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ZSL Museum
MUS · Fondo · 1833-1852

It was proposed in the setting up of ZSL that there would be a museum for zoological specimens, and items began being collected c.1827 including a collection of Sumatran specimens donated by Lady Sophia Raffles, widow of ZSL founder Sir Stamford Raffles. The museum was housed firstly within our office building at 33 Bruton Street in central London, and charged entry for people to visit. Many specimens were donated by fellows, John Gould donated his collection of Himalayan birds in 1831 to the museum, for example. The museum proved very popular, and grew at such a rate that it was one of the reasons for moving office to Leicester square. It was decided that the Society either needed to purchase a dedicated building for it - or to disperse the collection. ZSL Council chose the latter, and by 1855 the collection had been dispersed to various other collections including the British Museum (Natural History) and Norwich Museum.

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Burton, Edward
SEC/2/1/8 · Unidad documental simple · 1835
Parte de ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Edward Burton to say that he has discovered changes to a specimen on which he had prepared a draft paper. He suggests change of scientific name accordingly

Tadema, Lawrence Alma-, Sir
SEC/7/1/8 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1877-1901
Parte de ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema regarding an unmounted lion's skin and a letter in support of an artist being allowed to study in the Zoological Gardens

Correspondence
PRE/6/1/8 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1959
Parte de ZSL Presidents

Correspondence between Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson and L Harrison Matthews regarding Council Meetings, a proposed educational exhibit, a museum of the Zoological Society of London, the Scientific Fellowship, and the Department of Zoology in Cambridge

United Services Museum
SEC/2/1/75 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1835
Parte de ZSL Secretaries

Letter from the Secretary of the United Services Museum, accompanying two specimens of birds killed in Mexico and of a Scoter killed at Southampton. The letter asks the Zoological Society of London to inspect and return them

Swainson, M
SEC/2/1/73 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1833
Parte de ZSL Secretaries

Letter from M Swainson regarding the collection of fish purchased from the Zoological Society of London from the museum of Mr Guilding

Maxwell, Pat
SUP/6/1/1/72 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1949
Parte de Superintendents

Correspondence between Pat Maxwell and George Soper Cansdale regarding sending dead snakes to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum at Exeter

Barnum, Phineas Taylor
SEC/7/2/7 · Unidad documental compuesta · 1867-1886
Parte de ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum