Plans, policies and reporting

We produce regular Corporate Plans to guide our activities over the coming years. The most recent covers the period from 2019-2022.

Our Corporate Plan 2019-2022 shows the main activities and programmes we will be engaged in over the next three years.

The Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2020 includes the Trustees’ Report and financial details on activities within the Museum and Gardens during 2019-2020.

This is the funding agreement between the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Horniman Museum and Gardens.

This report details how Horniman Museum and Gardens’ staff run, support and feed into high quality networks at a national, regional, local and international level.

These policies cover procedures for all outgoing and incoming loans of objects or specimens for exhibition or study purposes, whatever the duration.

Learn more about loans from our collections.

This document sets out the policy guiding the Horniman Museum and Garden’s acquisition of objects into, and disposal of objects from, it’s permanent collections

These documents set out the Horniman Museum and Garden’s data protection policy, data retention guidelines, and privacy notice.

The Horniman welcomes all visitors to the Museum and Gardens and is fully committed, both as an employer and as a service provider, to implementing its obligations to its diverse range of visitors and to all those who work at the Horniman.

The objective of our fundraising activity is to support the Horniman’s mission and our work by active and effective raising of funds, whilst ensuring a commitment to our values and protecting the integrity and reputation of the Horniman at all times.

The Horniman Trustees, management and staff provide a safe and healthy environment for staff, visitors, volunteers, contractors and everyone else who may come onto the Museum, Gardens and stores.

The Horniman’s Publication Scheme sets out details of how the Horniman makes information about itself available to the public.

In autumn 2020, the Horniman held a consultation with members of the UK’s Nigerian diaspora community on the museum’s collection of objects from Benin City, as part of its wider project ‘Rethinking Relationships and Building Trust around African collections’. All views expressed in the consultation were fed back to trustees.

The Horniman has now agreed a policy on restitution and repatriation, which states that each repatriation request will be dealt with on a case by case basis. It sets out a clear procedure for making a claim, including a commitment to sharing information and transparency of process.

In all cases, an external request made directly to the Chief Executive has to be made. The Horniman’s policy on restitution and repatriation is available by download below:

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk during their visit, and this document sets out the Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Safeguarding Policy Statement.

Any safeguarding concerns should be reported via comments@horniman.ac.uk

The Learning team connects people with the Horniman’s collections, displays and Gardens, designing inclusive activities where enjoyment, inspiration, respect and understanding can flourish.

Our highly-regarded formal, family, adult, youth and community engagement programmes address a broad range of learners’ interests and needs with the aim of enhancing wellbeing, inspiring a lifetime of curiosity, and creating access to culture.

The Museum and Gardens are committed to working towards the goals of sustainable development through a programme of gradual and continuous environmental improvement.

Read about some of the ways the Horniman has been getting greener.