We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 25. Iles aquifolium, Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a sprig of holly on a white background.

Here's our 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 24. Ananas sativas (Pineapple), Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing an unpicked pineapple.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 23. European robin (Erithacus rubecula), William MacGillivray. Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
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We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 22. Photograph of the taxidermy preparation of Guy the Gorilla. Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections Alt text: a monochrome photograph of a man painting the chest of a taxidermied gorilla.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 21. Wild Turkey, John James Audubon (publ.1827-1838). Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: advent calendar revealing coloured print of a live turkey.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 20. Iguanodon, Neave Parker (1950s). Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum #PalaeoArt #CrystalPalaceDinosaurs
Alt text: a greywash painting of an Iguanodon.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 19. Common dormouse, E.A. Wilson (publ.1910-1921). Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a painting of dormice in a tree.

We've made an #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 18. Shaggy Ink Cap, Edwin Wheeler (1833-1909). Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a watercolour of 4 white mushrooms.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 17. Snowflake, Wilson Bentley (1865-1931). Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a picture of five grey snowflakes.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 16. Cattleya skinneri, artist Augusta Withers (publ. c.1837). Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a pink-flowered plant.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 15. Metrosideros spectabilis, Sydney Parkinson (painted 1769). Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a red-flowered plant.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 14. Mugger crocodiles, Olivia Frances Tonge (1858-1949). Did you know... #AdventCalendar #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum Alt text: an advent calendar showing a watercolour of two crocodiles.

We've put together an #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 13. Scarlet backed woodpecker, Margaret B. L. Cockburn (1829-1928). Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a woodpecker.

We've put together an #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 12. Sandy, Zoo. Soc. Garden Oct. 1907, J.G. Keulemans. Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #SpecialCollections #NaturalHistoryMuseum Alt text: an advent calendar revealing an orangutan #ZSL @officialzsl #TerryPratchett

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 11. The night-blooming Cereus, Robert John Thornton. Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a round orange fllower.

We've put together an #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 10. Large Christmas Bells, Edward Minchen. Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a Christmas bell flower

Please enjoy our 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. 9. Eggs of Scarce Umber Moth, Eva M. Bell (fl.1890-1920). Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing red and green larvae.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 8. Snakes, Albertus Seba (publ. 1734-65). Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a painting of two snakes.

We've put together an #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 7. Watercolour drawing of Regal thorny oyster by Sarah Stone. Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a spiny white oyster shell.

In today's #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art: 6. Grey-headed flying fox for John Gould’s Mammals of Australia (1845-63). Did you know... #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
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We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 5. Mandrake, from De Materia Medica (produced 1458-1477). Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a mandrake.

We've put together a 25-day #NHMAdventCalendar of Library and Archives art. Enjoy! 4. Octopus, Port Jackson Painter (active 1790s). Did you know… #AdventCalendar2025 #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum
Alt text: an advent calendar revealing a white octopus from below.