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The Cambridge Herbarium holds around 1.1 million plant specimens, representing over 300 years of botanical history. This includes the collections of famous natural scientists such as Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, but also those of other key botanists that may be less familiar.
In this talk, come and learn about the history of some of the wonders hidden away in the Herbarium. Whether that be plants which are now extinct in the wild, Victorian teaching resources or gorgeous botanical illustrations, there are a wealth of plant-related treasures to explore.
We will also touch on how these historically important specimens are currently being mobilised via digitisation to make them more accessible. We will look at what kind of research these collections can inspire, to understand how this material can still be used to answer key science and humanities questions today.
