The Museum of the Home is housed in18th century, Grade 1 listed almshouses built with money from slave trader Sir Robert Geffrye - Credit: The Geffrye, Museum of the Home/Jayne Lloyd Hoxton's Museum of the Home will reopen in May after a three-year closure and £18.1 million renovation. Delayed for a year by Covid, the reopening will reveal a new visitor entrance, cafe, library and learning pavilion alongside revamped galleries to house the collection of domestic artefacts spanning 400 years. Museum of The Home - new entrance opposite Hoxton station - Credit: Hufton+Crow The historic site was previously known as The Geffrye Museum because it is based in 18th century almshouses built with funds from Sir Robert Geffrye. But they were sold to London County Council in 1911 and the collection - and charitable trust which runs it - has no connection to the merchant who made his money from the slave trade and colonial East India Company.