RESIDE SUMMER 2021
INTRODUCING THE MUSEUM OF THE HOME THE LONDON - BASED GEFFRYE MUSEUM IS BEING REBRANDED, AT A TIME WHEN THE IDEA OF HOME IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
After a nearly three-year renovation, the Geffrye Museum in the Hoxton neighborhood of London is being rebranded as the Museum of the Home.
he concept of home—and what we use it for—has undergone a treT mendous transformation recently,
so it seems only fitting that one of the leading museums on the subject of the home front has reinvented itself. When it opened earlier this month after an £18.1 million renovation that lasted nearly three years, London’s Geffrye Museum—which was established more than a century ago and is renowned for its historically accurate galleries of period rooms—was rechristened as the Museum of the Home. The changes, according to the museum’s director, Sonia Solicari, “better reflect our renewed focus on the theme
of home and make the museum more relatable to a wider audience.” “The new campus, which doubles the public space, will be a place to discover, reveal, and rethink home together,” Solicari says, “and our public programs will explore universal themes, social issues, and diverse, thoughtprovoking and personal stories related to the theme of home.” The renovation, designed by London-based Wright & Wright Architects, whose clients have included the British Museum, the British Academy, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, is the museum’s first in nearly a quarter century.
