after a month long holiday in Margate,
the museum was founded by philanthropist Frederick John Horniman who had used the proceeds from his world-famous tea company to travel the world and amass a wondrous collection of artifacts, instruments and anthropological oddities, eventually Horniman's collection overtook his home and he opened the house to the visiting public, the tea magnate continued to collect and in 1901 the current museum and gardens were opened, and have been attracting visitors as diverse as the collection itself,
in addition to the stacks of glass-cased displays the facility also features an aquarium and a large clock tower, today the Horniman Museum holds over 350,000 objects and continues to grow, check the website for some of the museum's many educational and family-friendly events and take a trip to one of the most immersive museums in the world, also there is a nice garden to walk around and a pretty impressive reference library I have used on several occasions, what a great way to spend a day.
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