There are beautiful plants and insect collections and in the Darwin Centre we can now look at them. We can also learn about the collectors and naturalists. I love the virtual herbarium sheets. You can turn the pages and look at faded but important plants that have been dried and collated.
I particularly enjoyed the dried flowers and herbs trapped between large pieces of perspex.
The Cocoon is usually very quiet. There were only a few arts students sketching from the specimens.
I then went into view the spirit collection. Lots and lots of jars filled with corals, fish, shells, insects and animals and plants.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/daytime-events/talks-and -tours/spirit-collection-tours/index.html. Well worth a visit and as you can see from the link, you can have a tour of the hidden archives.
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