BEDFLY

BedFly

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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Mattresses & Sleep Basics

The foundation of a good bed — the mattress and the memory foam, innerspring, waterbed, and futon forms it takes, the box-spring beneath it, and the bunk bed that stacks two of them.

10 entries

Bedding & Textiles

Everything you layer on top — pillows, duvets, quilts, and blankets, the bed sheets that wrap the mattress, and the cotton, linen, and wool fibres they are woven from.

10 entries

Bedroom & Furnishings

The room around the bed — the bedroom itself, the bed frame and headboard, and the nightstands, wardrobes, chests of drawers, and dressing tables that furnish it.

6 entries

Sleep & Wellbeing

The science and ritual of rest — sleep and the circadian rhythm, the afternoon nap and siesta, dreams and insomnia, and the pyjamas and bedtime habits that ease us into the night.

10 entries