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From: exlibris@library.berkeley.edu
[mailto:exlibris@library.berkeley.edu]On Behalf Of Savannah Schroll
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 2:53 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Arsenic and Old Books
Crocodiles hanging from the ceiling
Arsenic soap for warding off insects
'Get-rich-quick' schemes for collectors of scientific specimens
These are all part of the fascinating and complex story behind the growth of
natural history museums, a tale told in the new Smithsonian Libraries
exhibition, Wonder Bound: Rare Books on Early Museums.
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries' collection of rare natural-history
books is vital to museum-based research in taxonomy, systematics,
bio-diversity, species distributions and extinctions, and other issues of
current interest. They also document the development of natural-history
museums over the course of four centuries. Curated by Leslie Overstreet,
Smithsonian Libraries' Curator of Natural History Rare Books, Wonder Bound
includes illustrations of Renaissance-era "cabinets of curiosities," also
known as "Wunderkammern" (wonder-rooms), as well as 18th and 19th century
publications containing specific instructions for collecting and documenting
specimens. Such pamphlets were given to adventurers, merchants, and sailors
in hopes of their returning with new specimens and materials for museum
collections. Yet other books trace the development of preservation
techniques for battling the bug infestations that destroyed many early
collections. The historical survey continues into the present day, with
illustrations of curators from the Smithsonian's own National Museum of
Natural History engaged in similar collecting and preservation activities.
Wonder Bound will be on display from May 24, 2002 through November 2002 in
the Constitution Avenue Lobby (west end) of the National Museum of Natural
History.
Enjoy a digital version of the exhibition by pointing your browser to:
www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/wonderbound
Please contact Savannah Schroll at 357-2240 for further information.
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