AES: Visit to the Horniman Museum
Friday, January 9th, 2009Location: Horniman Museum & Gardens, 100 London Rd, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PQ, UK.
Description: Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman began collecting specimens and artefacts from around the World in the 1860’s. Horniman’s key mission was to bring the world to Forest Hill and he opened part of his family house to the public so they could view the riches he had collected.
The Horniman Museum has three main collections; Anthropology, Natural History, and Musical Instruments. The Natural History collection alone contains some 250,000 specimens.
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