Includes line drawings of plans of the layout of the museum from 1901 to 1995, a short statement on the restoration of the apostle clock, and FInbarr Whooley's written account on the life of Frederick Horniman on the centenary of his death in 2006 for the Friends newsletter.
Printed sources on the History of the Horniman Museum and the life of founder Frederick John Horniman
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Photographs of the Natural History Gallery, North Hall 1912
object | ARC/HMG/PH/NHG/MBP16
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Plaiting mat strips, Igarra
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/534/011
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Black and white print of bucket and staging in silhouette with water and clouds behind
object | ARC/GUP/006/328
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Black and white negative of large boat on water, looking from picket fence, framed by trees
object | ARC/GUP/006/049/001
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