Stories from our Collections
Celia Rosser's Banksias
Our librarian Will Beharrell examines one of the Society's more recent acquisitions: a magnificent three-volume survey of Australia's most distinctive wildflower
12th September 2024
The Scott Archive: Mystery of a Sealed Envelope (Part 1)
Archivist Liz Mcgow brings us along as she navigates the challenges and intrigue of sealed archival material.
29th July 2024
"On the bat's back I do fly after summer merrily" - Linnaeus's Manuscripta Medica Tom. 1
This month Education Manager Alice Cheetham takes a look at a little drawing that caught her eye in the Linnean Manuscripts and what it can tell us about one of her favourite mammals.
28th June 2024
A Tale of Two Cabinets
Our Honorary Curator of Artefacts, Glenn Benson FLS, continues his series of articles on the artefacts displayed in the Society’s rooms at New Burlington House; objects which, due to their familiarity, may otherwise go unnoticed.
The Mora tree of Guiana
This month's Treasure is an intriguing watercolour of a Mora tree, submitted with a paper read at a meeting of the Society in 1838, yet never published.
The New Naturalist Library
Not all the treasures in the Linnean Society’s collections are venerable antiques. This month’s featured item—in fact, a whole series of items—is a masterpiece of the mid-20th century
8th April 2024
