Geffrye Museum exterior, Kingsland Road, London GB UK Collections of British furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts
The Geffrye Museum on Kingsland Road, London, England, is named after Sir Robert Geffrye, former Lord Mayor of London and Master of the Ironmongers' Company. The museum is a non-departmental public body. Admission to the museum is free. The museum is devoted to British furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts. It shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. The emphasis is on middle class interiors and furniture, rather than the royal and aristocratic commissions often seen in museums of the decorative arts. As well as the eleven period rooms, the Museum is notable for its comprehensive reference library and furniture trade archive. The museum and its period gardens, including a walled herb garden, are brought to life regularly through innovative programmes including seminars, workshops, drama and music. Exhibitions are mounted throughout the year, showing a wide variety of themes relating to the museum's displays. A traditional favourite is the "Christmas Past" exhibition, where period rooms are festively decorated to reflect 400 years of Christmas Traditions in English homes. The museum is set in the Grade I listed almshouses of the Ironmongers' Company, built in 1714 at the bequest of Geffrye. It also has a modern extension opened in 1998, including a restaurant.
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