Bromley Museum has opened its Out of Africa Exhibition, exploring artefacts from African culture collected over the last 150 years. The display is freely accessible to the public until the 9th of January next year and the Museum is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The exhibition presents both old and more contemporary artefacts, most of which are from the Museum’s Ethnographic collection, with some on loan. Overall, 7 African countries are included in the display, some of which were taken from the Victorian MP and banker John Lubbock (the first Lord Avebury), who lived in what is now the High Elms Country Park. Lubbock is known for bringing in the first Bank Holiday act and was a close friend of Darwin. Other artefacts were collected by local residents when they journeyed to Africa in the 1980s and 90s. Two such examples are of the Hall sisters (Emily & Ellen Hall), who travelled around Europe and Africa, buying property in Algeria.
