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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Sponsorship Program
You can help to strengthen our collections and programs through monetary and material gifts. Monetary gifts are applied to our general operating fund, the endowment generously established by the Roy A. Hunt Foundation to provide ongoing support for Hunt Institute, the Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden Art Acquisition Fund or the Ronald L. Stuckey Endowment for the Preservation of Botanical History. Material gifts are added to the collections in our Archives, Art Department, Bibliography Department and Library.
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Sertum Anglicum (1963)
This book was a facsimile and English translation of L'Héritier's (1746–1800) nomenclaturally important work of 1788, illustrated by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840) and James Sowerby (1757–1822).
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16th International travel exhibition
12 September–16 December 2022This exhibition includes 37 artworks by 37 artists who reside in 13 countries.
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