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The new wing of the Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives (HLAA)
| Herbaruim, Library, Art and Archives new wing - Exterior | |||
(credit to: Tim Soar) |
(credit to: Simon Feneley) |
(credit to: Simon Feneley) |
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| Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives - Interior | |||
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(credit to: Simon Feneley) |
(credit to: Tim Soar) |
(credit to: Tim Soar) |
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| Moving into the new wing of the Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives | |||
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| Inside the Reading Room of the new wing | |||
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Rare books on display in the Reading Room in the new wing |
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(credit by: Simon Feneley) |
(credit to: Tim Soar) |
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| Botanists at work | |||
Collecting specimens to take back to the HLAA |
Collecting specimens to take back to the HLAA |
Collecting specimens to take back to the HLAA |
Collecting specimens to take back to the HLAA |
Botanists at work in the HLAA |
Sorting the collected specimens in the HLAA |
Sorting the collected specimens in the HLAA |
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| History of the Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives | |||
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Sir William Hooker, Kew's first official Director, established the HLAA in 1853 |
Sir William Hooker, second Director of Kew, greatly added to the HLAA specimen collection |
Wing C - the oldest wing in the HLAA dating back to 1877 (credit to: Edward Cullinan Architects) |
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Interior of Herbarium Wing C |
Interior of Herbarium Wing C |
The oldest specimen in the collection, collected by the du Bois brothers in 1700 Indigofera asragalina |
A historic specimen collected by David Livingstone |
Exterior of the HLAA before addition of the new wing |
Archive photograph of HLAA |
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