Name: House of Dreams Museum
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House of Dreams Museum

45 Melbourne Grove, London SE22 8RG, England, UK

1-99 Years

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The House of Dreams Museum is a terraced house in East Dulwich, England, transformed into the personal art museum of former textile designer and art director Stephen Wright. Wright worked on the museum in secret until the 2010s, when he began to open it to the public several days each year.

Many of the thousands of objects in the museum I have collected from those locations. I mosaic, stick, and stitch objects into the walls and ceilings. There are hundreds of hand written 'memory boards' reflecting momentous events in my life, combined with my thoughts about life, overheard conversations on public transport, political commentaries and random thoughts.

Price starts from £12.00 for Adults and £7.00 for Students. If you are looking for Best place for day out with kids and families then this is the perfect destination offering fun, adventure, and unforgettable memories for everyone.

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House of Dreams: The House of Dreams Museum began in 1998, and is a diary of my life. Initially it was inspired by the TV programme 'Journeys into the Outside', presented by Jarvis Cocker, about Outsider Art Environments.
The Dented Faced Doll: Detail of the shrine in the museum. The dented faced doll (which incidently is one of my favourite in the whole house) was bought from Deptford market. It had been run over by a car.
Teeth Moulds & Glasses: Collections of glasses from junk markets in Paris and teeth moulds donated to the museum.
Part of My Family: Two sculptures I have assembled for the museum. They are part my family.
Siamese Twins: The 2 doll heads were bought together in a flea market in Paris called Vanves. As they were bought together they felt like they needed to be made into a Siamese twin sculpture. The sculpture is entitled “One is called Blossom the other isn’t”. In the background we have the “White bride sculpture”.
Shrine: This shrine is a combination of collected objects mostly from Mexico dispersed with objects I have made myself, i.e. the red glitter faced doll in the box, which was made for an exhibition for Mencap in 2014.
Feelings: This text in this picture describes how I feel about the House of Dreams, my work, and my artistic life journey. I sometimes don’t have a clue what I am doing and why. I only know it’s the right thing for me to do.
Little Black Purse: After my mum had passed on, I had to sort her things out. I was going through her handbag and found a little black purse with miniature light bulbs and screwed up bits of silver paper. I don’t know what they were saved for. I left them as they were found and attached them to a sculpture in the museum.
Dear World: On the left of the picture is the detail of a column in the museum. It forms part of an archway. The “Memory Board” to the right is self explanatory.
Little Blue & White Lion: Close up of the wall in the museum. The battered little blue and white lion was dug up in our back garden in Shavington by my dad when I was a kid. It is also trapped behind glass.
Victorian Faring: A close up of the wall in the museum. In the centre of the picture is a Victorian faring which I bought many years ago at an antique fair in Nantwich in Cheshire. It is trapped behind glass.
Ponytail: A very recent donation (January 2016) to the museum. A ponytail which once belonged to actor Richard Ashton.£12.00