Black and white overhead site plan transparency within a cardboard frame depicting floors of the planned Horniman Museum Extension, later named 'Horniman's Dream'. The plan shows the various facilities within the complex which is made up of several octagonal shaped structures, some of which were subterranean and housed underground galleries. Plan shows upper display areas, storage areas, the exhibition floyer and temporary display area.
Level 3: Horniman Extension (Horniman's Dream) overhead site plan
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Letter from Frederick John Horniman to an unknown recipient, 1893
Hart Museum Visitor Books
Slide of an effigy of Tsong Khapa, Samye
Black and white negative of Wai Wai woven object
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