Horniman Museum Negatives Registers: Musical Instruments

This is a photocopy of the 'PHOTOS' ledger in the Horniman Museum's Musical Instrument department. It lists the numbers of the black and white negatives of photographs taken by Bernard Brandham (Head of Exhibitions circa 1970-1990). Also enclosed is a memo from Margaret Birley, Keeper of Musical Instruments, dated 22 February 2017 explaining the abbreviations used in the register.

Collection Information

These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.

The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.

If you have any further information about objects in our collections or can suggest corrections to our information, please contact us: enquiry@horniman.ac.uk