News, Blogs and Essays
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.
7th March 2023

Our Local Nature Grants
Congratulations to all our successful grant applications for Our Local Nature grant scheme 2022.
3rd March 2023

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
3rd February 2023
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.
11th January 2023

'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
10th January 2023