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One of the finest collections of natural history literature, art and online resources. Come and research with us Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 - 16.00 (by appointment). linktr.ee/nhmlibraryarchives (Natural History Museum, London and Tring)
Eleven books displayed on a shelving unit.
What a great day to welcome new additions to our book collection!
#WorldBookDay #WBD26 📚
⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #BookSky
For #WorldBookDay, we asked a few of our regular Library users what's on their shelves this month.
⬆️For more on using our collections to expand your own reading list, use the link in our bio.
👇To share what's already on your shelf, comment below!
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #BookSky #WBD26
Arthur Adams's (1820-1878) drawings range from pen and ink scientific sketches to charismatic watercolours of fish species observed during his voyage to the Malay Archipelago. Angling to see more? ⬆️ Use the link in our bio to explore this collection and many others.
Flesh-fly egg, Lepidolite, Sweet-scented Violet -- What's your Werner Purple colour today? Follow the link in our bio to see more of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours in our Digitised Special Collections. #NatureInArt
A collage of two photographs. Top, a colour photograph of a book cover. The book title is 'Common shells of the sea shore.' Bottom, a black and white photograph of 5 boys in 1950s clothing entering the doorway of the Natural History Museum.
A colour print of two large spotted wild cats, one standing and one sitting, with red crosses over their ears.
Week 9 of #MusicMondays. For last week's answers/credits, see the final slide. #SpecialCollections #NHMMusicMondays
Various library and archives items displayed on a table. In the background is a large coral in a display case and a large screen showing a black and white photo.
A great pleasure to talk to members of ALVA at their evening reception at the Natural History Museum this week.
Our colleagues Hellen and Sophia discussed many subjects, including the story of Hope the blue whale, whale conservation, the science of whale ear wax, and the history of Hintze Hall.
*tries to find a witty reply that involves neither Groot nor a walrus*
A colour photograph of a page with a printed 15x6 grid. In the grid are samples of 7 shades of black paint, with suggested artistic applications for each.
A colour photograph of the printed front page of a book headed 'Werner's Nomenclature of Colours.'
Oliven Ore, Largest Black Slug, Tyger-Moth Wing Spots -- What's your Werner Black colour today? Follow the link in our bio to see more of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours in our Digitised Special Collections. #NatureInArt
A collage of three artworks. Top, a watercolour of three bees on and around white bindweed flower. Bottom left, a printed engraving of a rooster in a farmyard. Bottom right, a coloured painting of a rooster in a forest setting.
A collage of two images. Left, a printed engraving a menagerie of animals in front of a formal garden. Right, a long printed banner advertising Wombwell's collection of elephants, lions, gnus, and other creatures.
Week 8 of #MusicMondays. For last week's answers/credits, see the final slide. #SpecialCollections #NHMMusicMondays
#bbcolympics
Three people pretend to play curling in a library, between wooden bookcases. They have floor cleaning brushes.
GO #TeamGB !! We are all behind you!
#winterolympics2026 #Olympics @bbcsport #Curling
Thanks for the suggestion to digitise this one -- our researchers are key to figuring out what to prioritise getting things out there!
Great minds 😆
Make no bones about it, we love sharing our collections! For a sneaky peek at the recently digitised 'Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, extinct monsters of the ancient earth' by Thomas Hawkins, follow the link to Digitised Special Collections in our bio ⬆️ #DigitisedCollections #FossilFriday
Two colour images on a black background. Top, three book spines with gold writing. The author's name, MC Adams, is circled on the middle book. Bottom, a drawing of a red fire ant on a small mound of sand.
A sheet of coloured drawings of jellyfish.
A text slide giving answers and citations for last weeks' images.
Week 7 of #MusicMondays. For last week's answers/credits, see the final slide. #SpecialCollections #NHMMusicMondays
Some folk give a bunch of red roses for Valentine's Day. But surely a bunch of red books is better? #ModernCollections #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks #ValentinesDay #Bookcovers
Alt text: a reel showing the red covers of books from NHM Library collections.
A colour photograph of a page containing a 17x6 ruled table. In the table are 8 samples of grey paint colours with a range of uses listed for each.
A photograph of a printed page titled 'Werner's Nomenclature of Colours' in all caps.
Fresh Wood Ashes, Breast of the Robin round the Red, Common Calcedony -- What's your Werner Grey colour today? Follow the link in our bio to see more of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours in our Digitised Special Collections. #NatureInArt
A collage of three images. Top, a colour drawing of three views of a zebra, shown from front, rear, and side. A red circle is over the zebra's haunch. Bottom right, a black and white photograph of a football team c.1920. The players wear monochrome striped jerseys. Bottom left, a drawing of a piece of quart layered in black and white.
A collage of two images. Top, a colour drawing of a black and white bird. A red circe has been added to highlight its eye. Bottom, a colour drawing of insects and plants. A red circle highlights a pod of legumes.
A slide of white text on a black background giving citation details of the previous weeks' solutions and images.
Week 6 of #NHMMusicMondays, last week's answers on the final slide. Any music over the post is not a clue! #MusicMondays
A recent project has enabled us to share records produced during and after James Cook’s Endeavour voyage landfall in New Zealand.
This blog traces the journey of this unique collection from manuscript to digital form.
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#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Digitisation #BehindTheScenes
Eleven books displayed on a shelving unit, library bookshelves can be seen in the background.
New additions to our library book collections 🎉
⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks #NaturalHistory #Science
Week 5 of #NHMMusicMondays, last week's answers on the final slide. Any music over the post is not a clue! #MusicMondays
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A pile of four books sit on a desk, displaying the titles on their spines. In the background are library bookshelves, tables and a ladder.
No week is ever the same with the variety of subjects being researched by visitors in our public reading room.
What items from our collections would be brought together for your visit?
⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
A collage of three images. Top left,a coloured print of a bananas on their plant, with a red flower. Above the plant is a brown moth, on the flower is a green caterpillar. Right, two male sheep. Bottom left, the yellow spine of a book with a finger pointing to the letter A.
A monochrome photograph of a group of men standing in front of an unfinished whale model.
A collage of four images. Top left, a sketch of two legs of a skeleton. Top right, a red arrow pointing to a hole in a cliff face. Bottom right, a cross section of a fruit. Bottom left, the cover of a book titled "Bad times."
A text slide giving answers and credits for last week's post.
Week 4 of #NHMMusicMondays. Last week's answers/credits on the final slide! #MusicMondays (the music over the post is not a clue!)
A colour photograph of a hand-painted page. Top, a blue and gold crown above two vines with leaves. Middle, the signature 'Victoria R' in a botanical wreath featuring pink and white roses. Bottom, sprigs of blue and white flowers tied with a blue ribbon.
A colour photograph of a handwritten title page. The text reads "Signature Book of the Medico Botanical Society of London instituted 1821."
Today is the 125th anniversary of the close of Queen Victoria's reign, during which she added her name to the signature book of the Medico-Botanical Society of London. Follow the link in our bio ⬆️ to see more of this finely illustrated manuscript in our Digitised Special Collections. #OnThisDay
Time for ARTISTIC! This week featuring special guest @andreahart.bsky.social from @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social who shares some incredible stories from our collections. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nVTU...
A colour photograph showing a white statue of Charles Darwin surrounded by twelve people in a library setting. Each person, including Darwin, reads a book with the cover toward the camera.
Darwin's Book Club reassembles for Museum Selfie Day 2026.
Which natural history books are you reading at the moment?
#MuseumSelfieDay
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
#BookSky
#BlueSkyBooks
A collage of four images. Top left, a cartoon of a gorilla yawning and stretching in bed below the heading "Gorilla Fight." Top right, an oil painting of a silverback gorilla in a jungle. Bottom right, a photograph of the blue and yellow cover of a book title "Gorillas were my neighbours." Bottom left, a monochrome photograph of a man sculpting th head of a gorilla.
A coloured engraving of a man in eighteenth-century clothing. He wears a black tricorn hat, a blue coat and breeches, and a red waistcoat. He is sitting on a tree stump in a woodland setting, and holds a box of butterflies and a butterfly-catching net. A thought bubble contaning a picture of dragons rises from his head.
A collage of two images. At left, a black and white engraving of a reptile's tail wrapped around a tree branch. At right, a coloured print of three grey and black birds with forked tails. Two perch on a branch in the foreground, the third flies in the background.
A page of text giving solutions and credits of bands from the previous week. At the foot on the text is a coloured photograph of action-blurred peple in a library setting.
Week 3 of #MusicMondays. Last week's answers/credits on the final slide! #NHMMusicMondays
Very proud to have worked with @edwinrose.bsky.social and our other partners in New Zealand and at Cambridge on this. Even happier to see the fruits of Sydney Parkinson’s skill and efforts in glorious high resolution detail nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44... #botanicalart #collaboration
Aha! A Brainstorm!
