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Description: | Keswick Museum was formed around its natural science collections, which date from the 19th-20th century and are mainly of local and regional interest and connected with local naturaliasts e.g. J Flintoft and Linneas Eden Hope. The colleciton of vertebrates comprises British birds and mammals, some bone material and birds eggs and nests. Associated archives include published examples of taxidermy. Keswick Museum also houses a large collection of British butterflies and moths and beetles, many of local origin. There are also various fish, reptiles, amphibia and a large collection of freshwater and marine mollusc shells from Britain and worldwide. The herbarium comprises over 1,000 sheets of specimens. | Subjects: | Biology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Fitz Park
Station Road
Keswick,
CA12 4NF | FAX: | 01768 780390 | Telephone: | 01768 773263 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2016 | Go to resource |
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