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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Exhibitions in the Botany...
Catalogue reference: DF 409
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Exhibitions in the Botany... dating from 1955-1964.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DF 409
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Exhibitions in the Botany Gallery
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1955-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the correspondence and papers raised by John F M Cannon (b 1930) during the renewal of the Botany Gallery, between 1956 and 1962.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/409). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 409.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Associated papers are in the Exhibition Officer's Project Files.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The Natural History Museum Archives, London
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Transferred by Dr Cannon from the Keeper's Office in 1990.
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Museums and galleries
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The old Botany gallery, together with the general herbarium, was badly damaged by bombs on the night of 9 September 1940. After the war, the general herbarium and library moved to the west wing, and a mezzanine was inserted to take a new exhibition gallery above the new cryptogamic herbarium. Cannon joined the Department in 1952, and was put in charge of the project the following year.
The Gallery was the first to be planned and built in the Museum after the War, and it represented a new attempt to make natural history accessible to the general public. Design and production was entrusted to a small firm called Preview, which was led by H R Allen. Miss M R J Edwards, the Museum Exhibition Officer, was also involved in both planning and production. The gallery was opened by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 31 October 1962 and was dismantled in 1982.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 'The new botanical exhibition gallery at the British Museum (Natural History)', JFM Cannon, Curator, 5: 26-35 (1962)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15506/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Exhibitions in the Botany Gallery