One visitors’ guide dating from January the 16th, 1890, that lists the main sections of the museum in visiting order. Some of the sections mentioned are: the Reception Room; the Spanish Room with its main attraction, the Torture Chair; the Elizabethan Room; the Bible Room; the African and Japanese Room, etc. There are also several directions (“turn to the right”; “up steps”) printed above some of the room names.
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The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive.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
