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Kingsland Road
London, UK E2 8EA
Neighborhood: Haggerston
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This event repeats daily until Sep 28, 2012
This major exhibition will highlight domestic objects, everything from delicate Chinese tea bowls to turkey-work chairs, that have come from overseas or been influenced by other cultures to tell a fascinating story about how many of the designs, decorations, materials and social customs that we are familiar with in our homes today and that we consider to be 'English' may have originated somewhere else.Visitors will be encouraged to engage in a dialogue about their homes and to think ... (read more)
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One of London's most friendly and charming museums, the Geffrye presents the history of the English domestic interior from 1600 to the present day. A series of period rooms containing fine collections of furn... (View all Geffrye Museum events)

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Stories of the World: Cultures Now and Then at Geffrye Museum

This major exhibition will highlight domestic objects, everything from delicate Chinese tea bowls to turkey-work chairs, that have come from overseas or been influenced by other cultures to tell a fascinating story about how many of the designs, decorations, materials and social customs that we are familiar with in our homes today and that we consider to be 'English' may have originated somewhere else.Visitors will be encouraged to engage in a dialogue about their homes and to think about them afresh, exploring how other cultures have shaped our personal spaces, our ideas about 'what makes a home' and about the way we live.
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