Art Adventure : ART MAP_Horniman Museum, London

Horniman Museum is a lovely local museum, located in forest hill, London. It demonstrates a great quantity of collections, including a wide range of animal specimens and dazzling instruments. It is understood that the runner paied attention and dedicated to manage the museum.

In addition to the main building for exhibitions, there is a glass house, allowing the public have meals whatever offered from the coffee shop or bringing by themselves. Another amazing space is an modern style glass architecture as a education classroom, where is on the way towards the garden. What's more, except the natural knowledge and art through display, parents can accompany their children to learn via media game on technological tools.

The exhibition shows the English ritual by photograph. We see regional rituals performed through the year in English from Cornwall to London to Northumberland. Custumed processions, symbolic dramatizations, traditional dances and fire ceremonies mark the changing seasons and celebrate natures's bounty. Many of these customs claim an ancient origin such as traditions like Jack-in-the-Green. It was amazed to view these rituals and further know about the culture of English. (Horniman Museum, 2012)

Obviously, the museum plays an role for local people, both on education and recreation. However, during the week day, only a few visitors appear in the museum. It is a potentially enormously opportunity to promote the museum nationally and internationally owing to its a great number of collection on unique instruments from over the world. The shape of these instruments have innovation and creation, it's inspiring and imaginative.
(09.04.12.London)

Horniman Museum(2012) Mummer, Maypoles and Milkmaids: A Journey Through the English Ritual Year. Forest Hill: Horniman Museum