Museum of the Home

The Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum, is a museum in the Geffrye Almshouses on Kingsland Road in Shoreditch, London. It explores home and home life from the 1600’s to the present day with a series of period room displays.

The museum is housed in 18th-century Grade I-listed almshouses, formerly belonging to the Ironmongers’ Company. These were built in 1714, several structures connected with the museum are listed on the National Heritage List for England. The main museum building is Grade I listed, the niche in the northwest corner of the forecourt of the museum, and the forecourt walls, gates, and railings are all Grade II* listed.

Quinn London was appointed through a 2 stage tendering process to carry out the £12.6m refurbishment of the Museum. The Museum sat on a large footprint that was underutilised, meaning that they had 20,000 home artefacts that they were unable to display.

The key objective for the client was to open up the Museum by providing better circulation space for visitors, additional events space, disabled access to and from the adjacent Hoxton Station, and better storage of the museum’s vast collection of home objects.

Throughout the project, we worked closely with all stakeholders to develop bespoke designs. To Create 80% more space for the Museums collections, exhibitions, and events.

• GRADE I LISTED
• EXTENSIVE M&E AND STRUCTURAL UPGRADES