The geological collections of the Warwickshire Museum were initiated by the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society during the 19th century.
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Amongst the many curiosities collected back then are a small ...
The mid 19th century was truly the heyday of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society. During this period they benefited from the enthusiastic and generous support and membership of the ...
Amongst the original collections of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society, the Warwickshire Museum cares for a number of tiny ‘books’ (actually decorative pieces), carved from different varieties of ...
As the first collections grew, the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society‘s curators labelled the growing number of specimens, establishing a very basic documentation system. In those days, all object labels were ...
This highly detailed map (by William James and Assistants) illustrates the properties owned by the Earls of Warwick in Warwick at the opening of the nineteenth century. It is presumed ...
Warwickshire Museum and its geological collections owe much to the Reverend Peter Bellinger Brodie. Peter was born in 1815 and grew up in London where his father was a barrister. Peter’s ...
Warwickshire Museum holds a seed from the coco de mer palm tree and it is definitely worth a look as it is possibly one of the original specimens making up the ...