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The Horniman Museum is a British 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.〔(Horniman Museum and Gardens ) accessed 02/01/08〕 It is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and is constituted as a company and registered charity under English law. == History == The museum was founded in 1901 by Frederick John Horniman. Frederick had inherited his father's Horniman's Tea business, which by 1891 had become the world's biggest tea trading business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust - GOV.UK )〕 The cash from the business allowed Horniman to indulge his lifelong passion for collecting, and which after travelling extensively had some 30,000 items in his various collections, ranging from natural history, cultural artefacts and musical instruments. In 1911, an additional building to the west of the main building, originally containing a lecture hall and library, was donated by Frederick Horniman's son Emslie Horniman. This was also designed by Townsend. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horniman Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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