Stories
- Article
History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
- Article
The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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The relationship between science and art
Often seen as opposites, science and art both depend on observation and synthesis.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: German, 18th-20th centuries
Date: 1769-1926Reference: MS.7372- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: French, 18th-20th centuries
Date: 1798-1926Reference: MS.7351- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: English, 18th-20th centuries
Date: c.1795-1923Reference: MS.7578- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: French, 18th-20th centuries
Date: 1790-1961Reference: MS.7580- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellaneous: German, 18th-20th centuries
Date: 1816-1823Reference: MS.7550