Dry Storeroom No. 1, Issue 1A remarkable behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary people, meticulous research, and driving passions that make London’s Natural History Museum one of the world’s greatest institutions. In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Richard Fortey takes his readers to a place where only a few privileged scientists, curators, and research specialists have been—the hallowed halls that hold the permanent collection of the Natural History Museum. Replete with fossils, jewels, rare plants, and exotic species, Fortey’s walk through offers an intimate view of many of the premiere scientific accomplishments of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Like looking into the mind of mankind and all the fascinating discoveries, ideas, and accomplishments that reside there, Fortey’s tour is utterly entertaining from first to last. |
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... stories I will pick up one or two, just those that happen to have made it into my own collection. Although I describe my particular institution, I dare say it could be a proxy for any other great museum. Perhaps my investigations will ...
... stories I will pick up one or two, just those that happen to have made it into my own collection. Although I describe my particular institution, I dare say it could be a proxy for any other great museum. Perhaps my investigations will ...
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... . My own Dry Store- room No. 1 will curate some of the stories of the people who go to make up a unique place . I believe profoundly in the importance of museums ; I would go as far as to say that you Behind the Galleries.
... . My own Dry Store- room No. 1 will curate some of the stories of the people who go to make up a unique place . I believe profoundly in the importance of museums ; I would go as far as to say that you Behind the Galleries.
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... stories I will pick up one or two , just those that happen to have made it into my own collection . Although I describe my particular institution , I dare say it could be a proxy for any other great museum . Perhaps my investigations ...
... stories I will pick up one or two , just those that happen to have made it into my own collection . Although I describe my particular institution , I dare say it could be a proxy for any other great museum . Perhaps my investigations ...
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... stories , that was one of the main functions of a museum , and the evidence was laid out in ranks . There are still galleries in the Natural History Museum displaying minerals , the objects them- selves unadorned but for labels - a kind ...
... stories , that was one of the main functions of a museum , and the evidence was laid out in ranks . There are still galleries in the Natural History Museum displaying minerals , the objects them- selves unadorned but for labels - a kind ...
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... story about past time ; each one is a talisman for unlocking history . The specimens in this drawer are all fossil mammals , distant cousins of the sloth that guards the entrance to the department . The collections in this particular ...
... story about past time ; each one is a talisman for unlocking history . The specimens in this drawer are all fossil mammals , distant cousins of the sloth that guards the entrance to the department . The collections in this particular ...
Contents
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Old Worlds | 73 |
Animalia | 114 |
Theatre of Plants | 154 |
Multum in parvo | 185 |
Museum Rocks | 220 |
Noahs Ark in Kensington | 257 |
House of the Muses | 292 |
Acknowledgements | 315 |
Further Reading | 317 |
Illustration Credits | 319 |
Index | 325 |
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Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum Richard Fortey Limited preview - 2009 |
Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum Richard Fortey No preview available - 2009 |
Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum Richard A. Fortey No preview available - 2008 |
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