Building Plans

Architectural plans, including building and site plans, of the Horniman Museum Building (designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in 1901), the land and gardens surrounding the museum, and related buildings including the Study Collections Centre (Dreadnought Building) and the Horniman Pub (London Bridge). The plans record the building of extensions, building alterations and development projects, such as building of the Emslie Horniman Library and Lecture Theatre in 1911. The plans were produced by the Horniman Museum and various external creating bodies including London County Council and independent architectural firms and consultancies. Also included are supporting documents, such as circulated reports, photographs and correspondence, relating to building projects and site surveys. Typically the scope and content fields for individual plans list descriptive information written on the plans such as the plan title, scale, job or project title, job or project number, client or client number and drawing or plan number.

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MUSEUM NUMBER
ARC/HMG/BD/001
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
6 sub-sub-series
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These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.

The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.

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