#herbarium — Public Fediverse posts

Was kann eine gepresste Pflanze über #Wissensgeschichte erzählen? Mehr, als zunächst zu vermuten ist. Herbarbelege - getrocknete und etikettierte Pflanzen in wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen - sind nicht nur botanische Forschungsobjekte: Sie sind zugleich materielle Zeugnisse globaler Wissenszirkulation, die Wissenschaft, Religion und Kulturgeschichte verbinden.

Uta Koschmieder gibt Einblick in ihre Forschung an Herbarbelegen der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine ⬇️

https://botmis.hypotheses.org/2128

#Herbarium

My signature designs are #plastronnecklaces with cascades of #chains and #glasspendants showcasing #plant parts (mostly). I connect with their #symbolism: #bark for #protection, #mushrooms for #perception...
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#naturejewelry #plantjewelry #pressedplants #herbarium #gothic #unique #handmadejewelry

This afternoon I #handmade all the bails, 27 in total!
Tell me what you like best: #lunaria discs, #roots, #skeletonleaves, #petals?
Would you be more interested in #necklaces or #earrings?
#stainedglass #stainedglassjewelry #pressedflowers #herbarium #plantjewelry #handmadejewelry #plantwitch

👍 With their #Herbarium Data Management Plan, the #Meise Botanic Garden establish clear guidelines for staff & other users in line with #FAIRdata principles; and in compliance with the #data requirements of their stakeholders. 🔗 Openly accessible at: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e124288

@gbif #collections #herbaria #plantscience #botany #plants #science #scientists #data #researchdata #scientific #publication #academic #biodiversity #naturalhistory #nathist #digitization

I'm giving an #herbarium talk today at The Morton Arboretum (my home institution). It's about the importance of #herbaria and #specimens, and a vision possible next directions.

Including a link here in case you are interested and to hear your thoughts. Some of these are institution-specific, but the questions we're addressing in the #museum world and the worlds of #informalScienceEducation and #scicomm intersect. I'd love to hear how this overlaps with your ideas.

https://tinyurl.com/MORherb2023

#Herbaria are not just about #plants but also about #history. #CuratorLife is also about learning about collectors. Today, I solved the mystery of a collector from India, "Col. R.S. Vine". It's Roland Stephen Vine (1910-2003). He was with the #RAMC, the Royal Army Medical Corps, and stationed in India between 1936 and 1939. That's when we have his collections from India from. But he also collected in the UK and Greece but those collections are in Kew #Herbarium.

#Museum30 Day 20 - ‘Bookshelves'
While #herbaria are usually single sheets with pressed #plants nowadays, originally they were #books with pressed #flowers. The #NHMLondon has more than 1300 volumes of such books and collection sets. You can browse the complete dataset here: https://doi.org/10.5519/swp7oysf

We featured some amazing examples from this dataset in the latest NHM blog (published today!): https://naturalhistorymuseum.blog/2022/11/20/when-is-a-book-not-a-book-the-bound-volumes-and-exsiccatae-in-the-herbarium-at-the-natural-history-museum-curator-of-botany/
#histodon #museodon #HistoryOfScience #herbarium #library #tourism #WomenInSTEM

#Museum30 Day 15 - ‘Page'
Title pages of #books are often ornamental. #Herbaria bound in a book sometimes go further like this example from the #NHMLondon. Some #herbarium creators made amazing title pages and real #art.
#MastoArt

It's November, which is the month of #Museum30.
Day 1 - #Museum.
I'm working in the #herbarium at the #NaturalHistoryMuseum in #London. The #NHMLondon was split off the #BritishMuseum in 1881, which itself was born out of Hans #Sloane's (1660-1753) collections of plants, animals, coins, manuscripts, books, antiquities etc.
The natural history collections have a long and complex history. Almost 2 years ago, I wrote a short piece on the history of the NHM #herbaria: https://issuu.com/thevasculum/docs/vasculum_16.1/s/11551043

#Herbaria are such collections. They store many many samples of usually dried and pressed plants. They are basically a #library of #plant #species.
Just like a #librarian, I need to keep order in the chaos, help scientists and visitors to get access or send material on loan. I also provide help to interpret old labels, and I update and reidentify the material.

This is where I work: the #herbarium at the #NaturalHistoryMuseum in London: