Toilet Tales
November, 2025
Research & Content
Design & Curation
The exhibition brings together archival research, museum interpretation, and spatial design to tell an unlikely but vital story of how toilets, baths, and soaps became markers of progress and civility. Through objects drawn from the museum’s collection, Toilet Tales traces the shift to the emergence of the flush toilet and modern bathroom. Each object reveals evolving ideas of hygiene, privacy, and social behaviour, reflecting the changing rhythms of domestic and public life.
By tracing England’s sanitation journey, the exhibition connects the local histories of design and reform to Sulabh’s own mission of advocating for universal sanitation and social change.











