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Talk: Plants, empire and exploration - Historic art and artefacts in Kew's Economic Botany Collection
- Hosted by:
- Kew Mutual Information Society
- Speaker:
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Mark Nesbitt, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Starts:
- December 14, 2009 at 06:00 pm
- Ends:
- December 14, 2009 at 08:00 pm
- Location:
- Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Jodrell Gate, Kew Road, London, TW9 3DS United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
In Victorian times Kew Gardens was the hub of a worldwide network exchanging plant products, knowledge about plants and, of course, actual living plants. The 90,000 specimens in Kew’s Economic Botany Collection capture the extraordinary diversity of personalities, plants and source communities involved in this imperial project. Using treasures from the Collection – some of which will be on display for the evening – we’ll explore what they tell us about Kew in the past 150 years, and what we can learn for today. Coverage will range from Maori cloaks to Amazonian cassava squeezers; Japanese paper hats to African poison arrows.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- No
Additional information
This event is part of the Kew Mutual Improvement Society series. Admission is £2, payable at the door.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Mark Nesbitt
- Email:
- m.nesbitt [ at ] kew.org
- Website:
- Talk: Plants, empire and exploration - Historic art and artefacts in Kew's Economic Botany Collection
