Horniman Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Forest Hill, Inner London
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Educational☔ Rainy-day friendly🆓 Free entry
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Baby changing
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Horniman is a free museum and gardens in Forest Hill displaying global cultures and natural history. The museum houses collections spanning anthropology, musical instruments, natural sciences and archives. The Aquarium takes visitors through rivers, seas and oceans, while the Butterfly House offers a separate paid experience. Outdoors, the Kusuma Nature Play Area is free to visit daily. The gardens include a Tree Folklore Trail exploring myths and trees around the grounds. A cafe and kiosks serve coffee, pastries, cakes and seasonal food.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Toddler reins
- Baby carrier or slingBetter than a pram anywhere with steps or mud.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Hand sanitiser
- Notebook
- Tissues
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