Economic Botany Collections

Interesting Links

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has had a museum collection since 1842. The 45,000 items collected since then cover all aspects of British pharmacy history.The museum is open by appointment.

The Royal College of Physicians Heritage Centre The Heritage Centre provides access to the history and architecture of the College. It holds archives and manuscripts of the official proceedings of the College from its beginnings to the present day, as well as personal papers and correspondence of many past fellows.

Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine One of the world's greatest collections of books, manuscripts, pictures and films around the meaning and history of medicine, from the earliest times to the present day. Open to the public.

The Pharmaceutical Journal Web site of The Pharmaceutical Journal (official journal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain) and its family of publications.

The Linnean Society The Linnean Society holds several important 18th century animal and plant collections - including some of the original specimens from the collection of Carl Linnaeus.The Society encourages access to these specimens for historical and scientific research. The Library is a major source of information on plant and animal classification.

Drug Trade: therapy, pharmacy and commerce in early-modern Europe Online exhibition from Oxford's Museum of the History of Science.

London’s Museums of Health and Medicine Information on and links to all the health and medical museums in London.

British Society for the History of Pharmacy This society focuses on the development of all areas of the history of Pharmacy, from the works of the ancient apothecary to today's ever changing role of the community, wholesale or industrial pharmacist.

Plants + People Exhibit at Museum No. 1, Kew Gardens The Plants + People exhibition highlights the variety of useful plants around the world and celebrates people's ingenuity and craft skills in using these riches.

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