Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Learn more
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Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 2
14 March–28 June 2024We conclude our two-part retrospective exhibition to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of our International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration series. Featuring some of the 1,212 artists who have been included in the series since 1964, the spring 2024 exhibition, Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 2, includes works by 43 artists from the 9th–16th Internationals. The celebration culminates with the opening of our 17th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration in fall 2024.
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International series database
With reproductions of the artworks and portraits of and biographical data for the artists, the database is searchable by artist name, artwork title (including taxon, medium, support and year of completion), country of residence and exhibition number and year.
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Frederick Andrews Walpole diaries
Walpole (1861–1904) was a botanical artist for the Division of Botany of the USDA (1896–1904). This collection in our Archives contains three of his diaries.
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