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

This record is held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives

Details of DF 441
Reference: DF 441
Title: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: General Herbarium Visitors Books
Description:

This series consists of visitors' books of the Department of Botany's General Herbarium.
Date: 1884-1978
Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 47 volume(s)
Access conditions:

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

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

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

After the move to South Kensington in 1881, the General Herbarium occupied the eastern half of the 2nd floor of the east wing of the Museum. It remained there, becoming more and more congested, until it was badly damaged in an air raid in September 1940. The Department moved temporarily across into the 2nd floor of the west wing, and this became the permanent home for the General Herbarium, which was refitted by the end of 1948.

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