Overview

The Museum of the Home has series of period rooms, temporary exhibitions and charming gardens. It is set in historic alms houses but has good disabled, step free access. On this visit we attended a pomander making workshop which was hosted jointly by the Museum of the Home and The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret museum. Afterwards we spent time relaxing in the gardens. On this visit we did not explore the main museum. It is a lovely place to visit and utterly fascinating. Their events are special and creative. There is something for all age groups.

Transport & Parking

Hoxton Station (London Overground) is directly opposite the museum's main entrance and has step free access. The nearest tube station is Liverpool Street Station, which only has step free access on the Hammersmith and City, Circle and Metropolitan lines east bound and on the Elizabeth Line. Buses 149, 242, 243 and 394 stop on Kingsland Road and there is a museum entrance from Kingsland Road.

Access

The main entrance is via Geffrye Street and this is the one you will use if you come from Hoxton Station. There are 15 steps to the main entrance or a permanent ramp. I used the Kingsland Road entrance. There are three pedestrian gates on Kingsland Road leading to a large area of the lawn. At the central gate a ramp leads from the pavement down to a smooth and level path. Facing the museum the entrance is on the far right-hand corner. This has three steps with handrails on both sides or a permanent ramp. The entrance doors on Kingsland Road are automatic. Both entrances lead into a spacious reception area with some bench seating, without back support or arms. There is a staffed reception area. The activity room was located at the opposite end from the reception area. Signposting of where the lifts could be better, and we had to ask staff for help, to get us to where we needed to go. Likewise on returning to the museum from the garden we did not find it easy to locate the lift to return to the ground floor. The activity room was bright and spacious. It had windows/ doors that opened out directly into the garden. There were free standing tables and chairs. The garden had step free access. There were pathways and a beautiful selection of plants, herbs, shrubs and trees. There were benches with back support and arms in the garden. We ended up looking around and sitting down enjoying its beauty and tranquillity. Very relaxing.

Toilets

There is an accessible toilet in the reception area. This is the one I photographed. It is spacious with grab rails and emergency cord, which reached towards the ground. The toilet was clean and tidy. There are three further accessible toilets across the Museum.

Staff

Staff were very helpful in signposting us to the activity room when we got lost. We attended a pomander making workshop and the staff were very welcoming, engaging and spent individual time with people when they arrived to explain how to make the pomander and choice of materials available. Extremely helpful. We loved our session. Thank you.

Anything else you wish to tell us?

The Museum of Home is wonderful. If you're visiting London and you want to do something special I would highly recommend coming here. At Christmas the period rooms are dressed out as they would have been for their time, and is utterly delightful. A lovely place to visit. Please note they do not have a cafe but there are places to eat close by.

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