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Established | 1901 |
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Location | 100 London Road, Forest Hill London, SE23 3PQ United Kingdom |
Visitors | 952,954 (2019)[1] |
Public transit access | |
Website | horniman.ac.uk |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Horniman Museum |
Designated | 12 March 1973 |
Reference no. | 1079996 |
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.[2] 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.[3]
It is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and is constituted as a company and registered charity under English law.[4] In 2022 the museum won Museum of the Year, an award made by the Art Fund.