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Butterfly House: 10.30am - 4pm.
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Gardens: 7.15am (8am on Sunday and Bank Holidays) - 5.50pm. Open daily.
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Our highlights
An Ode to Afrosurrealism
Cult Hair
Aquarium
(Closed 24-26 December)
Dance Can’t Nice: Exploring London’s Black music spaces
Butterfly House
(Closed 31 July, and 24-26 December)
Monkey Business
Members say
"Simply an amazing place. Totally unique!"
Listen to the Afro Historyscapes podcast
Afro Historyscapes is a ten-episode podcast series that gives…
The Horniman’s tenor steel pan
Learn about the history of the steel pan, and…
The story behind the 696 Festival
Music Curator Adem Holness talks to us about 696.
Where do you start Rethinking Relationships?
JC Niala has written the first in a series…
The Venus Bushfires
Join us for storytelling workshops and live musical performances…
About the Art: Hamed Maiye and Adama Jalloh
We spoke to artists Hamed Maiye and Adama Jalloh…
696: Celebrating Black music in south London
Where does Black British music belong, and who gets…
Dance Can’t Nice: Exploring London’s Black music spaces
Where does Black British music belong, and who gets…
The story behind the 696 Festival
Music Curator Adem Holness talks to us about 696.
Horniman Appoints Resident Artists to 696 Music Programme
The Horniman is excited to announce the artists who…
696 Promoters Live
Join the next generation of live music promoters at…
Balamii Summer Series
Balamii present their Summer Series featuring some of south…
Join the Environment Champions Club
Join the Environment Champions Club and take part in…
The Sustainable Way
We are the Horniman Youth Panel and we’re raising…
Climate and ecology
We are in the midst of a global climate…
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,…
Nigeria60: 60 Years of Independence
Nigeria60: 60 Years of Independence contains the Horniman's collection…
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: Then and Now
This year on 1 October it will be 60…
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…
