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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Horniman Museum
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(London SE23)
Ethnographic collection started by a tea merchant, Frederick Horniman (1835–1906), as he travelled the world during the 1870s. He gave it to London in 1901 as a free museum, in an *Art Nouveau building designed for the purpose by C. Harrison Townsend (1851–1928). Horniman was interested (rather ahead of his time) in 'primitive' art, and in musical instruments – two areas in which the museum has continued to improve its holdings.
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