Venues

Horniman Museum & Gardens

The Horniman, through its collections and related exhibitions and events, seeks to encourage a wider appreciation of the World, its peoples and their cultures, and its environments.

The Museum opened in 1901 and was dedicated with the surrounding land as a free gift to the people of London by Frederick Horniman forever for their recreation instruction and enjoyment. The original collections comprised natural history specimens, cultural artefacts and musical instruments. Over the last 100 years the Museum has added significantly to the original bequest with Horniman's original collections comprising only 10 per cent of current ethnography and musical instrument holdings.

Further buildings were added to the original during the course of the last century notably in 1911 when a new building was donated by Frederick's son Emslie. In 1999 the Museum demolished some of the later additions and embarked on a Centenary Development to create a new extension and several associated spaces. It opened in June 2002.

Location:

100 London Rd Forest Hill ,

SE23 3PQ

Venue Details

Website:

http://www.horniman.ac.uk/contact.php

Email:

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Telephone:

020 8699 1872

Address:

100 London Rd Forest Hill

Opening Hours:

Museum: Daily 10.30am - 5.30pm except 24 - 26 December
Gardens: Monday - Saturday 7.30am - sunset
Sunday 8am - sunset except 25 December

Charges:

Entrance to the Museum and Gardens is FREE. A charge is made for some major temporary exhibitions

Facilities:

  • Education facilities available
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Library
  • Meeting room available
  • Shop
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas

Services:

  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available

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