Landmark Late: Part of Being Human Festival

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Join us for a night of interactive experiences, installations and participatory performances exploring how humans mark the land and how the land marks us.

On the first Thursday of each month the Horniman will be open to visitors until 9pm.

Explore the collections after hours, enjoy the galleries, see our current displays and grab a drink with friends.

Our Horniman Museum Late in November gives you the opportunity to see Adolescent Wonderland, the Natural History Pop-up and explore the World and Music Galleries.

Landmarks Late

From immersive mixed reality performances exploring human evolution, to a Caribbean crafting workshop responding to research on stored objects from the Horniman’s collection, a series of interactive activities led by researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London and a performance from community partner, IRIE! dance theatre, will explore themes of the Anthropocene, deep time, climate crisis, and indigenous ways of knowing.

This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 7-16 November 2024. Being Human is led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy.

Rag Rug Responses

Join a drop-in workshop and find out how make your own rag rug. Explore sustainable Caribbean crafting practices with Rose Sinclair MBE and get hands on with objects from the museum’s collection.

Hinterlands

Watch or take part in an augmented reality dance performance inspired by microorganisms that live in some of earth’s most inhospitable environments created by Clemence Debaig and the Pell Ensemble.

Sonic Postcards

Draw your response to the Landmarks Late on a postcard. Once scanned and augmented by Marcus Leadley and the Electronic Music Studios team it will add to an evolving soundscape based on their field recordings made at the museum.

Groundation: Dancing from the Archives

Take part in a drumming workshop followed by a performance from IRIE! dance theatre, the UK’s leading company working in the field of African and Caribbean dance fusion. You’ll see an extract from Groundation, a reflection on 38 years of creative and performance history that explores the roots of the company.

Three Conversations on Landmarks

BBC New Generation Thinker, Dr Becca Voelcker, leads three public conversations with key people involved in helping to shape the Horniman Museum and Garden’s transformational Nature and Love project, which includes the redisplay of the museum’s famous Natural History gallery.

Sharing Lands and Sighting Landmarks

Join an interactive walking tour of the museum lead by Dr Padraig Kirwan. You’ll see the Horniman’s North American collection and explore the connections between the Choctaw Nation and the Irish people.

Food and drink

Enjoy food and drink at the Horniman cafe during your visit to the Horniman Museum Late. Colicci serves memorable moments across London’s green spaces, alongside historic, iconic and cherished public spaces across the Capital – and now the Horniman!

Bloomberg Connects

Take a trail, find out more about objects in the collection, and watch exclusive behind the scenes content on our guide on Bloomberg Connects. Bloomberg Connects is the free arts and culture app powered by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Filming and photography may take place at these events. For more information or if you do not wish to be photographed/filmed, please speak to a member of staff.

A man and woman play with an interactive display at the Horniman Museum
Photo by Sara Shevlin
Adults gather at the balcony and look at a display beneath at the Horniman Museum
Photo by Sara Shevlin
Audience members clap and smile as they watch a performance at the Horniman Museum
Horniman Museum lates

Horniman Museum Lates prize draw

We are offering all Horniman Museum Lates visitors the chance to win a £50 voucher to spend in the Horniman Shop.

Full terms and conditions are below.

  • Entries can only be made by accessing the Horniman Museum Lates survey online via the QR code at the Museum, or via a paper form at the Museum.
  • One prize winner will be drawn at random after every three Horniman Museum Lates openings. Only entries from those three openings will be eligible for the draw.
  • The winner will be notified by email. They must each claim their prize within two weeks or it will be considered forfeit. Further prize winners will then be drawn at random and notified by email, with the same response terms. This process will continue until the prize has been claimed.
  • The decision is final and non-negotiable.
  • Entry is limited to one per person per draw.
  • The prize for each draw is one £50 voucher for the Horniman Shop. The voucher is valid for one redemption only.
  • No cash alternative. Not transferable and non-refundable.
  • The Horniman Museum and Gardens reserves the right to substitute the prize with a prize of similar value at its own discretion.
  • The Horniman Museum and Gardens reserves the right to withdraw or amend the competition as necessary due to circumstances outside its control.
  • By entering the competition, all entrants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these rules.
  • Employees of the Horniman Museum and Gardens and their families, agents or anyone else connected with the competition are not permitted to enter.
  • The competition is run by the Horniman Museum and Gardens Marketing Department.
  • The Horniman is situated at 100 London Road, London SE23 3PQ, 020 8699 1872.