Category: natural history

• A Matter of Scale: The Flamingo in Audubon’s Birds of America

  Posted on Jul 28th

  On display through August 1 (this Friday!) in our exhibit “Books of Nature” is the magnificent illustration of the American flamingo in […]

• “Jesuits and Visual Culture”: Center for Early Modern Studies Conference in Special Collections

  Posted on May 4th

  On May 7, 2013, Special Collections will host a full-day session of a conference entitled ” ‘Spiritual Optiks‘: Jesuits and Visual Culture.” This conference, […]

• “Parts and Wholes” Exhibit Ends on Friday, March 29

  Posted on Mar 21st

  The Special Collections exhibit “Parts and Wholes” ends next Friday, March 29. We hope you will take the opportunity during spring break […]

• Willughby’s turkey

  Posted on Nov 21st

  In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, we offer here the turkey from The ornithology of Francis Willughby, as edited for publication […]