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Around the globe
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier reports on a new exhibition in the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris, a collaboration between the Académie des sciences and the Royal Society.
Time unfolded
history of scienceAn exhibition at Lambeth Palace Library brings together some rare medieval concertina-fold almanacs, including one from the collections of the Royal Society, as Virginia Mills reports.
Colourful remarks
history of scienceAinsley Vinall discovers how the architect William Benson aimed to bring scientific ideas on light and colour to a more artistic audience.
Figuring the Earth
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier introduces the first international collaborative exhibition put on by the Royal Society Library team, jointly curated with the French Académie des sciences.
Bird Hunt
history of scienceJon Bushell tells the story of a hoopoe illustration by Henry Hunt, part of the Royal Society Library's new exhibition ‘Clamorous Wings: Birds in Science’.
Science century
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier unveils the latest exhibition from the Royal Society Library, bringing back to life our 1923 summer soirée.
John Ruskin and ‘heart-sight’
history of scienceA new exhibition at the Royal Society places the work of art critic John Ruskin in the context of developments in science and photography, as curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.
Ruskin's perspectives
history of scienceA new exhibition shows how mathematics was central to the work of the artist, writer and critic John Ruskin, as curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.
Plenty more fish
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier launches our new exhibition on scientific marine voyages, together with a digital version of Francis Willughby and John Ray's 'History of Fish'.
Science decade
history of scienceKatherine Marshall introduces our new online exhibition, featuring portraits of scientists taken by renowned photographer Anne-Katrin Purkiss.
Stormy weather
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier reports on a joint Royal Society - Met Office exhibition on the science of weather and climate in Britain, and shows how going online has given it a second lease of life during lockdown.
Model Victorians
history of scienceDiscover how models, from warships and Saturn's rings to wax orchids and a baby hippopotamus, were displayed at the Royal Society's 19th-century exhibitions at Burlington House.