Horniman Museum & Gardens

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

Website

www.horniman.ac.uk

E-mail

enquiry@horniman.ac.uk

Telephone

020 8699 1872

Fax

020 8291 5506

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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 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.

This museum has Designated Collections of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum, Library, Archive, Garden, parklands or rural site

Opening hours

Open daily: 1030-1730

Admission charges

Free admissiont to Museum & Gardens.
Charge for Aquarium and some temporary exhibitions and events.

Additional info

Our library is open to the public by appointment only.

The Ethnography and Music collections are Designated Collections of national importance.

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 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

World Cultures, Weapons and War, Social History, Science and Technology, Photography, Performing Arts, Natural Sciences, Music, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archives, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

Designated Collection

Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Rainforest of the Sea

9 March — 15 September 2013 *on now

A stunning photographic exhibition by our Aquarium curator Jamie Craggs.

Highlighting the incredible diversity of life within the South East Asia's coral triangle and the threats that are facing coral reef habitats worldwide.

Suitable for

Admission

Free

Amazon Adventure: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches

16 February — 24 November 2013 *on now

Learn about piranhas and anacondas, meet live tetras and stingrays, feel the simulated zap of an electric eel and discover the environmental dangers facing the Amazon. A mix of hands-on activities, colourful artwork, scientific research, and live specimens makes Amazon Adventure a fun, interactive experience for visitors of all ages. This is a dual language exhibition in English/Spanish.