Jul 27, 2021 | Events, Latest
According to their website, Black Botanists Week is a celebration of Black people who love plants. This plant love manifests in many ways ranging from tropical field ecologist to plant geneticist, from horticulturalist to botanical illustrator. Some of which we have...
Jul 27, 2021 | Events, Latest, Value of Collections, Value of collections webinar series, Webinars
Something special for our scientists to get involved in…we are excited about the webinar series on the value of our collections. This is directly connected to the showcase in that, the webinar guests will be those that contributed to the showcase. The purpose of...
Jul 27, 2021 | Events, Forums, Latest
Bernhard Zipfel, Photographic Competition Second Runner-up: The most iconic specimen Taung is a village situated in the North West Province approximately 80 km North of Kimberley. In 1924 Taung was the site of a limestone quarry. Limestone has many different uses. For...
Jul 14, 2021 | Events, Forums, Latest
Louanne Kirton, Photographic Competition Second Runner-up: The ugliest specimen On 22 December 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the Curator of the East London Museum, received a call from the Captain of the Nerine fishing trawler, Hendrik Goosen. He had just returned...
Jul 14, 2021 | Events, Forums, Latest
Maxine Manickum, Photographic Competition First Runner-up: The ugliest specimen If you were given one minute to describe this specimen, what would you say?What you see is not what you get. The dried specimen is deceiving, the actual fruit skin is yellow or green in...
Jun 24, 2021 | Events, Forums, Iconic Specimens, Latest
Louanne Kirton, Photographic Competition Second Runner-up: The ugliest specimen On 22 December 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the Curator of the East London Museum, received a call from the Captain of the Nerine fishing trawler, Hendrik Goosen. He had just returned...
