Treasures of the Month

Botanists and Blackouts: A short history of the Women’s Linnean Club
This month’s treasure takes us inside the minute book of the Women’s Linnean Club, offering a rare glimpse into a little-known chapter of the Society’s history.
15th March 2026
The Flying Mountains
Our Digital Assets Manager, Andrea Deneau, provides a little background to an item in our exhibition, Wonder.
12th February 2026

The Council for Nature Collection
Our former and much-missed Project Archivist, Alex Milne, highlights the most-recently catalogued addition to our "Conservation archives" collection.
13th January 2026
Festive dining? A 1782 pub bill
This pub bill shows Carl Linnaeus the Younger living it up in London in 1782.
16th December 2025

Pub Anyone?: The History of the Linnean Club
This month’s 'Treasure of the Month' focuses on a couple of rather unexpected items in the archive: two drink tokens
12th November 2025

Darwin's "Best" Portrait
This month, our Librarian Will Beharrell takes a closer look at one of the Linnean Society's most famous portraits
8th September 2025
