{"id":4039,"date":"2021-09-20T13:20:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:58:51","slug":"horniman-museum-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/case-studies\/horniman-museum-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Horniman Museum &#038; Gardens &#8211; Design Consultancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4039\" class=\"elementor elementor-4039\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb4f78c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"fb4f78c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f1fde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3f1fde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill, South London appointed Direct Access as the Access Consultants for the \u00a38.9m Nature + Love redevelopment. Spanning two galleries and three garden spaces, the four-year project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Trust, will be completed in 2026.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal simplyweb-checked\"><span class=\"simplyweb-checked\" style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: #000000;\">Commissioned in 1898 and opened in 1901, the museum has extensive displays of anthropology, natural history, and musical instruments with over 350,000 objects in its collection. The re-invigorated and re-interpreted outdoor and indoor spaces will enable the museum to showcase and celebrate the natural world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Direct Access will over the next four years (from 2021) advise Horniman through the transformation project on all aspects of accessibility from the physical structure to curation and programming. This will include a redisplayed\u00a0Natural History Gallery and an outdoor sustainable gardening zone.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Horniman Museum is in a unique position as London\u2019s only museum of global nature and culture to raise awareness of urgent issues of climate change.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9e6cb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9e6cb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b7b458\" data-id=\"2b7b458\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b13d6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b13d6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe are delighted to be working with Horniman on these ambitious plans,\u201d said Director Steven Mifsud MBE. \u201cWe have seen with the Covid pandemic the importance of urban parks in enabling people to enjoy and connect with nature. There is a great opportunity here to engage a new range of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">audiences, local and national with the opportunities this redevelopment will <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">present\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Direct Access kickstarted the programme with an initial Access Audit of the Museum as it stands today. This will inform the development of strategic approaches with Architects to address the unexplored and unused areas of the gardens to create more accessible opportunities.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe are excited to see the new Kindercaf\u00e9 planned for the old model boating pond that will link the historic woods around the site. Young people will get to experience local wildlife including stag beetles, hedgehogs, and bats.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"simplyweb-checked\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe planned Sustainable Gardening Zone will link to a new accessible plant nursery with interactive outdoor engagement spaces that enable visitors to consider what would work within their homes and gardens from sustainable water use to how to choose the right plants.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-773bcec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"773bcec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a34723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3a34723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill, South London appointed Direct Access as the Access Consultants for the \u00a38.9m Nature + Love redevelopment. 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