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Description: | The natural history collection is sadly depleted by loss, decay and destruction. The 19th century collection was extensive and important. However, the remaining collection still have much of great interest including the herbaria of Rev L Jenyns and C E Broome, mainly collected between 1820 and 1880 and amounting to about 8,500 herbarium sheets.
There are more than 17,000 shells consisting of marine, freshwater and land molluscs. The Jenyns collection contains a world-wide collection of marine shells including some rare and scientifically important specimens.
The entomological collections comprise some 12,000 insects including coleoptera; lepidoptera; arachnids and hymenoptera. There is a reasonable reference collection of beetles.
Mounted birds and mammals are represented by about 80 specimens and include an extinct Passenger pigeon and a wild cat.
The rest of the collection comprises about 700 birds eggs; a number of prepared small animal bones and skulls; a quantity of horn and ivory; and corals from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. | Subjects: | Mammals Natural Sciences Plants Fish Birds Insects Biology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | 16-18 Queen Square
Bath,
BA1 2HP | FAX: | 01225 429 452 | Telephone: | 01225 312 084 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:3870 | Go to resource |
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