Horniman Museum and Gardens
An outdoors living museum.
4.6
from 6294 Google reviews
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About the garden
Opening times
The Gardens are open daily, from 7.15AM (or 8AM Sunday and Bank Holidays) until dusk (see website for seasonal variations).
Useful details
Garden area
16 Acres
Dog walking
undefined Yes - Dogs on leads, with one area where dogs are free to roam.
Cafe or restaurant
Food and drink facilities include a .cafe/restaurant.
Family
Yes - Children of all ages.
Bicycle storage
Yes - Yes - you can lock up your bike at Horniman Museum and Gardens.
Wheelchair access
Mostly accessible (many paths flat and paved).
Shops
Yes - There is a gift shop.
Greater London, SE23 3PQ
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Google reviews
4.6
from 6294 Google reviews
Andrea Takacs-Carvalho
2 weeks ago
5
Beautiful gardens with well care landscaping in a interesting hilly land. It is a fantastic place to bring children of all ages, in pretty much all weather. There is plenty of free activities to enjoy, like the mini animal park (although I found it to be sad). Or with a little investment I highly recommend the butterfly house. My 6 year old was extremely interested and amused. The museum has fun exhibits but the local community is honestly the best part of any experience there: super welcoming and family friendly people!
Sadique Ali
2 months ago
5
Great place for the kids. Very interesting stuff on show.... The manager is probably the person ever!!! Went out of the way to find us a quiet room.... Absolutely amazing person. Thank you so much.
Spacey Hong
a week ago
5
We had an absolutely amazing time today at the museum. My kids, 5 and 2 years old, were really intrigued by the specimen of the animals and the aquarium. The butterfly house receptionist was a bit aloof but the man working there was really friendly. He showed us a very long hanging caterpillar and made a butterfly origami for my daughter. She is holding on to it as her treasure. Thank you. The cafe is very efficient and clean and the food is one of the best in the parks and museums we’ve been to. The Guineas cake was superb. They are still serving delicious mull wine and mull cider as well as baileys hot chocolate. I went for a spiced pumpkin soup which was scrumptious for a cold day like today. The kids enjoyed their pasta and fish fingers. We also appreciated the drinking water stand where we refilled our water bottle. We really felt that a lot of thoughts have been put into making our visit enjoyable. Thank you so much to all the staff. One thing that could be improved is the online booking system. We kept having issues with it and ended up having to go to the visitor centre to get our tickets.
Marjorie Coomber
7 months ago
5
I just went to the gardens today not the museum.the garden's is a beautiful space with several things to do in it. There is a very small farm but it is still lovely to be so close to animals such as an alpaca and some sheep. There are some large musical instruments that children and adults can have fun with making lots of sounds. There is also a butterfly house which you have to book to get in but it is well worth a visit. There is also a refreshment kiosk.
byblis persephone 2.0
a week ago
5
This museum is certainly unique in London and reminds me of the Pitt-Rivers Museum located in Oxford. It is principally a museum dedicated to natural history (through the display of fossils and taxidermy animals) and also anthropology. If either of these topics interests you, I would recommend you check it out. It is also completely free (besides from the aquarium and other exhibitions).