Diversity: It's in our nature. Happy Pride 2026 from NHM Library and Archives! (All images taken from artwork in our collections.) #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideMonth2026
Brilliant news. If you love Library and Archives collections then make sure you also visit the Images of Nature Gallery as well!
🔎Writing from the Field: Diaries, letters & other ways scientists & explorers in the field have recorded their experiences.
🔎Whales, Science & Conservation: Whales & the change in behaviour around their study & conservation.
🔎Ordering & Naming Nature: Evolution of naming & classifying nature.
Friday 26 June 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Location: Lasting Impressions Gallery.
(Free, drop in.)
Visitors will have the opportunity to enter this collection space, speak with the Library and Archives team, and view a selection of material from across the collections.
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Our Archives show that displayed at ground level was a sperm whale skeleton, the same specimen that currently hangs on display in the Mammals Hall.
This specimen is a male, collected from Sandside Bay near Thurso, Scotland in July 1863 and donated by Captain D. Macdonald, Royal Engineers.
Today, visitors to our central Hintze Hall are greeted by the wonder of a real blue whale skeleton, a female, named Hope.
But what would visitors in 1901 have seen in this same location, then called the Central Hall?
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Marine biologist, Isabella Gordon was born #OTD in 1901. Appointed Assistant Keeper with a responsibility for Crustacea in 1928, Gordon was one of the first female scientists to work at the Museum.
If you are visiting the Natural History Museum, here is an extra reason to visit the Treasures Gallery.
On display until early June is the latest hand-coloured engraved plate from our copy of John James Audubon's 'The Birds of America' (1827-1838).
Plate 192 Great Grey Shrike, or Butcher Bird.
She published extensively, and was a highly skilled scientific artist, producing detailed illustrations of sea creatures to accompany her papers, field notes, and correspondence
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New additions to our library book collections 🎉
⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.
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#Mammals #Minerals #Fossils #Palaeontology #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks
