Passmore Edwards Museum
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| Established | 18 October 1900 [1] |
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| Dissolved | 1994 |
| Location | Stratford, East London |
The Passmore Edwards Museum was a museum in Stratford, East London. Earlier in its life it was also known as the Essex Local and Educational Museum of Natural History.[2]
It began life as the collection and library of the Essex Field Club, which formed the new museum's nucleus by agreement between the Club and the
Corporation of West Ham
. In an agreement made between the Corporation of West Ham and the Essex Field Club, dated 25 July 1898, the museum was to be founded as follows:
- - The Corporation agreed to dedicate the main portion of the building to the purposes of a Museum of Local (Essex) Natural History, Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology, and of educational series relating to the same; to warm, light, and provide for the caretaking of the building; that the Club should have the sole scientific control of the collections, and the appointment of the Curator, and be allowed to keep its Library in the building; the Corporation also agreeing to make a grant of not less than £100 per annum towards the curatorial expenses.
- - The Club agreed to place their county collections, cases, and cabinets in the Museum (except the Epping Forest collections, which were to be retained in the Forest Museum at Chingford); to do their best to increase and improve the same; to undertake the selection and scientific control of the collections; to raise a certain capital sum for the further equipment of the Museum; to appoint a Curator, and to devote a sum of £50 per annum towards the curatorial expenses.[3]
John Passmore Edwards contributed substantially to the foundation of the museum and its name was later changed to reflect this.[4] On 6 October 1898 he laid the first stone.[citation needed]
The museum building adjoined the
West Ham Technical Institute and was opened in 1900 by Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick. Its central space had a galleried top-lit dome. It closed in 1994, and its collections were transferred to Newham Heritage Service and other museums.[5][6] Its building is now used as the Student Union for the Stratford Campus of the University of East London.[7]
References
- ISBN 978-1-903427-66-8.
- ^ Distant 1899
- ^ Distant 1899.
- ^ Distant 1899 mentions a donation of £2500.
- ^ Museums Journal. 94 (12). December 1994.
- ISBN 978-1-903427-66-8.
- ^ "1898 - Passmore Edwards Museum - Romford Road, Stratford, London, UK - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
Source
Distant, William Lucas (June 1899). "Editorial Gleanings". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol. 3 (696): 288.
