Includes plans of the library and lecture theatre.
Opening by Sir Archibald Geikie K.C.B., President of the Royal Society, of the Lecture Hall and New Library, Presented by Mr Emslie J. Horniman
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Story to accompany embroidery, 'Wild Life Scenery' by W. Bartholomew
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/BUBIER-BRADSHAW/003
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Photograph of conservator Eddie Paterson tending to exhibits in the Natural History Gallery', circa 1950
object | ARC/HMG/PH/NHG/MBP38
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Slide of Tu bride at Kumbum Monastery
object | ARC/BAL/002/001/008
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Letter by Otto Samson to Ann Savours, regarding the collection of Captain Scott relics from the Horniman Museum
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/036
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