At Home with the World exhibition

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What
At Home with the World exhibition
When
20 March to 9 September 2012
Where
Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
The Fanfare
An exhibition at London’s Geffrye Museum – At Home with the World - will look at the cosmopolitan nature of London homes over the past 400 years.
At Home with the World will show how homes in England have been shaped by many diverse cultures, from Chinese porcelain and the great craze for ‘taking tea’ in the 18th century, to the use of Islamic and Indian patterns in the 19th century, the popularity of Scandinavian and American design in the 20th century and the globalism of the 21st century.
The Geffrye Museum’s permanent exhibition explores the home from 1600 to the present day, focusing on the living rooms of the urban middle classes in England, particularly London.
A chronological series of furnished period rooms reflect changes in society and patterns of behaviour, as well as style fashion and taste.
Outside, period gardens (open April–October) chart the key changes in town gardens over the past 400 years.
For At Home with the World, the Geffrye’s period rooms will be re-interpreted to highlight the many objects in English homes that have either come from overseas or been influenced by other cultures.
The exhibition will be accompanied by study days, talks, live music, performances, storytelling and art, craft and design activities.
At Home with the World is one of a series of exhibitions across London exploring four aspects of life in this World City – Home, Identity, Journeys and Place. Stories of the World: London is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme.
The Geffrye Museum is open Tue–Sat 10am–5pm, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays 12noon–5pm, admission free.
At Home with the World will run from 20 March to 9 September.
Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
Tel: +44 20 7739 9893
Website: www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
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