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Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA)

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Middlesex University
Cat Hill
Barnet
EN4 8HT
Hertfordshire
England

Collection details
Architecture
Archives
Costume and Textiles
Decorative and Applied Art
Design
Social History

Facilities

Parking: yes
Shop: yes
Guided tours: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Hearing disability facilities: yes

Transport links:
By Underground - Piccadilly line to Oakwood or Cockfosters, then 15 minute walk or from Oakwood take the shuttle bus from outside the station directly to MoDA.
By Bus - Numbers 298, 299 and 307 to Cat Hill roundabout
By Train - New Barnet, then 307 bus to Cat Hill roundabout.
By Car - From M25 take exit 24 signposted A111 Cockfosters for approximately three miles to Cat Hill roundabout. Access to MoDA is via either Chase Side or Cat Hill. A limited number of parking spaces are available on the Cat Hill Campus.

Contact details
Reception (Tel) : 020 8411 5244
General information (Fax) : 020 8411 6639
Information : moda@mdx.ac.uk
Richard Lumb, Education Officer : r.lumb@mdx.ac.uk
Website : www.moda.mdx.ac.uk

Open
Tue-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1400-1700

Closed
Mondays

Admission charges
Free entry to exhibitions, please enquire for charges for workshops and courses

Description
The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA) houses what is widely regarded as one of the world's most comprehensive collections of nineteenth and twentieth century decorative arts for the home.

MoDA, often referred to as 'the home of domestic design', provides an invaluable resource for everyone interested in the history of design for the home.

MoDA is part of Middlesex University, and is based at the University's Cat Hill campus.

Collections description
MoDA has an outstanding collection of wallpapers and textiles dating from the 1870s to the 1960s. Many of these are the work of the Silver Studio, one of Britain's leading commercial design studios from 1880 to 1960. The Silver Studio was always responsive to the fashions and tastes of the moment, designing in all the major styles such as the flat stylised Art Nouveau of the late nineteenth century, as well as the perennially popular traditional and historical idiom. Its work provides a vivid insight into pattern design in the English home between 1880 and 1960.

Other parts of the collection include trade catalogues of furnishers and interior decorators, the Crown Wallpaper Archive and an extensive library of books on design, architecture and town planning collected by the architectural critic, Sir JM Richards. There is a wealth of other material relating to architecture, interior design, typography and printed ephemera, all of which contribute to MoDA's claim to hold collections of outstanding national and international importance.

Key artists and exhibits
Silver Studio ; Crown Wallpaper Archive ; Sir JM Richards library ; Architecture ; Interior design ; Typography ; Printed ephemera ; Trade catalogues of furnishers ; Trade catalogues of interior decorators

Articles
News In Brief - Week Ending March 2 2008
Find Out What's For Dinner At MODA's Latest Exhibition

Events
DESIGNER STYLE: Home Decorating in the 1950s  ; Exhibition (temporary)
VESSEL/LAMP/CHAIR Exhibition  Exhibition (temporary)
DOMESTIC DELIGHTS: Printing Workshop for Adults  ; Workshop or activity session
Exhibition: INSPIRED BY THE 50s  ; Exhibition (temporary)
The Leavening in the Dough: Jacqueline Groag and the work of the Wiener Werkstatte (Evening Lecture)  Lecture
LIGHTING UP THE 50s (Workshop for Adults)  ; Workshop or activity session
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE (evening lecture)  ; Lecture
3D PORTRAITURE IN CLAY (2 day Workshop for Adults)  ; Workshop or activity session

General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Information point provided
Guided tours Collections
General guide to collections available
Specialist publications on collections available
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Public access available to collections information Disability Access
Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Induction loops in lecture theatres
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to all public areas Children and Families
Activities for pre-school children
Baby changing facilities
Events and resources for children and families
Picnic area General Education
Adult lectures and courses held
CD-ROM guide available
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students Schools Education
Direct teaching services for schools
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available Facilities
Auditorium
Facilities for private functions and events
Library with public access
Mail order service available
Meeting room available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Picnic area
Refreshments
Research facilities for academics
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