✨

We'll have it all - from fashion-inspired small-batch ceramics and recycled silver artifacts, to unruly textile designs, quirky art prints and everything in between. Come along to pick through a range of treasured pieces, unexpected finds and studio clear-out bargains to take home.

📌 Yard Sale
📆 Sunday 19 April 2026 | General entry 11am-4pm, early access from 10am
📍 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
🔗 For tickets and information visit

On Sunday 19 April 2026, Museum of the Home transforms into a bustling hub for unique treasures and studio bargains from local makers, artists and small businesses.

02/04/2026

✂️ Drop into our shop to learn how to make repairs beautiful and practical with embroidery and textile artist Cris Pete in our live Visible Mending Demonstrations this season.

📅 Saturday 18 April and Saturday 16 May 2026 | 3pm-4.15pm
🎟️ Free, just drop in
📍 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
🪡 While this is not a workshop, you are welcome to sit in and bring along your own clothes and tools to repair together.

Find out more about Cris' workshop at museumofthehome.org.uk

We're also thrilled to see our shop shortlisted for Shop of the Year at the 2026 Museums + Heritage Awards! Shop online for sustainable designs, thoughtful homewares and tools to help products last or find our full range in-store.

31/03/2026

📌 Gardener, Full time, £30,000

We’re looking for a Gardner with a passion for sustainable gardening in a public space, an appreciation for biodiversity, and who enjoys engaging with visitors.

Working closely with the Head Gardner, the postholder will be involved in the horticultural and day to day operations and activities across all gardens and grounds, development and maintenance of garden and turf areas, enhancement of the value of our green spaces in the urban setting, and delivery of tours, workshops, and events with our visitors.

🌱 Application closes at 6pm Monday 6 April
We aim to shortlist and let candidates know by Thursday 9 April. Interviews for successful candidates will be held in person on Thursday 16 April.

Find out more and apply before the deadline 👉 https://museumofthehome.org.uk/about-us/work-with-us/

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you would like to request an alternative application format, please get in touch with [email protected]

27/03/2026

☀️ The daffodils are out and we're open as usual this Easter, including Good Friday and Easter Monday. Enjoy free entry from 10am - 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday and on Bank Holiday Mondays.

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