The Geffrye
Museum of the Home
Handling Sessions for Blind and Partially Sighted
Visitors
February 2010 – June 2010 Programme
The Geffrye explores the home over the past 400
years, from around 1600 to the present day. Our focus is on the living rooms of
the urban middle classes in
Visitors can tour the museum’s period rooms with our
free audio guide or you are welcome to attend one of our monthly object
handling sessions or talks. These multi-sensory sessions provide participants
with the opportunity to explore aspects of the museum’s collections, gardens
and themes in more detail. The spring/summer programme includes: a joint multi
sensory event with the Wallace Collection and a tour of our historic almshouse.
The sessions are free, but please book in advance, as
places are limited.
For more information or to book your place please
contact our Bookings Officer, Sarah Fairbairn, bookings@geffrye-museum.org.uk
or telephone 020 7739 9893.
Language of Flowers Event
Learn about the language of flowers and then
create your own scented herb and flower bag to take home.
Date: Wednesday 10 February
Time: arrive at 1.30 and bring a packed lunch for a
chance to chat and enjoy a cup of tea. Event runs between 2.15-3.45pm
Sensation: Multi-sensory Art Event with
the Wallace Collection
Artists in the 17th and 18th
centuries show off their skill and whet our palates with their beautiful still
life paintings of feasts and banquets, depicting soft bread, meaty pies and
glistening fresh fish. Examine the food of the poorer and richer classes,
what people ate, how they grew their food and how they flavoured
it in this joint event with the
Date: 14 April at the Wallace
Collection
Date: 12 May at the
Time: arrive at 1.00pm and bring a packed lunch for a chance to
chat and enjoy a cup of tea. Event runs between 2.00-4.00pm
Almshouse Visit
Visit one of the Geffrye’s
18th-century almshouses, which has been fully restored to its
original condition, and explore the home of a retired couple from the 1780s and
a Victorian Governess from the 1880s. The session includes a room talk and
handling session.
Sunday 13 June, 1.00pm-2.00pm
Group Visits
USEFUL INFORMATION - ADMISSION FREE
Opening hours
Open Tuesday to Saturday
10.00am-5.00pm
Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays 12 noon –5.00pm
Closed Mondays (unless Bank
Holiday), Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing day, New Year’s
Day.
Facilities
Restaurant: open
until 4.45pm
Shop: open during museum hours
Access Information: All main
displays are located on the ground floor. Entrance and gardens are ramped and
accessible to wheelchairs. Facilities include: accessible toilets, lift, audio
guide, and induction loop in all education rooms.
Lecture Room: and
other areas available for hire
Gardens: Walled herb garden and
period garden rooms open April to October during museum opening hours
Contact numbers
Telephone: 020
77399893 Fax: 020 77295647
Recorded Information: 020 7739
8543
Web address: www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
Email:
bookings@geffrye-museum.org.uk
Travel Information
Buses: 67, 149, 242, 243, 394
Underground:
Old Street (exit 2) then bus 243 or 15 minutes walk
British Rail:
Parking: Limited meter places
available in neighbouring streets
Parking for disabled drivers:
Limited bays on
Map
