Stories from our Collections
A Special AdoptLINN Appeal: Help us Conserve our Books of Travel and Exploration
Help us preserve the stories that changed our understanding of the natural world
15th August 2026
The Scholar Who Lived the Culture: Winifred Blackman’s Research In Egypt with the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund
August's Treasure of the Month has been written by Aisha Yaree, a King's College London MA student who assisted our project archivist with cataloguing the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund Archive during her placement at the Society.
10th August 2026
Peeling Back the Layers: Conserving the Mora Tree Watercolour
Our very talented conservation volunteer, John Abbott, has conserved our painting of the Mora Tree by Robert Schomburgk. He describes the process in this month's Treasure of the Month.
13th July 2026
The Gift of Time: Celebrating Our Collections Volunteers
As we mark National Volunteer Week, we take a moment to recognise the dedicated people who donate their time to the Linnean Society
The Living World in Eleven Pages: Systema naturae, 1735
May's Treasure of the Month is one of the major works by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778): the first edition of his "Systema naturae", published in Leiden (Holland) in 1735.
Tipping the Scales: How John Hooper Balanced Bats and Citizen Science
This month, Journal Officer and bat enthusiast Georgia Cowie looks at John Hooper's bat scales and their importance in British bat research.
2nd April 2026
