Museum of the Home - What's On at Museum of the Home

 

What's Happening at the Museum

We're getting ready to welcome in Winter with an exciting programme of events to celebrate. Our Winter Yard Sale returns with elegant homewares from more than 20 incredible brands, plus studio clear-out bargains, and stalls from local London makers. Plus, the shop is filled with new ranges from Forest Folk to Kitschmas, lighting up our fabulous shop. Read on for more.

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Comfort Furniture by Elora Kadir

As part of the Artquest Unlocking the Collection residency, artist-researcher Elora Kadir crafted a fascinating short film inviting us to reconsider accessibility and its connection to disability. Using the Museum’s collections she delves into the relationships we share with the objects in our homes, exploring the ways in which they bring us comfort. Find out more

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Discover the treasures within our collections every week on our social media channels! Some fan-favourites include a century-old poem, ration books, intriguing beer warmers, and even canned brown bread. Get a glimpse into our history or catch some of them on our Youtube channel. Be sure to check back every week for more!

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At Home with Will Martin Thursday 19 October After our collaboration with Will earlier this year on our bespoke Queeriosities Supper Clubs, we're delighted to be invited for an intimate evening in his Camberwell studio and home. Find out about his creative practice and hear stories about making home as a queer artist. Book tickets here © Will Martin

For families this October half-term Free | Tuesday 24 October Join us in the October half-term to make puppets and bring them to life in our playhouse, designed by architecture educators MATT+FIONA. The playhouse is now taking centre stage in our welcome atrium, eagerly awaiting the chance to house your imaginative tales day after day. Find out more © Museum of the Home

Looking forward

Winter Festival From Tuesday 14 November With winter feasts laid out in holly bedecked halls, and Hannukah celebrations in an East End drawing room, our Rooms Through Time will be reimagined to reflect an array of winter festivities from a range of cultures over the centuries. Keep an eye out for details on our Winter Festival events programme! The festival of Hanukkah in 1745 © James Balston

Winter Yard Sale and Online Auction Sunday 26 November Our biggest fundraising event for our Campaign for Change returns with stalls from a variety of local, luxury and sustainable makers, and food by Mob Kitchen. Book your ticket now and get a head-start on holiday gifts from East London’s best brands. © Kathryn Boyt Book for entry | Support our Campaign for Change

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Winter descends on our shop Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm We have officially launched our winter range of locally-sourced, ethically-minded goods that celebrate the uniqueness of our homes. Ranges include Forest Folk Feast, Kitschmas and vintage Christmas cards reproduced from images from the Museum’s archives. Shop online or visit in person © Museum of the Home

From our friends

Houseplant Festival 2023 at the Garden Museum 22 October 2023 Join our friends at the Garden Museum. Meet expert houseplant growers and sellers, find inspiration, join workshops and pick up houseplant care tips. Stalls will include a curated selection of plant shops for all your indoor garden needs – including sustainably grown plants, design-led handmade pots, artisan horticultural ephemera and tools. Find out more © Museum of the Home

Midwinter in 1630 © James Balston

We’re free and open to all. See you soon.

Whitechapel Gallery - Autumn Season at Whitechapel Gallery

 

Autumn at Whitechapel Gallery  A brand new programme of exhibitions and events begins tomorrow Nicole Eisenman: What Happened 11 Oct 2023 - 14 Jan 2024 Book your ticket today. 'It's the opposite of porn': the astonishing art and life of Nicole Eisenman' Hot off the press! Read The Guardian's interview with the artist here.  Johanna Billing: Each Moment Presents What Happens 11 Oct 2023 - 28 Jan 2024 Find out more.  Anna Mendelssohn: Speak, Poetess 11 Oct 2023 - 21 Jan 2024 Find out more.  Unmissable Events  Special Lunchtime Artist Talk: Johanna Billing, Judith Winter, and Gilane Tawadros 13 Oct 2023 £5 "This is a talk about something and naturally also a talk about nothing" - John Cage, Lecture on Something, 1961 To celebrate the opening of the exhibition Each Moment Presents What Happens (2022), a reimagining of John Cage’s 1952 iconic performance piece Untitled Event (Theater Piece No. 1), Johanna Billing alongside will be in conversation with writer and curator Judith Winter, and Whitechapel Gallery Director Gilane Tawadros. The film and accompanying talk explore the notion of performance and the possibility it holds to explore issues of the public and the private as well as the individual and the collective.  Book Your Ticket Terry Smith: Mirror2 24 Oct 2023 £5 Mirror2 is a live artwork preoccupied by isolation, repetition, and routine – human conditions which concern, absorb, and connect us. Created during lockdown, this performance builds upon Smith’s reputation for innovation, unpredictability, and a sculptural approach to inhabiting space.  Find out more, and book your ticket here.  BSL Tour | Nicole Eisenman: What Happened 26 Oct 2023  Free Join us for a British Sign Language Tour of Nicole Eisenman: What Happened, led by Deaf performance artist and art guide Chisato Minamimura. To book a free place, please email access@whitechapelgallery.org or call +44 (0)20 7522 7888. Find out more.  One For the Bookshelf Nicole Eisenman: What Happened £45 Nicole Eisenman: What Happened documents the breadth of the artist’s career explored in ten newly commissioned texts with over 200 colour illustrations. Featuring essays from exhibition curators Mark Godfrey and Monika Bayer-Wermuth, who survey developments in Eisenman’s work since the 1990s, and Chloe Wyma, who considers Eisenman’s recent engagements with national and institutional politics. Contributors include Jadine Collingwood, Britta Peters, Ann Philbin, Helena Reckitt, Joe Scotland, A.L. Steiner and Nicola Tyson.   Buy Now From Our Friends: Autograph Hélène Amouzou: Voyages 22 Sep 2023 – 20 Jan 2024 This is the first UK solo exhibition of Hélène Amouzou's evocative self-portraits, contemplating the complex emotions of displacement and exile. These hand printed photographs are a crucial document of a migrant who has grappled with notions of freedom, exclusion, and bureaucracy – an attempt to recapture her identity and sense of belonging  Book free tickets on Autograph’s website.

The Postal Museum - What's on this October at The Postal Museum

 

What's on this October October is packed full of unmissable events for all ages. Book on for one of our upcoming activities or special events below:  Tunnel Walks are available to book from 17 Oct - 19 Dec. Post and Play, under 5s play sessions are back from 12 - 19 Oct. Dressed to Deliver, our new exhibition opens on 18 Oct. Home Ed Self-Led visits take place on 20 Oct.  October Half Term family activities take place from 21 - 27 Oct.  Post Early: Relaxed Event occurs on 23 Oct. Book now New exhibition launching You can spot your postie by their brightly coloured get-up, but what’s the history of their uniform and how has it changed? From smartly dressed Victorians and their buffed buttons to modern posties and their all-weather active wear, take a closer look at postal uniforms in our brand-new exhibition opening on 18 October. Learn more October Half Term Channel your inner designer this October Half Term with an inventive family programme designed to unleash new ideas. Take part in a range of crafts, making and storytelling, inspired by the postal uniforms in our brand-new special exhibition, Dressed to Deliver. Have you visited within the past 12 months? Use your annual ticket to come and join the activities at no additional cost! Book now Chilean Coup 50 years on: Letters as a lifeline for exiles in the UK Septemeber 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the civic-military coup in Chile that overthrew the democratic and popular government of President Salvador Allende. Gloria Miqueles was forced to leave Chile during the 17-year coup of 1973. Read her story, in her own words. Read here P.S. From our friends The Mother & The Weaver  Foundling Museum, 22 September 2023 to 18 February 2024   This exhibition takes the unseen mother, a central part of the Foundling Museum’s story, as a point of departure to explore complex ideas around motherhood, childhood, love, loss, sexuality and identity. This exhibition will show over 40 works from the Ursula Hauser Collection, all by women artists, in conversation with objects from the Museum’s collection.   Find out more

The National Gallery - Join us in October

 

What's on this October

This month, see the best of Frans Hals’s work in a major new exhibition The Observer is calling a ‘once-in-a-lifetime experience’. Learn all about the heyday of Dutch art via our unmissable courses, and be inspired by our 5-star show to create your own portrait.

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Explore one of Western art's greatest portrait painters at our "superb, swaggering show" (Financial Times). Become a Member to get unlimited free entry.

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The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Frans Hals

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New to see

Italian masterpieces

See a display of early Italian paintings including works by Piero della Francesca, Botticelli and many more.

Ground Floor Galleries

The Triumphs of Caesar

Enjoy a special display of 9 monumental canvases by Andrea Mantegna, on loan from Hampton Court Palace.

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Upcoming events

Civic pride and private pleasures

Discover the heyday of Dutch art, including the works of Frans Hals, Rachel Ruysch and Johannes Vermeer, with art historian Lydia Bauman.

Every Thursday, 5 October - 16 November
3.30 pm
Tickets £87.50
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Portraits of joy

Inspired by our exhibition on Frans Hals, join us in exploring how we can bring portraits to life through various mark-making, and attempt to capture a glimpse of a sitter's character.

From Thursday, 12 October
4 pm
Free, drop-in sessions
Room 23

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Christmas is coming

Get into the festive spirit and celebrate our collection this holiday season with our range of art-inspired Christmas cards.

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