Step in and explore the world from global cultures to natural wonders
Butterfly House: 10.30am - 4pm.
Gardens: 7.15am (8am on Sunday and Bank Holidays) - 8.30pm. Open daily.
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3PQ
Your favourites
"Thank you for the lovely place that is the Horniman. We so enjoy it!!”
Our highlights
Horniman Plant Fair
Brick Dinos
Ode to the Ancestors
Flock Project
Under the Sea Soft Play
Horniman Market
Members say
"Simply an amazing place. Totally unique!"
Nature + Love
Nature + Love aims to make the Horniman more…
Environment Champions Community
We are local people sharing ideas to help the…
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 features a…
Ode to the Ancestors
See archival photographs from the 1920s to the present…
Nigeria60: Adire Archives
Image Historian and Director of Joliba Magazine, Amanda Kirby…
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…
Where do you start Rethinking Relationships?
JC Niala has written the first in a series…
What was Form 696?
Summer 2021 saw the Horniman play host to a…
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…
Female palaeontologists of the present and future
To mark Women’s History Month, we’re looking at several…
The Horniman’s First Female Curators
Who were the women who blazed a trail at…
The Horniman’s female collectors
From puppeteers to journalists to anthropologists we look at…
Horniman History: Lectures given by Women
Inspired by our a discovery by our Librarian, we…
Female environmentalists who changed the world
To mark International Women’s Day we’re thinking about the…
A Horniman Lesbian Flag
Flags are symbols of pride and power. We wanted…
Horniman wins £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022
The Horniman Museum and Gardens was announced as Art…
The story behind the 696 Festival
Music Curator Adem Holness talks to us about 696.
Environment Champions Community
We are local people sharing ideas to help the…
Horniman reveals design for south London micro-forest
We are sharing detailed plans for our new micro-forest,…
Pupils take over Horniman to call for climate action
Local schoolchildren have taken over the Horniman, creating labels…
Artist Harun Morrison is awarded the Decolonising Natural History commission
Artist and writer Harun Morrison has been appointed to…