Stories
- 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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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’
An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.
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Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
Catalogue
- Journals
Report on the British Museum (Natural History).
British Museum (Natural History)Date: 1966-- Books
List of serial publications in the British Museum (Natural History) Library.
British Museum (Natural History). Library.Date: 1968- Books
Catalogue of the natural history drawings commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 held in the British Museum (Natural History). Part 3, Zoology / Alwyne Wheeler.
Date: 1986- Books
Catalogue of primates in the British Museum (Natural History). Pt. 1, Families Callitrichidae and Cebidae / Prudence Hero Napier.
Napier, P. H. (Prue H.)Date: 1976- Books
Catalogue of the natural history drawings commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 held in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I, Botany / Judith A. Diment [and others] : Australia.
Date: 1984