Overview for 'natural-history'

Title:
Ursus thibetanus G.[Baron] Cuvier, 1823
Date:
1823
Institution:
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Country:
Germany
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 9 January 2019 Jörg Holetschek
Taxonomies for Natural History Collections
natural-history
Presenting digital collections of natural history has its own unique set of challenges. This is something that Europeana's natural history aggregator OpenUp! knows well. With almost 9 million objects on Europeana Collections - visibility and search come with some very specific parameters. The below explores some of these key elements behind presenting natural history objects online and lets you know the best ways to find what you are looking for.
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Data Updated: 6 November 2023
Manuscript illuminations from the Austrian National Library
Natural-history
More than 200 illustrations from codices on swordsmanship and natural history.
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Data Updated: 6 November 2023
The rich history and collections of the University of Edinburgh
Natural-history
More than 3,500 historical documents relating to the history and collections of the University of Edinburgh - from illuminated manuscripts, anatomical drawings and honorific medals to personal letters, travel reports and student registers.
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Data Updated: 6 November 2023
Scans of plants from the OpenUp! project
Natural-history
More than 4,000 scans of plants mounted on sheets from Institute of Botany of Slovak Academy of Sciences.
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Data Updated: 6 November 2023
Scans of plants from the OpenUp! project
Natural-history
More than 88,000 scans of plants mounted on sheets.
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Data Updated: 6 November 2023
Natural History Art from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
Natural-history
More than 75 paintings and drawings of flowers and animals from the collections of the Rijksmuseum. In Dutch. This is a subset of the Rijksmuseum dataset in Europeana.
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