Geffrye
Museum
136 Kingsland Road
Shoreditch
London
E2 8EA
Telephone: 020 7739 9893, 020 7739 8543
Fax: 020 7729 5647
Website: www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
Opening Hours
Tues-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1200-1700
Bank holidays 1200-1700
Closed Good Friday, 24 25, 26 & 1 January
EVENTS
Tales of London Homes 24/05/2003 - 25/05/2003
As part of 'Discover Hackney' week and MGM's 'Special London Weekend',
there will be storytelling in the reading room for children aged 4-6 and
their carers. The tales will take children on journeys to animal and human
homes from a mouse hole and a fox's den to period houses and cardboard
boxes. Saturday 24/5: 11.30am, 2.00pm and 3.30pm Sunday 25/5: 2.00pm and
3.30pm
Cultures Then and Now Quizzes 04/05/2003 - 25/05/2003 12:00 -
17:00
Specially designed quizzes for young people aged 6-16, exploring the history,
geography and cultures behind the treasures in the Geffrye Museum. There
will also be a quiz for adults designed to tease the brain and challenge
them to look more closely at the displays. The quizzes will be available
free from the Quiz Desk every Sunday during Museums and Galleries Month.
Christmas Past - 400 Years of Seasonal Traditions in English Homes
25/11/2003 - 04/01/2004 | 10:00 - 17:00
Each year, the Geffrye’s period rooms are decorated in authentic
festive style, providing a magical glimpse into Christmases past. A perennial
favourite with visitors, Christmas Past explores the meanings and origins
of 400 years of seasonal traditions, from kissing under the mistletoe
to decorating the tree and throwing cocktail parties. A feast for the
eyes and the soul, a visit in December is a must!
Homes and Gardens - Part 2 (1830 - 1914) 09/03/2003 - 18/07/2004
10:00 - 17:00
This major exhibition will examine the representation of urban, middle-class
domestic interiors and gardens in paintings and prints. The exhibition
will be in two consecutive parts covering the periods 1730 - 1830 and
1830 - 1914 respectively. It will explore different genres of paintings
and prints which depict interiors and gardens, from portraiture through
narrative or subject pictures, to pictures which show interiors and gardens
as the main subject. The paintings will be studied not only from the traditional,
art-historical viewpoint, covering an assessment of the artist and his
oeuvre, the identification of the sitter and/or the place, and an analysis
of the composition, details and meanings, but also within a wider social
context, drawing on the Geffrye Museum’s expertise in the study
of the urban middle-class domestic interior and garden history. This approach
reveals fascinating evidence about the material culture, tastes, values
and social milieu which defined the middle classes from the early- eighteenth
century to the beginning of the twentieth century.
Homes and Gardens - Part 1 (1730 - 1830) | 16/09/2003 - 18/01/2004 | 10:00
- 17:00
This major exhibition will examine the representation of urban, middle-class
domestic interiors and gardens in paintings and prints. The exhibition
will be in two consecutive parts covering the periods 1730 - 1830 and
1830 - 1914 respectively. It will explore different genres of paintings
and prints which depict interiors and gardens, from portraiture through
narrative or subject pictures, to pictures which show interiors and gardens
as the main subject. The paintings will be studied not only from the traditional,
art-historical viewpoint, covering an assessment of the artist and his
oeuvre, the identification of the sitter and/or the place, and an analysis
of the composition, details and meanings, but also within a wider social
context, drawing on the Geffrye Museum’s expertise in the study
of the urban middle-class domestic interior and garden history. This approach
reveals fascinating evidence about the material culture, tastes, values
and social milieu which defined the middle classes from the early- eighteenth
century to the beginning of the twentieth century.
Guild of Garden Photographers 24/06/2003 - 24/08/2003 10:00 - 17:00
An exhibition of current photographs by members of the Guild of Garden
Photographers.
Ceramics in the City 07/06/2003 - 08/06/2003 10:30 - 04:30
A selling fair featuring 45 potters in a riot of colour, texture, shape,
style and technique. This event provides an opportunity to see work by
some of the leading ceramicists in the country, as well as new emerging
talents. An exciting range of work will be on display, from classic tableware,
lamps and other domestic objects to innovative, decorative pieces. Visitors
will have the opportunity not just to view and buy a wide range of work,
but also to talk to the makers themselves in an informal setting. There
will also be free demonstrations by selected ceramicists.
Opening of Restored 18th century almshouse | 03/05/2003 - | 11:00
From 3 May 2003, visitors will have the opportunity to view one of the
Geffrye’s eighteenth century, Grade 1 listed almshouses, which has
been fully restored to its original condition. The almshouse offers a
rare glimpse into the lives of London’s poor and elderly in former
times and is one of only a very few almshouses accessible in this way.
The almshouse will open to the general public on the first Saturday of
each month from Saturday 3 May 2003 on a timed-entry basis beginning at
11.00pm. It will also be open on three Sundays during the summer: 15th
June, 13th July and 10th August. Limited visits will be possible during
the week for groups which have pre-booked.
From Warehouse to My House: Loft Style in the Domestic Interior
11/02/2003 - 25/05/2003 10:00 - 17:00
An exhibition of photographs by David Secombe, specially commissioned
by the Geffrye Museum, exploring the ways in which the loft style has
been adapted to different types of building. The domestic spaces photographed
for this project include old industrial bhildings that have been converted
into living spaces, architect-designed modifications to a Georgian property
and new-built properties which look to the industrial aesthetic for their
inspiration. This show, which will include the words of the people who
inhabit the photographed interiors, will focus on personal, contemporary
taste and style in the urban living room.
Gutted: An Exhibition of Photographs by Etienne Clement | 11/02/2003
- 25/05/2003 | 10:00 - 17:00
Gutted is an exhibition of photographs taken at the Holly Street housing
estate in Hackney, East London, focusing on the abandoned domestic interior.
The tower block in which Etienne Clement worked was being stripped and
prepared by demolition by explosives. He entered these spaces in order
to capture the echo of recent occupation and to record the empty shell
of a discredited piece of urban planning. Clement's photographs are taken
in a formal, architectural style which allows the interiors to speak for
themselves. Hidden stories life in these empty, uninhabited spaces. What
has been left behind, and the condition in which these interiors are left,
lead the viewer's imagination on a fascinating journey. The photos can
be scanned for the clues to the human existence they once supported, or
they can be viewed in a more abstract way. When seen en masse, these repeating
images generate a rhythm and interesting surface patterns.
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