Passmore Edwards Museum

The Passmore Edwards Museum was a museum in West Ham, east London, opened in 1900 and closed in 1994. It was also known as the Essex Museum of Natural History, particularly prior to the construction of its building.

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. The museum building opened in 1900 on the West Ham Technical Institute site. It was named after John Passmore Edwards, its main benefactor. Its central space had a galleried top-lit dome. It closed in 1994, with its collections transferred to Newham Museum Service and other museums. Its building is now used as the Student Union for the University of East London.

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