Museums & Galleries · London
Horniman Museum and Gardens
📍 SE23 3BX
Photo: Marathon (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Modern Style. It has displays of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments, and is known for its large collection of taxidermied animals. The building is Grade II* listed. — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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- ✓ Playground
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ WiFi
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