ipernity: The Cuming Museum, Walworth, Southwark, London by Phil Sutters

Folder: Arts & artefacts - Museums, galleries, exhibitions, music and other art forms

The Cuming Museum was created around a rather eccentic collection of artefacts collected by the Cuming family in the Victorian era. It was housed in the former Town Hall of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark. This suffered a catastrophic fire in 2013. Fortunately only part of the collection was in the Museum at the time. The rest was in a building nearby. The interior photos were taken when I p… (read more)

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A display case in the Cuming Museum 4 9 2007l

04 Sep 2007

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151 Walworth Road fire damaged 11 4 2013 west face

11 Apr 2013

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Henry Chester's bust 151 Walworth Road

25 Aug 2007

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Please see the album notes to put these photos into context. This bust was on the staircase, leading to the former Council Chamber, close to the Cuming Museum.

Egyptian Mummy mask - Cuming Museum - 4 9 2007

04 Sep 2007

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Wild animal display in the Cuming Museum 4 9 2007

04 Sep 2007

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The Cuming Museum - preparing for new exhibition -…

19 Jan 2007

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The Curator of the Southwark Collection at the time, preparing to exhibit some items from the Collection. I regret that I cannot remember his surname, but I believe that his first name was Christopher. Please see the album notes to put these photos into context.