Exhibition Archive
Exhibitions since the opening of the new extension in November 1998 are listed below. Information on earlier exhibitions can be obtained by contacting the Curatorial and Press departments on 020 7739 9893.
Christmas Past
29 November 2011 - 8 January 2012
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Ceramics in the City
23 - 25 September 2011
Main Exhibition Space, Art Room 2, Concourse Area
Press Release - Ceramics in the City 2011
At Home in Japan - beyond the minimal house
22 March - 29 August 2011
Main Exhibition space
Press Release - At Home in Japan
Christmas Past
23 November 2010 - 5 January 2011
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Ceramics in the City
17 - 19 September 2010
Main Exhibition Space, Art Room 2, Concourse Area
Press Release - Ceramics in the City 2010
A Garden within Doors: Plants and flowers in the home
30 March - 25 July 2010
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - A Garden within Doors
Eco Home
13 October 2009 - 7 February 2010
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Eco Home
Relative Spaces
13 October 2009 - 28 March 2010
Photographs by Zoe Barker
Concourse Area
Christmas Past
24 November 2009 - 3 January 2010
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Ceramics in the City
18 - 20 September 2009
Main Exhibition Space, Art Room 2, Concourse Area
Press Release - Ceramics in the City 2009
Ethelburga Tower: At home in a high-rise
7 April - 31 August 2009
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Ethelburga Tower
Newlyn Copper
9 June - 31 August 2009
Concourse Area
Choosing the Chintz: Men, women and furnishing the home, 1850 to the present
14 October 2008 - 22 February 2009
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Choosing the Chintz
Christmas Past
25 November 2008 - 4 January 2009
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Ceramics in the City
19 - 21 September 2008
Main Exhibition Space, Art Room 2, Concourse Area
Press Release - Ceramics in the City 2008
Interior Lives
17 June - 27 July 2008
Concourse Area
Christmas Past
27 November 2007 - 6 January 2008
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Home and Garden Part 4: 1960 - present
16 October 2007 - 3 February 2008
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Home and Garden Part Four
Cycle of Life: Hackney Elders in their Gardens
16 October 2007 - 3 February 2008
Concourse Area
Photographs by Sophie Verhagen
Press Release - Cycle of Life
Ceramics in the City
21 - 23 September 2007
Main Exhibition Space, Art Room 2, outside Gift Shop/Upper Concourse
Press Release - Ceramics in the City 07
Home and Garden Part 3: 1914 - 1960
20 February - 24 June 2007
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Home and Garden Parts 3 4
Christmas Past
28 November 2006 - 7 January 2007
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Ceramics in the City
22 - 24 September 2006
Main Exhibition Space, Art Room 2, outside Gift Shop/Upper Concourse
Press Release - Ceramics in the City 2006
Domestic Archaeology: an installation by The Light Surgeons
25 April - 28 August 2006
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Domestic Archaeology
Christmas Past
29 November 2005 - 8 January 2006
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
The West Indian Front Room: Memories and Impressions of Black British Homes
18 October 2005 - 19 February 2006
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - The West Indian Front Room
Ceramics in the City
23 - 25 September 2005
Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre, Art Room 2
Annual selling fair of 50 selected ceramicists.
Press Release - Ceramics in the City 2005
Private Places: Garden Photography Exhibition
5 July - 29 August 2005
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Private Places
Images in the City
24 - 26 June 2005
Main Exhibition Space
Juried art fair organised by The Friends of the Geffrye.
Press Release - Images in the City 2005
SIT? A Show of Contemporary Seating
15 February - 29 August 2005
Design Centre
Press Release - SIT? A Show of Contemporary Seating
Choice Chairs
15 February - 29 August 2005
Concourse Area
Portraits of eight members of the London design community, with a chair or seat of their choice.
The English Regional Chair
15 February - 12 June 2005
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - The English Regional Chair
Christmas Past
30 November 2004 - 2 January 2005
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Them Indoors
23 September 2004 - 16 January 2005
Design Centre
An Installation by Carl Clerkin, Gitta Gschwendtner and William Warren.
Press Release - Them Indoors
Hidden Art Revealed
23 September 2004 - 16 January 2005
Concourse Area
Press Release - Hidden Art Revealed
Kitchen Voices, Still Lives
23 September 2004 - 16 January 2005
Main Exhibition Space
Photographs by Robert Teed.
Press Release Kitchen Voices, Still Lives
Ceramics in the City
18 - 19 September 2004
Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre, Art Room 2
Flock 'n' Roll
9 March - 30 August 2004
Design Centre
Press Release - Flock 'n' Roll
Home and Garden: Domestic Spaces in Painting from 1830 to 1914 (Part Two)
9 March - 18 July 2004
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Home and Garden Part II
Home and Garden: Domestic Spaces in Paintings from 1675 to 1830 (Part One)
16 September 2003 - 18 January 2004
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Home and Garden Part I
The Bombay Sapphire Blue Room Exhibition: Glass in Contemporary Life
23 September 2003 - 11 January 2004
Design Centre
Press Release - Blue Room
Christmas Past Exhibition
25 November 2003 - 4 January 2004
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Garden Photographers' Exhibition 2003
24 June - 24 August 2003
Main Exhibition Space
Ceramics in the City
7 - 8 June 2003
Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre, Art Room 2
Gutted: An Exhibition of Photographs by Etienne Clement
11 February - 25 May 2003
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Gutted
From Warehouse to My House: Loft Style in the Domestic Interior
11 February - 25 May 2003
Design Centre
Photographs by David Secombe.
Press Release - From Warehouse to My House
Mies Meets Marx: mmm An Installation by Michael Marriott
26 September 2002 - 19 January 2003
Design Centre
Press Release - Mies Meets Marx: mmm
Ceramic Rooms: At Home with Kate Malone and Edmund de Waal
24 September 2002 - 19 January 2003
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Ceramic Rooms
Christmas Past
26 November 2002 - 5 January 2003
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
onetree
26 June - 1 September 2002
Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre and Concourse
Press Release - onetree
Ceramics in the City
8 - 9 June 2002
Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre, Art Room 2
Cutting Edge: An Exhibition of British Cutlery and Place Settings
26 March - 2 June 2002
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Cutting Edge
Cutting Design
26 March - 2 June 2002
Design Centre
Press Release - Cutting Design
After the Fire: London Furniture 1666-1714
13 November 2001 - 3 March 2002
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - After the Fire
Stripey Drawers by Wales and Wales
13 November 2001 - 3 March 2002
Design Centre
Press Release - Special Exhibitions Autumn 2001
Christmas Past
27 November 2001 - 6 January 2002
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
At Home With Plastics?
10 April - 27 August 2001
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - At Home with Plastics?
Radical Plastics
4 April - 27 August 2001
Design Centre
Press Release - Radical Plastics
The Hidden Art Selected
8 November 2000 - 15 January 2001 and 17 January - 1 April 2001
Design Centre
Press Release - Hidden Art Selected
The House Beautiful: Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Interior
18 July 2000 - 21 January 2001
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release: The House Beautiful
Christmas Past
28 November 2000 - 5 January 2001
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Contemporary Glass: Design from East London
6 July - 5 November 2000
Design Centre
Press Release - Contemporary Glass
Contemporary Furniture: Design from East London
3 May - 2 July 2000 (Show Two)
Design Centre
Press Release - Contemporary Furniture
Contemporary Furniture: Design from East London
23 February - 30 April 2000 (Show One)
Design Centre
Matthew Hilton: Furniture for Our Time
15 February - 25 June 2000
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Matthew Hilton
Rachael Howard - Contemporary Textiles
6 October 1999 - 20 February 2000
Design Centre
Press Release - Rachael Howard
Mary Beale: Portrait of a 17th Century Painter, Her Family and Her Studio
21 September 1999 - 30 January 2000
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Mary Beale
Christmas Past
30 November 1999 - 5 January 2000
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Best of Hackney
27 April - 3 October 1999
Design Centre
Press Release - Best of Hackney
Ruskin Pottery Centenary Exhibition
13 April - 27 June 1999
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - Ruskin Pottery
Christmas Past
1 December 1998 - 3 January 1999
Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms
Design Centre - Inaugural Exhibition
19 November 1998 - 21 March 1999
Design Centre
Press Release - Design Centre Inaugural Exhibition
CR Ashbee in East London
19 November 1998 - 21 March 1999
Main Exhibition Space
Press Release - CR Ashbee in East London
