Geffrye Museum frontage. The museum occupies three sides of this peaceful quadrangle (September 2005) The Geffrye Museum in Shoreditch, East London, England is named after Sir Robert Geffrye, former Lord Mayor of London. It is devoted to British furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts. It shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. The emphasis is on middle class interiors and furniture, rather than the royal and aristocrat commissions often seen in museums of the decorative arts. Image File history File links Geffrye_museum1. ...
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Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ...
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The decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile. ...
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The museum is set in the Grade I listed almshouses of the Ironmongers' Company, built in 1714 at the bequest of Geffrye. It also has a modern extension opened in 1998, including a restaurant, which is popular at lunchtime. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...
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The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ...
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1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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| Museums and Galleries in London | | British Museum | Dulwich Picture Gallery | Geffrye Museum | Hayward Gallery | Horniman Museum | Imperial War Museum | Museum of London | Museum of Performance | National Gallery | National Maritime Museum | National Portrait Gallery | Natural History Museum | Royal Academy of Arts | Science Museum | Sir John Soane's Museum | Somerset House – Courtauld Gallery, Gilbert Collection, Hermitage Rooms | Tate Britain | Tate Modern | Victoria and Albert Museum | V&A Museum of Childhood | Wallace Collection Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...
The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum in London is the United Kingdoms - and one of the worlds - largest and most important museums of human history and culture. ...
Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, London. ...
Hayward Gallery, London The Hayward Gallery is an art gallery within the South Bank Centre, situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, in central London, England. ...
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Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, London The original location of the Imperial War Museum was the Crystal Palace, located at the top of Sydenham Hill. ...
The Museum of London documents the history of London from the Palaeolithic to the present day. ...
The Museum of Performance (formerly the Theatre Museum) in the Covent Garden district of London is the United Kingdoms national museum of the performing arts. ...
The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ...
The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom, and one of the most important in the world. ...
The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in central London which was opened in 1856. ...
The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, has an ornate terracotta facade typical of high Victorian architecture. ...
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Science Museum The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, Kensington, London, is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ...
The Soane Museum is a museum of architecture, and was formerly the house and studio of Sir John Soane. ...
Somerset House in London Somerset House in London Somerset House is a large building situated on the south side of The Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. ...
The Courtauld Institute of Art is a listed organisation of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. ...
The Gilbert Collection was formed by the English businessman Sir Arthur Gilbert, who made most of his fortune in the property business in California. ...
The Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House in London are a venue for temporary exhibitions of items from the collections of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg in Russia. ...
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Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral. ...
The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square The main interior courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2004. ...
Exterior of the museum The official opening of the Bethnal Green Museum by the Prince of Wales in 1872. ...
The Wallace Collection is a national art museum located in London. ...
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