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Horniman Kids Sleepover Saturday 8 December, 7pm to Sunday 9 December, 10am Join us after hours for the Horniman?s very first sleepover! Come to the Museum once the public have left, and the Walrus is tucked up in bed, to explore the Horniman by night. Roll out your sleeping bag and camp out in the galleries, next to a dodo, or even a tiger. The evening will be full of fun activities and exciting exploration such as storytelling, crafts and trails. A light breakfast is included in the morning, plus hot drinks for the adults. Please bear in mind that this will be a very exciting experience and therefore you may not get much sleep on the night! Tickets are ?60 per adult or child. Suitable for children aged 5-11 only. Each child must be accompanied by one adult. Please see horniman.ac.uk for full details including essential information and to book your tickets.

Being Late Thursday 18 October, 6.30-9.30pm Horniman Museum and Gardens, Forest Hill Come and enjoy the Horniman after hours with a special evening of live music, workshops and more. Set designers Abby and Alice will transform the Horniman with botanical-inspired installations to tie in with the theme of the night - human beings? relationship with the natural world. You can take part in a collective art workshop to reveal a mysterious painting, have your fortune told by a spiritual medium and watch a new science-fiction video work in which a mysterious occurrence has transformed the Horniman?s much loved Natural History Gallery. We also have a great line-up of live music featuring alternative musician Paddy Steer, Neo Afro Folk artist The Venus Bushfires and folk singer-songwriters Bity Booker, Cunning Folk and Marisa, Jack & Davy. Plus don?t miss your exclusive opportunity to visit The Lore of the Land exhibition before it officially opens on 20 October, the first in the Horniman?s new arts space The Studio. As usual, we?ll have plenty of bars with cocktails and craft beers and the Caf? will be open serving hot food. Tickets are ?5 and can be booked on our website. Lates are for over-18s only.

The World @ Your Feet Saturday 8 September, 6.30-8.30pm Horniman Museum and Gardens Young people aged 14-19 years - join us for a special World Gallery event featuring live performance, storytelling, international dessert tasting, costume photo booth and mini-tours! The recently opened World Gallery is a new display of over 3,000 objects from around the world that celebrates creativity and explores what it means to be human. This event is organised and run by young people for young people aged 14?19 years. Free entry but there are limited spaces so arrive early. Come and explore - the world is at your feet! Find out more: https://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/horniman-youth-panel-present-the-world-at-your-feet-1448

Join us at the Horniman for the closing festival of our Shared World season with a free day celebration of global cultures, including carnival parades, Turkish folk music, Balkan dance beats, North African Gnawa sounds and pop-up dance performances. There will be live music on the Bandstand, carnival performances around the Gardens, workshops to make fruity floral headdresses or cress houses, food, facepainting and more. Sunday 2 September - 10.30am - 5pm https://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/flavours-of-the-world-festival

Arts Award Summer School for Young People Monday 6 - Friday 10 August Horniman Museum and Gardens Calling all young people! Get creative, learn new skills and earn an Arts Award qualification this summer. If you are aged 14-19, the Horniman is offering you an exciting opportunity to participate in a week long programme of creative workshops from 6-10 August, while working towards a Level 1 accredited Bronze Arts Award. Alongside the organisation Tiger Monkey UK, each day you will explore the Museum, and get creative using mediums such as video, sculpture, radio, drawing and painting. You do not need any previous arts experience - this is an opportunity to get inspired, learn new skills and go on a creative journey. The Arts Award Summer School is free with lunch and travel expenses included. This opportunity is open to anyone who is interested, and priority is given if you are out-of-school or on pupil premium. For more information and to book, contact Rudi by email at [email protected] or call 020 8699 1872 (ext 160).

Horniman Christmas Market Thursday 7 December, 5.30-9.30pm Free entry The Horniman Museum and Gardens is holding a special late night Christmas shopping experience with gorgeous gifts, craft beer, mulled wine, workshops and your favourite festive tunes. Pick-up perfect presents ranging from beautiful accessories to organic skincare products from dozens of local designers and makers, and enjoy some craft beer as the London Brewers? Market take over the Conservatory with 10 craft breweries. We'll also have festive tunes from live DJs, winter songs from the Raise the Roof choir, and food and cocktails in the Cafe. Bring your friends and make an evening of it! More information about all the stalls are on our website www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/horniman-christmas-market You can also keep up to date with the event on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/events/1911227099126374/

Thank you to so many of you who have already pledged and shared the crowdfunder, we?ve been bowled over by your support! We still need your help to reach our target of ?30,000. Please continue to share the link http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/worldgallery with all your friends, family, neighbours and everyone you know who loves the Horniman, and help us make this campaign a success. There are now just 7 days remaining for everyone to be a part of our World Gallery crowdfunding campaign. Don?t miss out on rewards ranging from tote bags to tours ? and we have just released two new benefits of a limited edition print and a behind-the-scenes visit to our store. The campaign ends on 7 November. The World Gallery, opening in June 2018, will celebrate the wonder and complexity of what it means to be human, with 3,000 extraordinary objects from our internationally important Anthropology collection displayed in a transformed gallery space.

Some of you may have noticed the scaffolding around the Horniman or noticed that we have a couple of galleries closed. We have been working on developing a new World Gallery, celebrating what it means to be human. It will include more than 3,000 objects from around the world, works of art and fun things to touch, play with and even smell. We want the World Gallery to be a place of inspiration for visitors of all ages, to promote tolerance, respect and empathy. Attached are a couple of artist impressions. Thank you to anyone who has already supported and shared our crowdfunding appeal. We have got off to a great start but we still really need your help to make this a success! Please share the link http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/worldgallery with all your friends, family, neighbours and everyone you know who loves the Horniman, and help us reach our target of ?30,000. Thank you.

Hi everyone Horniman Museum and Gardens here. Yes, we have taken over the running of the Farmer?s Market two weeks ago and have just appointed someone who will be running the Market, working with the stallholders and telling people what they can expect from week to week online and around the Horniman site. I will certainly pass on your comments about lactose free drinks to her, as well as the other comments in this thread. We are really excited about bringing the Market in house and you will be hearing more about the Market very soon. In the meantime if you have any comments about what you would like to see (like Bobbsy's lactose free milk) please do drop us a line at [email protected] and we will see what we can do.

Project Morrinho Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, SE23 3PQ Tuesday 21 June - 1pm-4pm Wednesday 22 June - 2.30pm-5.30pm We?re looking for people to help us create a miniature favela in front of the Horniman library as part of Project Morrinho. Activities will include painting, carving, breaking the bricks and placing them in the overall structure. The Project Morrinho Horniman Favela will stay in place throughout the summer as part of the Horniman?s Festival of Brasil, and this workshop is a great opportunity to get involved in the Festival. All workshops will be taking place in the Gardens and will be outdoors. No specialist skills are needed but you will need to dress appropriately for the weather and for working outdoors, such as wearing sturdy shoes and clothes that may get dirty. Unfortunately the workshop is not suitable for children under 12 years old. The workshop is free but booking is essential. Find out more and book your place at horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/project-morrinho-workshop Project Morrinho is a social and cultural project started by local youth in Rio de Janeiro during 1998. Find out more on our website.

Africarnival! Sunday 30 August 12-6pm Free entry If you?re staying local this weekend, don?t miss Africarnival, the last of our African Summer events - which promises to be a colourful celebration of our African season featuring circus performers, dancing, music, exuberant carnival parades and workshops. We also have African street food including Ghanaian cuisine. For the carnival parade, Mandinga Arts, one of the performers, has been working with a number of community partners and artists to create extraordinary costumes, masks and puppets inspired by the African collections at the Horniman. You can see a preview of what they?ve created on our blog. The full Africarnival programme is on our website www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/africarnival We hope you've had a great summer so far and we hope to see you on Sunday to help us celebrate the end of our African Summer. Horniman Museum and Gardens 100 London Road Forest Hill SE23 3PQ

African Late Thursday 6 August, 6.30-9.30pm We?ve been looking forward to this Thursday?s after-hours event for a while! Join us for food, drink and performances inspired by the rich culture of Africa and the African Diaspora including the premiere of two new dance works specially commissioned for African Late. Throughout the evening experience atmospheric live music, beautiful dance in the Gardens, films and documentaries by young African filmmakers, stories in the galleries, street performances and tours. It?s another great chance to explore the Museum and Gardens without children and to kick back and relax with friends. The Caf? and bars will be open, and African street food available. Tickets are ?5. Please book your tickets online or tickets will be available on the door. Please note that this event is suitable for over-18s only. Horniman Museum and Gardens 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ Overground: Forest Hill Bus: 185, 176

Jazz Picnics Horniman Museum and Gardens Bandstand Terrace Every Thursday, 9 ? 30 July, 6.30-8.30pm Chill out to free jazz concerts during sunset with a drink in a deck chair and view over London at the Horniman. This year our popular Jazz Picnic series explores the mesmerising sounds of African jazz, from Afro blues to Afrobeat. The Horniman Caf? will be open on the Bandstand serving a selection of food and drink. Thursday 9 July: Abdoulaye Samb & Minnjiaraby Minnjiaraby is a band founded by Senegalese guitarist Abdoulaye Samb. Their music is inspired by Fula and Mandinka cultures, and interwoven with Rumba, Mbalax, Afro-Latin and deep blues. Find out more Thursday 16 July: Seeds of Creation Legendary Seddik Zebiri from Algeria and his multicultural band Seeds of Creation play an intriguing blend of traditional Berber music with Reggae, Jazz, Afro Blues and raw Psychedelic sounds that will transport you from South London deep into the heart of the Sahara. Find out more. Thursday 23 July: Namvula Folk and urban music traditions from Namvula?s Zambian homeland blend with sounds from her Scottish roots and London?s vibrant eclectic music scene. Namvula is backed by a stellar band of some of the UK?s most respected African and jazz musicians, including Mercury nominated bassist Liran Donin and saxophonist Chris Williams, percussionist Mamadou Sarr and guitarist Jack Ross. Find out more. Thursday 30 July: Dele Sosimi Quartet Grab your dancing shoes and join the UK?s multiple award winning Afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi. Dele's music is a blend of complex funk grooves, Nigerian traditional music (including hi-life), and African percussion, underpinning the jazz horns and solos from other instruments, as well as rhythmical singing. Find out more. These Jazz Picnics are part of our African Summer season, on until 30 August. See what else is on during African Summer at horniman.ac.uk/africansummer Nearest train/overground station: Forest Hill Buses: 185, 176, 197, 363

We have a vacancy that might be perfect for someone living locally. We?re looking for a part-time Facilities Assistant to help support the Horniman?s busy and successful public events programme and commercial operation. Duties include setting up and maintaining equipment, troubleshooting basic technical and facilities issues and ensuring that our spaces meet the highest standards in terms of presentation. Practical experience of working in a facilities type role is required as well as a flexible approach to tasks and working hours. Core hours are Friday 9-5pm and remaining hours are flexible. If you are interested in this role please visit our website www.horniman.ac.uk/jobs for a full job description and details of how to apply. Equally if you know of anyone who might be suitable for the role, please do pass on this information. The closing date for completed applications is 10am on Wednesday 1 April 2015 and interviews will be held on Monday 13 April 2015. The Horniman is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Outdoor Film Screenings at the Horniman Museum and Gardens Thursday, 21 & 28 August Doors open 8pm. Films start 8.30pm Enjoy some rarely seen Edwardian films in our glorious Gardens in partnership with MASH Cinema and powered by the amazing bikes of Electric Pedals. The Horniman Caf? will be open serving food and drinks on each night. Thursday 21 August: The Journey of Georges M?li?s Short films by master of fantasy and dream worlds Georges M?li?s: A Trip to the Moon (1902), The Impossible Voyage (1904) and The Conquest to the Pole (1912). Professional magician and pioneer of cinema, M?li?s combined illusion, comic burlesque and pantomime to treat themes of fantasy in a playful and absurd fashion. Tickets: ?10. Book tickets and find out more. Thursday 28 August: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (with live orchestra) The first motion picture to be filmed underwater, Jules Vernes?s silent classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) is accompanied with a live performance by Orchestra Elastique. In this one-off performance, Orchestra Elastique?s improvised live score creates an audio seascape which responds to the film?s flickering imagery and grand storyline. Tickets: ?10. Book tickets and find out more Horniman Museum and Gardens 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ Buses: 176, 185 www.horniman.ac.uk

Great Animal Tales Every Friday from 1 to 29 August 11am & 12.15pm Join us for a musical adventure and stories. Become part of a magical journey exploring sounds and stories from the world?s wild places taking you from the Sumatran rainforest to South East London! Inspired by the Horniman?s Great Animal Orchestra exhibition which features spectacular sounds from nature. For children under 5 and their families. Tickets: ?2 Child (0+ years). Accompanying adults free. http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/great-animal-tales

Come and visit the Horniman Farmers' Market every Saturday 9am - 1:30pm- Local Farmers' Market on your doorstep in beautiful surroundings. A locally sourced, locally sold farmers' market selling vegetables, meat, fish, bread, flowers, hot food and much more in our glorious Gardens. Visit horniman.ac.uk/visit/events for more information on all our Stallholders. Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill SE23 3PQ horniman.ac.uk

We're pleased to host this unique event with British analogue electronic collective Metamono as part of their international series of live shows, and as part of the Horniman's contribution to the Chelsea Fringe Festival. Secrets of Nature ? Sounds Unseen with Metamono Friday 6 June, 7-8.30pm Horniman Museum and Gardens British analogue electronic collective Metamono present an evening of specially composed music for ground-breaking short films from the early days of cinema. Find out more and watch the trailer. Tickets: ?8. Book tickets at www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/secrets-of-nature-sounds-unseen-with-metamono Over-18s only. Horniman Museum and Gardens 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ Rail/Overground: Forest Hill

This Thursday, stay local and have an extreme night out at the Horniman Museum and Gardens at our next after hours event for adults. Extremes Late Thursday 15 May, 6.30-9.30pm Get your portrait drawn by satirical cartoonists Modern Toss in their special Photo Booth who also showcase a selection of their extreme installations, discover extreme objects from our collections, see acrobatics in the Gardens, hear Victorian folk tales in the Natural History Gallery and enjoy live music. As usual, the Horniman Cafe and bars will be open and street food will be next to the Conservatory. Find out more on our website. Tickets are ?5. Beat the queues and buy your tickets in advance on our website. Over-18s only. Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill SE23 3PQ horniman.ac.uk

Hi there, For those that are interested, here is some information about the Horniman's Pond Dipping sessions this summer. You can also see further details on our website at: www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/nature-explorers-pond-dipping-582 The Pond Dipping sessions run every Tuesday during the summer holidays at: 11am ? 12pm 1.15pm ? 2.15pm 3pm ? 4pm Tickets are ?2 per child (accompanying adults are free) and can be bought from the Horniman's Ticket Desk on the day. Places are limited. The session is not suitable for children under 5 and is not accessible for buggies due to steps and uneven ground. The Nature Trail leading to the pond is approximately one mile round and is at the bottom of the Horniman Gardens, a fair walk from the Museum. There are no facilities on the Nature Trail. For more information please email [email protected] or phone 020 8291 8690. Details are also on our website www.horniman.ac.uk We run other sessions involving the Nature Trail and pond on an ad hoc basis, please check our website for details. The pond isn?t accessible outside of these times for the safety of the public and the wildlife in and around the pond. We hope this is helpful information.

Hi giggirl, it is also in the What's On section. Hope people can see it.

Hello, here is an update about a photography competition that you might like to enter which the Art Fund are organising to celebrate the Museum of the Year 2013 Prize. ************** Can you take a winning photograph of the Horniman? To celebrate 2013?s Prize, the Art Fund are also organising a photography competition. The best shot representing each of the ten finalists will be chosen by the Art Fund and the winning photograph will then be decided by a public vote. We?re looking for innovative, atmospheric and humorous shots that creatively capture the spirit of the Horniman, from a stunning exterior to your favourite object. For details about how to enter and the fantastic prizes available, visit http://www.horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/blog/blog/museum-of-the-year-photography-competition The photograph of the Horniman which makes it into the final ten will also be displayed in the Museum for one month. We'd also love you to share your entries with us by adding them to our Flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/horniman_museum/, or sharing them on Twitter @HornimanMuseum. Closing date: Wednesday 15 May. Good luck!

Once again, thanks for all your support in helping us to win rAndom International for Museums at Night! Here is an update on our Museums at Night event featuring rAndom International. Join us after-hours for an exclusive garden-themed evening of art, music, film and poetry. Museums at Night The Horniman Garden Party featuring rAndom International Thursday 16 May, 6-9pm rAndom International?s recent installation, Rain Room at the Barbican had visitors queuing for hours. Tonight, this world-famous artist collective will be weaving its magic at the Horniman with an art experience inspired by the gardens and our collections. PLUS - Live Brazilian music - Film screenings - Alternative tours - Poetry in the Garden - Gin Garden - Cafe and bar open Check our website nearer the time for up-to-date information about rAndom International?s art experience. http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/event/museums-at-night-the-horniman-garden-party Tickets: ?3. We strongly recommend booking online in advance at http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/event/museums-at-night-the-horniman-garden-party Suitable for over-18s only. We look forward to seeing you on the night!

Thank you for your good luck wishes and kind comments :)

We are one of ten finalists in the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2013, the largest UK arts prize at ?100,000. The Prize highlights the innovative and creative ways that museums bring objects and collections to life, looking specifically at 2012 activities. Being a finalist is a real tribute, and we want to thank you all for helping this to happen. Your continued visits and support over the years have enabled the Museum to go from strength to strength. The winner will be announced live on BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme on 4 June, so remember to tune in! There is more information about the prize at http://www.artfund.org/news/2013/04/02/museum-of-the-year-2013-finalists-announced. Keen photographers amongst you will see there is the opportunity to join in with your own photographs of the Horniman ? more from us on that later? From now until the end of May five judges will travel the UK to see the ten museums, revealing the winners on 4 June. All fingers crossed for us please!!