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The Museum of the Home

Registered charity 803052, on the register since 13 March 1990. The 4,036th largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

The Museum of the Home explores the theme of home through galleries, rooms through time and gardens, special exhibitions, learning programmes and community engagement activities. Formerly known as the Geffyre Museum, it is housed in the 300-year old Geffrye Almshouse buildings in Hackney,and encourages people from London's diverse communities to learn about home - a theme common to everyone.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEducation/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

Check it yourself

Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

Figures are the latest the charity has reported to the Charity Commission, current to 27 September 2026. How this site works.