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Description: | The Botany collections of c.55,000 specimens comprise a good collection of Kentish flowering plants, which is the best in the county and of national importance. There is also a growing type collection of British flowering plants. The Museum also holds British collections of some critical genera, including Rubus, Sorbus, Taraxacum and Euphrasia, together with moss, liverwort and lichen collections, mainly of Kentish origin. Although moderate in size, these are of county and perhaps national importance. There are developing collections of fungal and algal material, seeds and pollen.
The zoology collections comprise c. 98,000 specimens, including the mounted bird collections, which are of national importance and good collections of bird skins, eggs and nests. There are also mounted mammals and mammal skins.
The entomology collections of c. 250,000 specimens include the European butterfly collection, together with other insect species. There is a very large mollusc collection of national importance, worldwide in coverage, and of considerable scientific significance.
The museum also houses a small collection of historical apparatus connected with the collection, rearing, preservation and study of the various branches of natural history. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | St Faith's Street
Maidstone
Kent,
ME14 1LH | FAX: | 01622 602193 | Telephone: | 01622 754497 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4741 | Go to resource |
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