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The Library and Archives are closed to external visitors and enquiries 10 - 14 November.

Our team are auditing the collections and having a whale of a time…🐋

#Audit #MuseumLibrary #MuseumArchives #ModernCollections #SpecialCollections #Teamwork
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Some folk give a bunch of red roses for Valentine's Day. But surely a bunch of red books is better? #ModernCollections #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks #ValentinesDay #Bookcovers
Alt text: a reel showing the red covers of books from NHM Library collections.
February 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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A peek on the returns shelf to see some of the items Museum staff have been returning recently... 🔎📚

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Shelfie #ModernCollections #Botany #Mineralogy #Butterflies #BookSky #Gems #BlueSkyBooks
Seven books displayed on a table with bookshelves behind.
April 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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A peek at what is on the returns shelf at our Ornithology Library @NHM_Tring.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Booksky #ModernCollections #Birds #Nightjar #Penguin
Eight books in a pile, their spines facing the viewer and arranged in size order, largest at the bottom. The room behind them is white.
September 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Our regular peek at the returns shelf to see what our museum colleagues have been using recently.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #BookSky
Five books displayed on a long table. In the background are wall to wall library bookshelves.
December 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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New additions to our library book collections 🎉

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #BookSky #NaturalHistory #Science
Seven books displayed on a large table. Six books displayed on large tables.
April 21, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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A peek on the returns shelf to see some of the items Museum staff have been returning recently... 🔎📚

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Shelfie #ModernCollections #BookSky #Palaeontology #Invertebrates #NorthAtlantic #Flora #India #Fossils #Fishes
Seven books displayed on a table in a library.
October 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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New additions to our library book collections 🎉

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks #NaturalHistory #Science
Eleven books displayed on a shelving unit, library bookshelves can be seen in the background.
February 4, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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New additions to our library book collections 🎉

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #NaturalHistory #Science
#Mammals #Minerals #Fossils #Palaeontology #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks
Four books displayed on a table. In the background is a library reading room, with high bookshelves, a ladder and large tables.
May 14, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Recent new additions to our library book collections 📚️

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #NaturalHistory #Science
#Fossils #Palaeontology #Iceland #Linnaeus #Moths #BookSky
Five books displayed on a table. In the background you can library desks, bookshelves and a library ladder.
June 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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A peek on the returns shelf to see some of the items Museum staff have been returning recently... 🔎📚

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Shelfie #ModernCollections #Geology #Australia #Bournemouth #Tibet #Himalayas #Alps #Karakoram #Darwin #Fossils #CoralReefs #LibrariesOfInstagram #Bookstagram #InstaBooks
Eight modern books displayed on a table.
June 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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New additions to our library book collections 🎉

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #Booksky #NaturalHistory #Science #Butterflies #Lepidoptera
Four books displayed on a table with library bookshelves in the background.
March 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Recent new additions to our library book collections 📚️

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#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #NaturalHistory #Science #Wetlands #Fossils #LandSnails #Butterflies #Moths #BookSky
Six books displayed on a big grey table. In the background are book shelves, a library ladder and library desks.
June 19, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Recent new additions to our library book collections 📚️

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #NaturalHistory #Science
#Birds #Moths #Diptera #Minerals #Palaeontology #Algae #Flora #Botany #BookSky #Insects
Nine new books displayed on a large grey desk, they are different but all relate to natural history subjects. It is clear this is taken in a library reading room. In the background are more large desks, chairs, a tall ladder and floor to ceiling wooden bookshelves.
August 14, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Recent additions to our library collections.

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections
Eight books and journals related to natural history, display on a table. Six journals related to natural history, display on a table. Eight books and journals related to natural history, display on a table.
August 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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New year, new additions to our library book and journal collections 🎉

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #BlueskyBooks #NaturalHistory #Science
A display of twelve books all on different natural history subjects. A display of twelve journals all on different natural history subjects. A display of twenty journals all on different natural history subjects. A display of six journals all on different natural history subjects.
January 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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What have we spotted on the bookshelves today?

'The brook and its banks' by J G Wood (1908)

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #Rivers #Nature #Heron #RiverBank #Shelfie #BookCovers #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks

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A book held in front of a shelf of books. The book title is 'The brook and its banks' and it is illustrated with scenes of nature. A printed book held open in front of a shelf of books. The left-hand page is text and the right-hand page is a blank and white drawings of a heron wading in a river.
August 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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New additions to our library book collections 🎉

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #Booksky #NaturalHistory #Science
Eight journals grouped on a table, they all relate to a natural history subject. Eight journals grouped on a table, they all relate to a natural history subject. Six journals grouped on a table, they all relate to a natural history subject. Eight journals grouped on a table, they all relate to a natural history subject.
April 1, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Fishlore: British freshwater fishes (1946)
Watching birds (1941)

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #LibrariesOfInstagram #Bookstagram #InstaBooks #ModernCollections #Shelfie #BookCovers
Book held in front of a bookshelf. The cover is blue and white striped, with an image of a pelican at the bottom. Book held in front of a bookshelf. The cover is blue and white striped, with an image of a pelican at the bottom.
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Recent new additions to our library book collections 📚️

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #NaturalHistory #Science
#Diptera #Minerals #Flora #Botany #Butterflies #BookSky #Insects #Thailand #Palaeontology
Seven books displayed on a library desk. In the background are wooden library bookshelves and in front of these is a white statue depicting a seated Charles Darwin reading a book.
July 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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This book from our Ornithology Library collection seems very fitting as birds migrate from the UK to warmer climes.

The travels of Birds (1916) by Frank M. Chapman.

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#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #Shelfie
A book held in front of a bookshelf. The front cover of the book shows an illustration of a coast line, low sun and V formation of a flock of birds. A book held open in front of a bookshelf. The title page and page opposite are illustrated with black and white drawings of flocks of birds.
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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What's new pussycat? Recent additions to our library book and journal collections.

⬆️Learn more about our collections and how to visit us via the link in our bio.

#NaturalHistoryMuseum #ModernCollections #BookSky
Six books displayed in front of a seated statue of Charles Darwin. Nine journals related to natural history and science displayed on a table. Six journals related to natural history and science displayed on a table. Eight journals related to natural history and science displayed on a table.
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I spent some time studying the Cyprus Agricultural Journal in our collections today, from the early 1930s.

#Journals #Science #ModernCollections #Travel #Tourism #Advertising #Marketing
Advert for Bovril. Advert for Sutton Seeds. Page from a journal showing an advert.
June 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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The tradition of the Library Cat being upheld by my #ModernCollections team @uomlibrary.bsky.social Manchester.
“Last one out please turn off the cat” 🙀
Ginger and white ‘cat’ reclining on stool in front of an orderly desk. Notices on door: “please keep this door closed” and “Last one out please turn off the cat”.
July 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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We're hiring!
Have you got experience in collections-related higher education library work? Come and work with me @manchester.ac.uk @uomlibrary.bsky.social, and help turn ideas into practical solutions. #skybrarians #library #vacancy #ModernCollections www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Collection Development Librarian:Oxford Road
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September 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM