Horniman Museum

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Horniman Museum

• Horniman Museum was set up by Frederick Horniman.
• It opened in 1901 and was dedicated with the
  surrounding land as a gift to the people of
  London.
• Mr. Horniman made the museum free to people who
  wanted to look at the collections of artefacts he
  had found around the world.
• Frederick John Horniman was a Victorian tea
  trader who travelled around the world in the
  1860's.

• As his collections increased they outgrew the
  family home and in 1898 Mr. Horniman commissioned
  the new Museum.

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Horniman Museum

• Horniman Museum has some interesting buildings
• A Victorian Annex in the style of the old Crystal
  Palace and a modern building with a grass roof.

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Horniman Museum

• Horniman Museum also has a collection of animals
  and birds in the gardens.

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Horniman Museum

• Horniman Museum has a large collection of natural
  history specimens, e.g. animal skeletons and
  stuffed animals.
• We visited the museum to see the musical
  instruments because it has the largest collection
  in the UK.
• You can find musical instruments from all over
  the world in the Horniman Museum.

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Horniman MuseumMusical Instruments

• We were lucky to take part in a workshop led by
  an expert from the museum.
• We had the opportunity to play several new and
  different instruments.

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Gumboye Drumfrom West Africa

• This drum is also called the Speaking Drum.
• You hit it with a beater and can change the pitch
  by squeezing the strings on the outside of the
  drum tight.
• As you change the pitch you can make it sound
  like someone is talking.
• Margaret said welcome in Yoruba and tried to
  reproduce the sound on the drum.

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Drumsfrom around the world

• We also played a Dumbelek Drum from Turkey
  (middle) and a Snare Drum from Morocco (left).

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Horogaifrom Pacific Ocean

• Horogai or Conch trumpets are made of shells. A
  small hole it made in the side or at end of the
  shell and you make a noise by blowing a
  raspberry into the hole.
• They are probably used to call people, maybe
  fishermen.

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Horogaifrom Pacific Ocean

• Some of us were better at making a sound than
  others!
• Those of us who are learning to play a brass
  instrument were the best and could play different
  pitch sounds.

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Singing Bowlsfrom Tibet

• Singing Bowls are played either by striking them
  or by rubbing the stick around the outside of the
  bowl.
• They are used by Buddhists to help them meditate.

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Ektarfrom India

• The Ektar means one stringed instrument.
• It is played by plucking the string and squeezing
  the wooden frame to make different pitch sounds.
• You place it on your shoulder to play so that you
  can hear the notes.