News, Blogs and Essays
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
Endless Forms Most Beautiful – Celebrating Pride at the Linnean Society
To mark Pride Month, we created special Linnean Pride flags using images from our Collections, including birds representing freedom and colour; snakes, butterflies and moths that represent transformation; and flowers.
30th June 2023
Home from Home: Decorating The Linnean Society
This month, Archivist Alex Milne looks back on how all the homes of The Linnean Society were decorated and furnished over the years using newly catalogued material from the Domestic Archive.
30th May 2023
The Alexander Anderson Manuscript Collection
Digital Assets Manager Andrea Deneau highlights the latest addition to our digital collections
10th May 2023
Hiding in Plain Sight: A Sculpture of Nikolai Vavilov
Glenn Benson, our Hon. Curator of Artefacts, looks at one of our artefacts that, despite being displayed on the fireplace in the Library for many years, is often overlooked.
13th April 2023
Presenting the Naturalists of the Future!
After taking part in our Art Fund-supported after school club, London students presented their scientific findings to an audience at the Linnean Society of London
11th April 2023
