VISITING HORNIMAN MUSEUM
Victorian tea trader, collector and public benefactor 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. As the collections increased they outgrew the family home and in 1898 Horniman commissioned Charles Harrison Townsend to design a new Museum.
The original collections comprised natural history specimens, cultural artefacts and musical instruments.
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