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Shells at The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beetles at The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Shells at The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England.

Ammonite and ancient shells on display at The Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill, London, England opened in 1901 Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Arts and Crafts style. It has displays of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments, and is known for its large collection of taxidermied animals.