Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Cryptogamic Herbarium Visitors Books

This record is held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives

Details of DF 426
Reference: DF 426
Title: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Cryptogamic Herbarium Visitors Books
Description:

The series consists of the single set of visitors' books which served all the cryptogamic sections.
Date: 1885-1972
Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 33 volume(s)
Access conditions:

Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

The series was transferred to the archives from the Botany Department office in 1990.
Accruals:

This series is accruing through the Modern Record Store.
Subjects:
  • Museums and galleries
Administrative / biographical background:

From 1885 until the Second World War, the Cryptogamic Herbarium was located in and between the central towers of the Museum, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors. After the War, the General Herbarium and Library moved into the 2nd floor west wing, while the Cryptogamic Herbarium moved into the 2nd floor of the east wing, below the new exhibition mezzanine.

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