Horniman Museum and Gardens
Museum · Forest Hill, England
The Horniman Museum and Gardens stands at 100 London Road, Forest Hill. The museum opens 10am to 5.30pm, the Butterfly House 10.30am to 4pm, and the gardens from 7.15am, or 8am on Sundays and Bank Holidays, to 7.30pm. The operator states: "The Museum and Gardens are free to visit. There is a charge to visit the Aquarium, Butterfly House, and some of our events and exhibitions." Forest Hill station is 481 m away by TfL measurement, on Southern and the Overground Windrush line.
History
Wikidata records the museum's inception as 1901 and the architect as Charles Harrison Townsend. The museum building is Grade II*, NHLE 1079996, listed on 12 March 1973. Two further Grade II entries cover the setting, both listed the same day: the forecourt railings, walls and piers, NHLE 1079997, and the terraces in front of the museum, NHLE 1286142. The gardens are separately a Grade II registered park and garden, NHLE 1000813, recorded by Historic England at 6.77 hectares.
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100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ
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