Surrey Mount Scheme and Horniman's Dream: reports, memos and correspondence

Folder 1: Includes reports and correspondence between David Boston, the Horniman Advisory Committee, the Architect to the Council, the Education Officer and a number of sub-committees regarding the proposed developments to the Surrey Mount Site (Dec 1968-Oct 1972).
Folder 2: Includes reports and correspondence between David Boston, the Horniman Advisory Committee, the Architect to the Council, the Education Officer, R.E. Legge the Aquarium Consultant and a number of sub-committees regarding the proposals (Horniman's Dream) for the expansion of the museum (Jul 1973-Apr 1976).

Collection Information

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The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive.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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