Annual Report of the Horniman Museum

One short article detailing the annual report of visitors at the Horniman Museum created by the museum’s curator Mr Quick. The article also notes that it is “interesting” that number of attendees has increased since 1892. Total attendance since that year was 41,801 (an increase of 5107 on the previous year with an average of 383 visitors. The article also notes that a number of institutions have also visited the museum including “ten societies, three clubs […] twenty private schools, […] and four industrial schools”.

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The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive.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.

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