Treasures of the Month
Inside the Fish Skin Collection: Ollie Crimmen and the Lost Radiographs
This month's Treasure is our retiring curator of zoology, Ollie Crimmen, whose first job at the NHM was to X-ray the Linnaean fishes, as described by NHM's Chrissy Williams below.
28th November 2023
Mini Linné
This month Glenn Benson, our Honorary Curator of Artefacts, looks at another treasure that hides in plain sight in the Linnean Society’s rooms in New Burlington House: the one metre tall statue of Carl Linnaeus
31st October 2023
Exploring Alfred Russel Wallace's Private Library
For October's "Treasure of the Month", our Librarian Will Beharrell describes the fascinating private library of Alfred Russel Wallace and efforts to reunite it in one space after more than a century
10th October 2023
Species Plantarum at 270
Carl Linnaeus' catalogue of plant species, "Species plantarum", was published in 1753 and changed the course of botanical nomenclature. In this blog, we uncover the many unique and wonderful copies held in libraries across the world.
6th September 2023
‘Exotic Attractions’: Conserving Engelbert Kaempfer's famous publication
Conservator Janet Ashdown looks at the importance and history of Carl Linnaeus's copy of Kaempfer's famous work
8th August 2023
An Insider's Tour of Wellclose Square: The Origin Story of the Wardian Case
Liz McGow, Archivist, leads us through Nathaniel Ward's half home-half laboratory in South London
3rd July 2023
