Economic botany is closely related to the field of ethnobotanythat word is based on two greek roots. The collection comprises economic useful plants and plant products, with the primary emphasis on seed plants. Santos museum of economic botany botanic gardens of. A handbook to the museums of economic botany of the royal gardens, kew paperback august 30, 2011. Official guide to the museums of economic botany 9780559212727. In fact it was carefully restored in 1991 and differs little from when it was created by richard schomburgk in 1881 as a record of ways to use various plants and thereby how to prevent waste. Economic botany intersects many fields including established disciplines such as agronomy, anthropology, archaeology, chemistry, economics, ethnobotany, ethnology, forestry, genetic resources, geography, geology, horticulture, medicine. Disciplinespecific archive collections jstor archival journal collections include more than two thousand journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Modelled on the museum of the same name in kew england, there were once many museums of this type in the british empire now only three remain world wide. Economic botany collection biodiversity heritage library. The majority of the collection was established in the 19th century under the direction of the industrial and technological museums director, cosmo newbry. Economic botanists explore the interface between people and plants to describe the cultural uses of plants, explain the origin of specific useful plants and develop strategies for the sustainable use of plant resources. Specimen labels, museum entry books, collection files and kews main archives are all important additional sources of information. The united states national herbarium was founded in 1848, when the first collections were accessioned from the united states exploring expedition 50,000 specimens of 10,000 species. Botany smithsonian national museum of natural history. Completed in 1881, the santos museum of economic botany has a classical greekstyle exterior and features high ceilings, ornate victorian details and historic.
This collection became the foundation of the new york state museum herbarium. Opening in 1881 in the adelaide botanic garden, the museum of economic botany offers many exhibits outlining the practical and economic use of plant materials. A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum. Later additions were obtained from the louisiana purchase exposition in 1904. Established as the museum of economic botany by kews first official director, sir william jackson hooker, in 1847, it was cited as a public repository for all kinds of useful and curious vegetable products, which neither the living plants of the garden nor the specimens in the herbarium could exhibit. The source consists of six bound volumes, with dates of accessions, description of specimens or artefacts and names and sometimes addresses of donors. The economic botany collection consists of some 12,000 specimens, models, illustrations and displays.
Your gift is important to us and helps support critical opportunities for students and faculty alike, including lectures, travel support, and any number of educational events that augment the classroom experience. Ever since its founding in the late 19th century, the field museum and its scientists have studied the great variety of ways that people use plants. Textbook of economic botany and ethnobotany mittal publications. The entry books that provide the core data for this paper are the handwritten accession registers of the former museum and current ebc. Santos museum of economic botany adelaide, australia gastro. Museum of economic botany master heritage painters.
At the time, museums of economic botany were widespread, with others in sydney, brisbane and melbourne, but. May 30, 2009 the harvest exhibition is on display until august 23rd and the museum of economic botany is open seven days a week from 10am4pm. The stately museum of economic botany is an attractive greek revival building located in botanic gardens of adelaide. It was the pride of director richard schomburgk, whose international network of likeminded botanists ensured a wealth of. The harvest exhibition is on display until august 23rd and the museum of economic botany is open seven days a week from 10am4pm. Popular botany books showing 150 of 3,052 the botany of desire. Kew museum of economic botany, entry books 18471924 highresolution copies of the entry books recording accessions to the kew museum of economic botany covering the period 18471924, held at the royal botanic gardens, kew. Working paper 1 the economic botany collection at kew. Santos museum of economic botany adelaide, australia. The majority of the collection was established in the 19th century under the direction of the industrial and technological museum s director, cosmo newbry. Opening in 1881 in the adelaide botanic garden, the museum of economic botany offers many exhibits outlining the practical and economic.
Professor emeritus of botany department of biological sciences humboldt state university arcata, california february 2017 the scope of study alcorn, j. The museum of economic botany at the adelaide botanic garden. The museum of economic botany in the adelaide botanic gardens opened in may 1881. All issues, from volume 1, issue 1, are provided for every journal up to the moving wall, including all previous and related titles. The museum of economic botany at the adelaide botanic. Economic botany economic botanists explore the interface between people and plants to describe the cultural uses of plants, explain the origin of specific useful plants and develop strategies for the sustainable use of plant resources. Hillier, john masters c18611930 jackson, john reader, 18371920. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. The sir joseph banks centre and the economic botany collections at kew. Smiths site, global museum, was recently voted the best museum professionals site and is regularly visited by.
He was instructor in botany from 1899 to 1905, and assistant professor until 1911. Economic botany referred to the collecting of vegetable samples to be permanently displayed, and was employed in illustrating and. The database can be searched by many categories, including plant name, country, region, plant part and uses. The museum of economic botany at the adelaide botanic garden, first opened in 1881, has had a continuos life dedicated to the collection and interpretation of useful plants. This research guide contains resources used to find information about botany. Economic botany is the study of the relationship between people individuals and cultures and plants. Related photos the exterior of the museum opened in 1881 ashley. May, 2019 the museum of economic botany, an integral element of kew gardens as a statefunded botanical complex, was founded by william hooker in 1847. The major international journal that is unequivocally dedicated to economic botany in all its facets is economic botany, a publication founded by dr. First issued in 1947, 12 yr later it was to become the official publication of the newly established society for economic botany anonymous 1984. Bennett encyclopedia of life support systemseolss local plant knowledge. Each book is in the process of being scanned and uploaded to bhl. This event was recorded in kews specimens distributed books, which documented the dispersal of museum objects to hundreds of schools across the british isles in the three decades leading up to the first world war.
It is significant because the whole entity has survived building, interior decoration, showcases and collections. The museum of economic botany is a glorious small museum in the oldest sense. The economic botany collection is an important research resource because of its extraordinary breadth, and the copious documentation associated with many specimens. Download pdf popular economic botany free online new. These are logbooks containing hundreds of letters of correspondence between the museum of economic botany and schools across the uk. Our economic botany collection illustrates the extent of human use of plants around. The original collection was assembled for the worlds columbian exposition in 1893 in chicago.
Botany professor frederick ernest weiss 18651953, for example, was an advocate of the museum as a teaching resource for students, believing economic botany would be better pursued in technical institutions, and it is pertinent to note here that the 1899 guide to the natural history galleries gives details of botany displays explaining. Economic botany is once again being given more prominence as a discipline because of its enormous relevance to both conservation and sustainable development. Specimen labels, museum entry books, collection files and kews main. It was the pride of director richard schomburgk, whose international network of likeminded botanists ensured a wealth of content. The economic botany collection database holds records of all specimens in the collection. Mar 20, 2020 this research guide contains resources used to find information about botany. This book offers important new material for those who work in fields of science devoted to plants people, of both including anthropology, archaeology, botany, environmental conservation ethnopharmacology, geography, history, medicine.
The museum of economic botany, an integral element of kew gardens as a statefunded botanical complex, was founded by william hooker in 1847. Global museum museum news museum jobs, careers and. Those people involved in those topics should find this a most useful resource. Economic botany and industrial plants medicinal plants economic botany resources plants used for food.
These are logbooks containing hundreds of letters of correspondence between the museum of economic botany and schools across the uk the first book spanning from 1877 1894. Museum of economic botany adelaide botanic gardens. Joint conference of the society for economic botany and the international society for ethnopharmacology 1996, london, england. Suggested botanical web sites botanical society of america. The last of its kind in the world the santos museum of economic botany is home to an amazing permanent collection, much of which dates back to the original museum display years ago. Simply put, economic botany is the interaction of people with plants. After bennetts departure, james franklin collins was curator of the herbarium from 1894 to 1911, and curator of the museum of economic botany in 189495. Specimens distributed book, vol 1, 18811901 20191126t.
Bioquest botany 2007 symposium downloadable presentations and resources for problembased plant biology from the 2007 bsa education and outreach forum labwrite tutorial for student lab reports ecological society of americas education resources syllabus exchange and much more. Mar 20, 2014 the museum of economic botany is a glorious small museum in the oldest sense. Because plants are the basis of all material cultures, preservation of ethnobotanical knowledge, like the preservation of language, is a requisite for the safekeeping of cultures. Economic botany science box contents georgia museum of. As part of the mobile museum project, kew are also in the process of digitising the museum of economic botanys school letter books.
The santos museum of economic botany, located in the adelaide botanic gardens, displays a permanent collection exhibiting the practical, medicinal and economic use of plant materials. Kew museum of economic botany, entry books 18471924. Highresolution copies of the entry books recording accessions to the kew museum of economic botany covering the period 18471924, held at the royal botanic gardens, kew. For more than a century, the santos museum of economic botany has educated the public about thousands of phytochemical and ethnobotanical derivatives. It was inspired by sir william hookers example in the royal botanic garden at kew, and was said to be the first public building in south australia. Established as the museum of economic botany by kews first official. The building also contained a museum display of natural history artifacts. Disciplinespecific archive collections journals jstor. Museum of economic botany and its successor, the economic botany collection ebc, and the thousands of objects it received from all parts of the world, a considerable proportion of which were subsequently redistributed by the museum to other museums, botanic gardens and schools during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Architect barnett patterned the buildings interior after the museum of economic botany or museum no. Santos museum of economic botany botanic gardens of south. Many people are working from home for the first time, including teachers and faculty across the country.
Due to the cultural and economic importance of the albanytroy area in the 19th century, the herbarium attracted collections of other early. The result of his work was the first completed flora of the state, published in 1843, as a flora of the state of new york. Abnormal apples and proliferous potatoes uncovering the. Research use has changed through time, with increasing emphasis on anthropology and history. After teaching art in the highlands of papua new guinea and directng museums, aucklander roger smith was looking for a new challenge and found it online with a website that has become the toast of the international museum scene. Adelaides museum of economic botany books and arts abc.
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