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The Horniman is free to visit
The Horniman Museum and Gardens are free to enter, but you must book a ticket to visit the Museum.

There is a charge to visit Permian Monsters, the Aquarium and the Butterfly House.
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Opening Hours
The Museum and Butterfly House will reopen from Thursday 3 December.

The Gardens are open from 7.15 am (Monday to Saturday) or 8am (Sunday and Bank Holidays) until 4.20pm.
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Horniman Museum and Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
How to find us
Forest Hill is on the London Overground, is 15 minutes from London Bridge by train, and is served by lots of buses.
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Our Cafe
Our Café and kiosks are open from 9am - 4pm, for a fresh and delicious range of snacks, treats and hot and cold drinks to take away.

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Your favourites

Big blooming peach roses in a flower bed with a path leading to a wooden gate behind them. The sky is blue and there are a few trees in the background
"Thank you for the lovely place that is the Horniman. We so enjoy it!!”
Anna, Horniman Member

Our highlights

A boy and a girl hold hands laughing as they run towards the camera. They are in a Garden, running along a paved path. To their right and behind them are colourful flowerbeds with yellow and red flowers
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Gardens

Open daily, except 25 December
Alongside the Grasslands and Sunken Gardens are a number of other fields,…
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