We're thrilled to receive further funding from Research England which recognises the value of our work making our excellent living collection of plants accessible to researchers in the UK & around the world.

Congratulations to our sister University of Cambridge Museums & Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) on their grants too

👇A great day for our botanical collections!!! 👇 University of Cambridge Museums Cambridge University Cambridge Collections Connections Communities Cam Botanic Garden Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) Department of Plant Sciences

Good news! 📢 We're delighted that Research England is supporting nine Cambridge University museums & collections with vital investment of £3 million a year over the next five years, with Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) & The Sedgwick Museum joining the existing portfolio this year. Read more: bit.ly/3TSwiOh

Delighted to announce that Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) have received £190k of HEMG funding (over 5 years) from Research England. This will be transformational and allow us to bring our collections to ever increasing audiences and researchers outside of Cambridge University

Want to learn more about the wonderful world of #Herbaria and find out how plants get their scientific name?🌿Come meet our Special Collections Researcher Anne Dubéarnès at the Rising Stars event tomorrow Sat. 23, 12:00 to 16:00 at the New Museums site.👇
herbarium.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/events/cambrid…

Watch this space!🎬We are producing 3 new videos with the support of Cambridge Philosophical Society. They will be released next week as part of Cambridge Festival. To learn more about our activities, you can also chat with Anne Dubéarnès at the Rising Stars event on March 23rd. festival.cam.ac.uk/events/rising-…

Botanical University Challenge 2024 #BUC2024 . Team University of Cambridge has registered. University still has a Dept of Plant Sciences Department of Plant Sciences, herbarium Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) & botanic garden Cam Botanic Garden. Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) Corpus Christi George Garnett Hamish Symington Andrew Benton

Pleasant to join the tour in Cambridge University Herbarium Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) w/ Darwin Society members Christ's College, kindly guided by Amber

Surprising to have a look at plants preserved 300 years ago🌿

JOB ALERT

We seek an engaged, effective leader to be Full Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology and Director of the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge in Dept of Zoology Amazing staff, exceptional collections, award-winning public engagement.

Deadline 22 Jan

More here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44142/

We are seeking a new Director to lead our museum - one of the most exciting #MuseumJobs possible.

Some collectors collected and we now wonder why they can’t be found

#CambridgeBotanicLights is finally here… ✨

Tonight is the first night & we’re ready to go!
 
Who will you bring along to share the magic? 💫

Tickets are still available but selling out fast
 
botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/cambr…
 
#CambridgeBotanicLights
#BotanicGarden #WinterLights

🌿 Wonderful to hear the fantastic Anne Dubéarnès enthusing about the wonderful world of herbaria Department of Plant Sciences, her research on the genus Embelia, her current work here on type specimens & our Cambridge University Herbarium 🌿

School of Biological Sciences Cambridge Collections Connections Communities University of Cambridge Museums School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin

We don't talk as much about our library and archives Cam Botanic Garden managed in affiliation with the Cambridge University Library BUT they are full of riches, including our first edition Hortus Eystettensis. Nice to this given some oxygen by our super librarian Frankie Marsh👇Cambridge Collections Connections Communities

Vacancy- Our coordinator is leaving and so we're recruiting someone to take over the role. If you're keen to build research collaborations across our wide-ranging collections and beyond, we want to hear from you! Deadline 17th December
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43988/