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Richard Salisbury's Floorplans

Liz McGow, Archivist, investigates a small collection of floorplans found in Richard Salisbury’s papers, which are due to go live at the next catalogue update later this month.

Our Local Nature Grants

Congratulations to all our successful grant applications for Our Local Nature grant scheme 2022.

Unexpected Journeys: John White’s Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales (1790)

The Linnean Society's Librarian, Will Beharrell, examines this beautiful and well-travelled tome

Professor Julia Day to lead 'Evolutionary Journal'

After the Flood

Conservator Janet Ashdown takes us through the process of rescuing one of our treasures, which had become damaged by a water leak in June 2021.

'A Curious Herbal' as Material Witness

Hand printed books can tell a much more human story than today's machine-made ones. Janet Tyson discovers a few hidden among the pages of an 18th century book