SUMMER IS HERE! VISIT KEW ON 8 AUGUST
Kew's Library and Archives was founded in 1852 and today is one of the UK's
foremost National Reference Collections. It comprises a global collection
of botanical literature, totalling some three-quarters of a million items,
ranging from books and periodicals, pamphlets, sheet maps, illustrations,
prints and drawings, manuscripts, letters and private papers and serves
Kew's staff as well as visiting scholars and researchers from all over the
world. It is among the world's greatest specialised documentary and visual
reference collections.
ARLIS/UK & Ireland visitors will be welcomed to the Library and Archives on
Thursday 8 August at 2pm by Marilyn Ward, the Illustrations Curator, who
will display a selection of items from the collection of prints and
drawings. There will also be the opportunity to see the Herbarium, usually
open only to specialist researchers, which houses plant reference specimens
representing nearly 98% of all the genera in the world.
The Herbarium and Library are housed in an 18th century building beside the
Main Gate to Kew. The ARLIS visit is free of charge, but admission fees
apply to the gardens (where - incidentally - a free tour takes place at 11am
and lasts one hour).
www.rbjkew.org.uk
Bookings are being taken by:
Denise Raine
Librarian
Henry Moore Institute
74 The Headrow
Leeds LS1 3AH
Tel 0113 246 9469
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