Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture

The Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MoDA) was a museum in North London, England, housing one of the most comprehensive collections of 19th- and 20th-century decorative arts for the home. The collections included the Silver Studio collection of designs for wallpapers and textiles, the Charles Hasler collection, and the Crown Wallpaper Archive. In 2008 the Silver Studio Collection was Designated as being of outstanding national and international quality and significance by Arts Council England. The museum was part of Middlesex University. Between 2000 and 2011 the museum was located at Cat Hill, Barnet, on Middlesex University's art and design campus. Exhibitions included: Purl (2004) The Suburban Landscape: 200 Years of Gardens and Gardening (2008); Japantastic: Japanese-inspired patterns for British homes, 1880-1930 (2010), and Petal Power (2011). From 2011 to 2023 the MoDA Collections Centre was based at Beaufort Park in Colindale, close to Middlesex University's Hendon campus in the London Borough of Barnet. During this time the museum ran several innovative research projects including The Hasler Gallery (2015); Katagami in Practice (2016-18), funded by Arts Council England; and Exploration of Social Sharing (2022), with support from the Art Fund. The museum also published a podcast 'That Feels Like Home' before and during the pandemic. The museum closed to visitors in September 2023 with a plan to end all remaining operations by July 2024.