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Description: | -The museum holds 18th and 19th century herbaria collections, including the Skrimshire collection of mosses; the Elgood collection of 20,000 Lepidoptera; Wils Esam collection of 20,000 coleoptera; historic bird and animal mounts.;Collection of approx. 30,000 specimens with much of quality especially fossil fish. Mainly British fossils; minerals. There are named collections from C Moore; C Rutler; J E Weatherhead; S Smith; G A Mantell; W Stanger; the British Natural History Society; C Townshend; W Peckover; W E Winks; J W Bodges; H M Lee.
Samuel Smith added collections of natural history, geology and local antiquities to the museum.;Collection of Staffordshire figuresbequeathed by William Smith in 1900/01, now on display in the entrance hall;
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Museum Square
Wisbech Cambridgeshire United Kingdom,
PE13 1ES | FAX: | 01945 589050 | Telephone: | 01945 583817 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6433 | Go to resource |
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