Blogs and Essays

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Stories from our Collections

From colourful personalities to mysterious specimens, read the tales our curators and staff find within old books, journals, collected specimens...

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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 Ivanovich 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