'The Sloane Lab: Looking back to build future shared collections' - Prof. Julianne Nyhan, UCL & TUD
Channel: Towards A National Collection
Date: 2021-11-17

Principal Investigator of TaNC Discovery Project 'The Sloane Lab' Professor Julianne Nyhan, University College London and TU Darmstadt outlines the aims and objectives of the project. 

Recorded 19th October 2021 at the TaNC Steering Committee meeting. 

Photo Credit: Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753) Stephen Slaughter (1697–1765) (attributed to) © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London | The Phoenix Jewel. 36288001 © The Trustees of the British Museum | Book Cover. 1613339351. © The Trustees of the British Museum | Collection of beetles, Case containing beetles from the Joseph Dandridge and Petiver collections. Some have Hans Sloane's catalogue numbers. C0165553 © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London | Wax death mask of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). 30890001. © The Trustees of the British Museum | Walnut specimen collected from the Caribbean alongside the catalogue entry. Sloanes original entry reads ‘1716. An Walnutt from Caribes’ ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London |  Cameo; mounted in ring; Pyramus and Thisbe. 1613053430 © The Trustees of the British Museum