Horniman Museum & Gardens

Horniman Museum & Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
England

Website

www.horniman.ac.uk

E-mail

enquiry@horniman.ac.uk

Telephone

020 8699 1872

Fax

020 8291 5506

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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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

 Opening hours

Open daily: 1030-1730

 Admission charges

Free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Licensed for weddings
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Horniman Museum & Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
England

Website

www.horniman.ac.uk

E-mail

enquiry@horniman.ac.uk

Telephone

020 8699 1872

Fax

020 8291 5506

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

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

www.horniman.ac.uk

E-mail

enquiry@horniman.ac.uk

Telephone

020 8699 1872

Fax

020 8291 5506

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

The Robot Zoo

28 March — 9 November 2009 *on now

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

www.horniman.ac.uk

E-mail

enquiry@horniman.ac.uk

Telephone

020 8699 1872

Fax

020 8291 5506

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 face to face resources

After School Arts Club

http://www.horniman.ac.uk/events/ccourses.php

After school club to explore art and craft at the Horniman Museum, every Friday between 16.00 and 17.15. Sessions are suitable for children 8 years and over and accompanying adults are not necessary.

How to obtain

To take part, follow the link and fill in a booking form online. Course costs £15 for 5 sessions.

Eco-Buildings and Energy Saving

http://www.horniman.ac.uk/education/sch_talks_detail.php?talk_id=21

Explore the CUE (Centre for Understanding the Environment) building to learn how its design features help reduce energy consumption and waste and why this is important. Pupils will handle eco-building materials.

How to obtain

This session is only available on Mondays.
To make a booking, call Schools' Education on 0208 699 1872 ext. 157 or leave a message and you will be called back as soon as possible. Please let us know what the most convenient times to reach you are.
Alternatively, fill in the online booking form here www.horniman.ac.uk/education/sch_booking_form.php - please specify which possible date/s or half term you would like to visit.
You can also email us at schools@horniman.ac.uk. Please specify the talk topic/s, year group/s and possible dates/half term you would like to visit if booking a talk.

Family Storytelling

http://www.horniman.ac.uk/events/story.php

Watch Horniman Museum objects and the Gardens come alive with enchanting stories from around the world. Stories are suitable for children and families and are free.

How to obtain

Storytelling is free and there is no need to book - just drop in. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Call the museum on 020 8699 1872 for more details.

Storytime for Under 5s

http://www.horniman.ac.uk/events/story.php

Discover amazing stories from around the world inspired by music and Horniman Museum objects, then let your imagination run wild through free play. Stories are suitable for children 0-5 years and their accompanying adults. Every Wednesday and Friday 10.30-11.15 and 11.30-12.15.

How to obtain

Storytime is free but spaces are limited to so turn up at 10.30 or 11.00 and collect a free ticket from the Information Desk. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Horniman Museum & Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
England

Website

www.horniman.ac.uk

E-mail

enquiry@horniman.ac.uk

Telephone

020 8699 1872

Fax

020 8291 5506

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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