Horniman Museum and Gardens - What's On in September

Horniman Carnival Sunday 4 September, 12-5.30pm Join us for extravagant carnival parades, music, dance and theatre performances to celebrate the end of our Festival of Brasil. See magnificent costumes and giant puppets and take part in traditional Brazilian dance. Free Open House London: Tours of the CUE building  Saturday 17 September, 2pm and 3pm The green-roofed CUE (Centre for Understanding the Environment) building was designed to act as a symbolic link between the Horniman’s object collections and Gardens. On these rare tours, you can learn about the building and the changes it has undergone, as well as the history of the library collection. Free. Book your place online. Hear it Live! Tuesday 27 September, 3.30pm Ben Marks helped to restore our 1772 Kirckman harpsichord as part of our At Home with Music display. He now returns for a live performance on the harpsichord he helped to restore. Join us in the Music Gallery to hear Ben perform and to find out more about the harpsichord. Free Poppy the alpaca Poppy, our fawn-coloured alpaca who lives in the Animal Walk turned two on 3 August. She’s very special to the Horniman as she is the first and only animal to have been born in the Animal Walk. Poppy is fully mature but will always be a baby in the eyes of her mother Peep, with whom she shares a bedroom. The next time you visit the Horniman, come and say hello to Poppy in the Animal Walk. Free entry. Read more about Poppy and alpacas in our blog. Avian Forms FINAL WEEKS Until Sunday 9 October In this small display, artist Jane Edden creates beautiful and intriguing works that inhabit a space between avian and human. She draws inspiration from the science of comparative anatomy and the folklore involving winged flying humans that appear across cultures. Find out about Avian Forms. Free Dinosaurs: Monster Families  FINAL WEEKS Until Sunday 30 October Don’t miss the final weeks of our popular family exhibition. Discover how dinosaurs looked after their eggs, nests and babies in this fascinating interactive exhibition, featuring life-size skeleton casts, a real dinosaur leg bone you can touch and more. Book online. Free, unlimited entry for Horniman Members. See plants and trees that were around during the time of the dinosaurs in the Prehistoric Garden. African Worlds Gallery and Centenary Gallery Closures  Sunday 18 September until Spring 2018 The African Worlds Gallery and the Centenary Gallery will be closed from 18 September 2016 whilst we create an amazing new World Gallery to redisplay our Anthropology collections and an inspiring studio space. The new World Gallery and The Studio will be open from spring 2018. Visit the website to find out more about the anthropology redisplay.   Elsewhere in London London Transport Museum Depot: Open Weekend Join London Transport Museum for an action packed Open Weekend at their Depot in Acton on 24 & 25 September. They’ll be celebrating the iconic roundel with talks, arts and crafts, workshops, tours, scavenger hunts and family activities exploring the creation, evolution and impact of the famous London logo. Kids go free. Book now