THE 
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
HORNIMAN MUSEUM, 
FOREST HILL , LONDON, S.E. 
1898 . 
HP HE attendance at the Museum for the month of 
January was 15,324, making a grand total of 
455>59i- 
On the closing day (January 29th) the figures 
were: — Museum, 5,465; Gardens, 11,803. 
The final closing of the Museum’s First Home 
was celebrated by a public Fete, and was brought 
to a close on Saturday, the 29th of January. 
Mr. and Mrs. Horniman drove over from Croydon 
in the evening, and, with their many friends, inspected 
the Museum and Gardens, for the last time. 
At nine o’clock Mrs. Horniman lighted the huge 
bonfire, which was followed by fireworks. 
The whole of the Grounds were beautifully 
illuminated with Japanese lanterns and thousands 
of coloured fairy lights. 
The Sydenham Temperance and the Forest Hill 
Gasworks Bands were in attendance, and played in 
the Grounds. 
