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Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman collected specimens and artefacts from his travels around the world in the 1860's. His personal collection became the foundation of the Horniman Museum, which is now housed in a Charles Harrison Townsend-designed building. Horniman's original collection included natural history specimens, cultural artefacts and musical instruments. Over the past 100 years, the collection has grown so much that Horniman's original collection comprises only 10 per cent of the current museum. The Horniman also houses an aquarium, and regularly hosts music concerts and special exhibits. Some of the museum's best known objects include a gigantic stuffed walrus, a model dodo and fossils. Also worth a look are the Horniman Gardens, which are set on 16 acres and have a mix of formal and natural landscaping.
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DATES Friday 17th and Friday 24th May 2013 at 10.45am-11.15am, 11.30am-12noon and 12.15pm-12.45pm
Arts, crafts and stories in a creative play session.
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DATES 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th Jun 2013 - 10.30am-12noon
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DATES 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th Jun 2013 at 10.45am-11.15am, 11.30am-12noon and 12.15pm-12.45pm
Arts, crafts and stories in a creative play session.
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DATES 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th Jun 2013 at 10.45am-11.15am, 11.30am-12noon and 12.15pm-12.45pm
Arts, crafts and stories in a creative play session.
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DATES Saturday 6th July 2013 - 10.30am-12noon
Improve your physical fitness, posture, flexibility, strength and sense of poise.
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29-33 Camberwell Church Street, SE5 | 2.6 miles from Horniman Museum
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Catherine Grove, SE10 | 2.9 miles from Horniman Museum
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173-185 Greenwich High Road, SE10 | 3.3 miles from Horniman Museum
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London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
Pier Street, Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 4.1 miles from Horniman Museum
Located in the middle of the Isle of Dogs, Mudchute Farm and Park is one of the largest of London's city farms, covering a 32 acre ...More
London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
Rotherhithe Street, Southwark, London SE16 | 4.2 miles from Horniman Museum
All the animals on this 2.2 acre city farm on the south bank of the river Thames in Rotherhithe are organically reared. Donkeys, goats and sheep ...More
London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
4 Battersea Park Road, SW8 | 4.5 miles from Horniman Museum
Helping out man’s best friend for over 140 years, Battersea Dog’s Home has become a national institution. It’s played a part in several historical episodes -namely ...More
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London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 | Same location as Horniman Museum
The basement aquarium at The Horniman follows a long history of marine life at the museum. Sealife has been on display here since 1903 when the ...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Gallery Road, Dulwich Village, SE21 | 23 minutes from Horniman Museum
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London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
Linden Grove, SE15 | 33 minutes from Horniman Museum
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Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, SE23 | Same location as Horniman Museum
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95 Effra Road, SW2 | 2.5 miles from Horniman Museum
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136a Tanners Hill, SE8 | 2.5 miles from Horniman Museum
The Utrophia project space gives artists, musicians and filmmakers the chance to get together and gives them the space to present their works to the public. Anyone ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Havil Street, SE5 | 2.7 miles from Horniman Museum
In the heart of Borough, behind Southwark Town Hall, the Peckham Theatre offers theatre workshops especially aimed at children and young people in the borough. Their ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
149 Lordship Lane, SE22 | 24 minutes from Horniman Museum
This East Dulwich branch of Moxon's fishmongers in Lordship Lane is a friendly shop stocking ethically sourced fish and is regarded as one of the best ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
20 Northcross Road, SE22 | 24 minutes from Horniman Museum
Excellent ice cream in the summer and a delicious-looking Christmas window in the winter are the kind of thing that make this candy shop a special ...More
London > Shopping > Books
1 Calton Avenue, SE21 | 24 minutes from Horniman Museum
Hazel Broadfoot's and Julian Toland's run a superb, high class bookshop in the heart of Dulwich Village. All the staff have a real enthusiasm, thirst for ...More
London > Education > Arts and Drama
Parchmore Place, CR7 | 3.1 miles from Horniman Museum
This popular, affordable music school delivers short and intensive part time courses in music production/technology, sound engineering, vocal techniques and keyboard/guitar/dj skills. They also have studios to ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
93 Hazelbourne Road, SW12 | 3.6 miles from Horniman Museum
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London > Education > Professional Training
Elephant & Castle, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 | 4.1 miles from Horniman Museum
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London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Thicket Road, Penge, SE20 | 28 minutes from Horniman Museum
Although the Crystal Palace - first erected in Hyde Park and moved here in 1854 - is long gone, destroyed by fire in 1936, Crystal Palace ...More
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Burbage Road, SE24 | 29 minutes from Horniman Museum
One of the oldest cycling tracks in the world, the Herne Hill Velodrome was built way back in 1891 and still hosts regular training for local ...More
London > Leisure > Games
Burbage Road, SE21 | 30 minutes from Horniman Museum
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London > Restaurants > Gastropub
2 Forest Hill Road, East Dulwich, SE22 | 16 minutes from Horniman Museum
Sister pub to The Palmerston on Lordship Lane, The Herne Tavern is quite a different offering and is ideally suited to families with its large outdoor ...More
London > Nightlife > Pubs
73 Dulwich Village, SE21 | 23 minutes from Horniman Museum
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91 Lordship Lane, SE22 | 26 minutes from Horniman Museum
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Creekside, Deptford, SE8 | 3.1 miles from Horniman Museum
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Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, 2, Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10 | 3.6 miles from Horniman Museum
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