{"id":2368,"date":"2019-08-19T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2022-05-31T16:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T15:54:37","slug":"190th-anniversary-of-the-natural-history-society-of-northumbria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/190th-anniversary-of-the-natural-history-society-of-northumbria\/","title":{"rendered":"190th Anniversary of the Natural History Society of Northumbria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2369 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/08\/wild-flowers-571940_1920-1024x453.jpg\" alt=\"Pink and purple wildflowers in a field\" width=\"660\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/08\/wild-flowers-571940_1920-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/08\/wild-flowers-571940_1920-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/08\/wild-flowers-571940_1920-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2019\/08\/wild-flowers-571940_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Today celebrates the 190<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the founding of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk\/\">Natural History Society of Northumbria<\/a>, (NHSN) a local voluntary organisation that encourages and supports research in Natural History via lectures, field outings, education courses and publication of scientific papers.\u00a0 The Society also established the brilliant Great North Museum: Hancock, which continues to house its fascinating Library and Archive collections, both important resources for the study of natural history in the North East of England.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk\/resources\/library\/\">NHSN Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Library, also established in 1829, holds a wealth of material on natural history, with coverage including flora and fauna, ornithology, geology, ecology, the history of natural history and biodiversity.\u00a0 Here you\u2019ll find the latest field guides for birds, plants, mammals and insects from around the world alongside regional, national and international journals and books about ecology, zoology, botany, ornithology, entomology, geology and conservation. The Library is open to everyone, but membership is required for borrowing books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk\/resources\/archive\/\">NHSN Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Archive holds thousands of artworks, photographs, letters, diaries, and notebooks covering all aspects of natural history, zoology, botany and geology.\u00a0 It also includes internationally important material, notably the original watercolours, pencil drawings and proof engravings by Thomas Bewick, the Northumbria-born naturalist and wood engraver. \u00a0Archive material is available to view by appointment only.<\/p>\n<p>For a taste of what the collections have to offer, you can visit the Society\u2019s newest exhibition: &#8216;The Beauty of Plant Science&#8217;, on display in the NHSN Library.\u00a0 Curated by postgraduates at Newcastle University, the exhibition presents colourful botanical illustrations alongside myths and poems to show how Science and Art coexist:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New exhibition &#39;The Beauty of Plant Science: Seeing Art in Botany&#39; open now on floor 2 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GNM_Hancock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GNM_Hancock<\/a>. Created by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICCHSNewcastle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ICCHSNewcastle<\/a> students, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvdokiaSamara?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EvdokiaSamara<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaliaMAizi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DaliaMAizi<\/a> in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncllibspeccoll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ncllibspeccoll<\/a>. Well worth a visit! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crjcd5MFGY\">pic.twitter.com\/crjcd5MFGY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHSN (@NENature_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NENature_\/status\/1158728268385796096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You can also find a sister exhibition, &#8216;The Beauty of Insects: Seeing Art in the Entomological World&#8217; on Level 2 of the Philip Robinson Library:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New exhibition now open &#39;The Beauty of Insects: Seeing Art in the Entomological World&#39; on Level 2 of @nclroblib in collaboration with @NEE_Naturalist &amp; curated by 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICCHSNewcastle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ICCHSNewcastle<\/a> MA Museum Studies placement students  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvdokiaSamara?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EvdokiaSamara<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaliaMAizi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DaliaMAizi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FineArtNCL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FineArtNCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MJxyF4KwCU\">pic.twitter.com\/MJxyF4KwCU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robinson Speccoll (@ncllibspeccoll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncllibspeccoll\/status\/1158725764231127040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today celebrates the 190th anniversary of the founding of the\u00a0Natural History Society of Northumbria, (NHSN) a local voluntary organisation that encourages and supports research in Natural History via lectures, field outings, education courses and publication of scientific papers.\u00a0 The Society also established the brilliant Great North Museum: Hancock, which continues to house its fascinating Library &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/190th-anniversary-of-the-natural-history-society-of-northumbria\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;190th Anniversary of the Natural History Society of Northumbria&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[45,46,95,53,57,210],"class_list":["post-2368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-animal","tag-biology","tag-culture-and-heritage","tag-earth","tag-environsci","tag-media-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}