Horniman Museum & Gardens
Horniman Museum & Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
England
Website
Telephone
020 8699 1872
Fax
020 8291 5506
The Horniman has a unique range of exhibitions, events and activities which illustrate the cultural and natural world. Our collections of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments provide the inspiration for our programme of permanent and temporary exhibitions and events and activities. A new £1.5million Aquarium was opened to the public in July 2006. A full range of events and activities take place for different audiences including storytelling and art and craft sessions for children, and courses and workshops for adults.
Venue type
Museum, Library, Archive, Garden, parklands or rural site
Horniman Museum & Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
England
Website
Telephone
020 8699 1872
Fax
020 8291 5506
The Museum holds in total some 350,000 objects and related items. The Horniman has three main collections, World Cultures (Ethnography) comprising 80,000 objects, Natural History with 250,000 specimens, and Music with over 7,000 instruments plus 1,000 archive documents. There is also a parallel education handling collection which has over 3,700 objects drawn from all three main disciplines and a library collection with texts and related items covering the main collection areas. The collections have been recognised as being of national importance with the Ethnography and Music collections having Designated status. The Museum also has an active collecting policy with regular fieldwork to acquire new objects and to find out more about existing ones carried out by curators. Over 90% of the collections of Ethnography and Music have been acquired since the original bequest by Frederick Horniman in 1901. Most objects not currently on display are held in storage at the Museum's Study Collection Centre in Greenwich, while the Museum also loans objects to other institutions for exhibitions.
Collection details
Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Music, Natural Sciences, Performing Arts, Photography, Science and Technology, Social History, Weapons and War, World Cultures
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
- Specialist publications on collections available
- Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Horniman Museum & Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
England
Website
Telephone
020 8699 1872
Fax
020 8291 5506
The Robot Zoo
The Robot Zoo
Until Sun 8 Nov 2009
Enter this amazing world of robotic creatures and discover mind-boggling facts about animals that share our world. These animal robots and hands-on interactives show fascinating real-life characteristics, such as how a chameleon changes colour and how a giant squid jets around. Learn about powerful springs that launch a grasshopper into the air and how a bat locates prey in the dark using special equipment.
Models show the animals’ insides as a host of familiar machine parts and gadgets, such as shock absorbers and pumps, which demonstrate mechanisms that make animals work. This blockbuster show is coming to the UK for the first time and will provid
Suitable for
- Family friendly
- Especially for children
- All ages
Horniman Museum & Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
England
Website
Telephone
020 8699 1872
Fax
020 8291 5506
Horniman Museum & Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
England
Website
Telephone
020 8699 1872
Fax
020 8291 5506



