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Pussy Galore's EmporiumUnveiling Treasures: Q&A with Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell in Antiques And The Arts Weekly...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McNayArtMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#McNayArtMuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrintsAndDrawings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrintsAndDrawings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtCurator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtCurator</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElizabethKathleenMitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElizabethKathleenMitchell</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanAntonioArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SanAntonioArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtExhibitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtExhibitions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrintFair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrintFair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModernArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ModernArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContemporaryArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContemporaryArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtAcquisitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtAcquisitions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtEducation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasArtScene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasArtScene</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtMuseumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtMuseumLife</a> Dr. Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell has recently been appointed as the curator of prints and drawings at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas,…<a href="https://pussygaloresemporium.com/unveiling-treasures-qa-with-elizabeth-kathleen-mitchell-in-antiques-and-the-arts-weekly/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pussygaloresemporium.com/unveiling-treasures-qa-with-elizabeth-kathleen-mitchell-in-antiques-and-the-arts-weekly/</a>

Norbert HolsteinThis is a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/grass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grass</a>‽ From giant bamboos to maize and the common lawn ryegrass, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Poaceae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poaceae</a> can be quite variable. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Panicum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panicum</a> cupressifolium from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Madagascar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Madagascar</a> has minute leaves, making it look like a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/cypress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cypress</a> (hence the name). <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IAmABotanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IAmABotanist</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbariumLife</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a>

Norbert HolsteinIn the past, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/herbaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#herbaria</a> were bound volumes. Some had beautiful arrangements and even drawings of vases from which the plants would appear to be in. At the NHM London, we have bound volumes by the Liberato Sabbati, curator of the Rome botanical garden in the mid 1700s. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbariumLife</a>

Norbert Holstein<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Herbarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Herbarium</a> specimens often lose their colours and turn brownish. But sometimes colours persist, especially when material was dried quickly. This <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Anemone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anemone</a> sends a colourful spring greeting from the NHM London on a grey February day. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbariumLife</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a>

Alex WildSome of what I do as an entomology curator is Chrysis management.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Collections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wasps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entomology</a>

Norbert HolsteinWhat a massive <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/poppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poppy</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flower</a> on a new specimen from the NHM London 😳 This <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Papaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Papaver</a> orientale is huge with 16 cm/7" in diameter. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbariumLife</a>

Norbert HolsteinA scientific request to search for specimens in the genus <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Cinnamomum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cinnamomum</a> couldn't have come at a better time. Even after decades since collecting, the specimens still have a slight scent of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/cinnamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cinnamon</a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/clove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clove</a>. 🤩 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PumpkinSpice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PumpkinSpice</a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/gingerbread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gingerbread</a> are in the air! <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbariumLife</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a>

Norbert HolsteinSurreal! The red folders are <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/type" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#type</a> specimens at <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NaturalHistoryMuseumLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalHistoryMuseumLondon</a>. [Type specimens are the very definition of a species and therefore really important]. The red shelf contains the NHM's collections of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Stelis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stelis</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/orchids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#orchids</a> from the region 23 (Tropical South America). <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbariumLife</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a>

Alex WildThis morning's mystery: a label on a series of rare streblid bat flies from sometime in the 1940s-ish. What's the third line say?<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entomology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a>

Norbert Holstein<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Herbaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Herbaria</a> are not just about <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plants</a> but also about <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a>. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a> is also about learning about collectors. Today, I solved the mystery of a collector from India, "Col. R.S. Vine". It's Roland Stephen Vine (1910-2003). He was with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/RAMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RAMC</a>, the Royal Army Medical Corps, and stationed in India between 1936 and 1939. That's when we have his collections from India from. But he also collected in the UK and Greece but those collections are in Kew <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Herbarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Herbarium</a>.

Dr. Bronwyn W. WilliamsLast summer, Dr. Adrian Smith joined me in the field to capture video of the excavation of an undescribed species of burrowing crayfish. Three hours of digging (we were in the middle of a dry spell), untold numbers of mosquito bites, and a wee bit of caked on mud later I got one. And Adrian’s footage of it was magical; check out the video on his AntLab YouTube channel here: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rBnRKcpK8Rs&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rBnRKcpK8Rs&feature=youtu.be</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/crustmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crustmas</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/crayfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crayfish</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/crustacea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crustacea</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/fieldwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fieldwork</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/curatorlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#curatorlife</a>

Alex WildWoke up this morning into a bleak new world where the wasp family Pteromalidae has been split into 24 families and I am somehow going to have to learn them, and then find two weeks somewhere, to update the collection I curate.<a href="https://jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=94263&journal_name=jhr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=94263&journal_name=jhr</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entomology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hymenoptera</a>

Norbert HolsteinOne wouldn't mount <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/herbarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#herbarium</a> specimens like this anymore, but this one from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NHMLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NHMLondon</a> does have an artistic appeal. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ModernArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ModernArt</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbariumLife</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a> @museum

Norbert HolsteinMistakes happen, even in a great <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/herbarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#herbarium</a>. It is a bit unfortunate though if specimen labels were switched accidentally and both specimens are types. 😬😳 But great if one can figure that problem out. 😁<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HerbariumLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbariumLife</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CuratorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CuratorLife</a>

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