Horniman Museum and Gardens

The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a free museum in Forest Hill, south London. Commissioned in 1898 and opened in 1901 in a building designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, it holds collections of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments, including a well-known assortment of taxidermied animals and a public aquarium. Its exhibitions connect visitors with world cultures and the natural environment; the museum won the Art Fund's Museum of the Year award in 2022.