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The Horniman announces Climate and Ecology Manifesto
The Horniman has today (Thursday 30 January) announced our…
Join the Environment Champions Club
Join the Environment Champions Club and take part in…
Climate and ecology
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Top tips for tackling the climate emergency
We’re in a climate emergency. Species and habitats around…
Helping bees thrive on the South Circular
A new garden display at the Horniman Museum and…
Horniman Museum and Gardens declares climate emergency
The Horniman has declared an ecological and climate emergency,…
Celebrating Women in Science: Anna Atkins
We'd like to take the chance to introduce you…
Horniman History: Lectures given by Women
Inspired by our a discovery by our Librarian, we…
The Horniman’s First Female Curators
Who were the women who blazed a trail at…
Pioneering Women
Meet some of the pioneering women - collectors, creatives…
The Horniman’s female collectors
From puppeteers to journalists to anthropologists we look at…
The women and children of Barry House
Anne-Catherine Le Deunff tells us about what life is…
Create a Nature Notebook
Are you a nature explorer? Create a Nature Notebook,…
Make! arts and crafts tutorials
Enjoy making things? Love arts and crafts? Find some…
Nature Challenge: Patterns in nature
Take part in this Nature Challenge to look for…
Enjoy Hear it Live! performances online
The Horniman has weekly music performances on Thursday afternoons…
Nature Challenge: Minibeasts
Take part in this Nature Challenge to learn about…
Project Coral world first gives new hope to save Florida’s reefs
Project Coral partner The Florida Aquarium has become the…
Aquarium
(Closed 24-26 December)
Take a magical journey through rivers, seas and oceans…
Project Coral
Project Coral is an innovative coral reproductive research project…
Baby sea urchins boost coral survival rate
New research techniques from the Horniman and the University…
Double celebration for Horniman’s coral researchers
Project Coral researchers at the Horniman are celebrating the…
Nigeria60
1 October 2020 marks 60 years since Nigeria became…
Nigeria60: Adire Archives
Image Historian and Director of Joliba Magazine, Amanda Kirby…
Nigeria60: No Vernacular Speaking!
Oluseyi Awolesi has written this piece inspired by photographs…
Nigeria60: Preparation
Yomi Sode, Nigerian British writer, performer and facilitator, has…
Nigeria60: Realisation of a 99-year dream
In this written piece, Historian Emeka Keazor details prominent…
Nigeria60: Then and Now
This year on 1 October it will be 60…