Recent News
Curator of Art teaches Pre-College workshop
1 July 2025
Easier donation process
4 June 2025
Director Jacobsen contributes foreword
3 June 2025
36(1) Bulletin published
15 May 2025
20(2) Huntia published
14 May 2025
Uncommon Perfection extended
23 April 2025
Celebrating Women’s History Month
31 March 2025
Institute receives major gift
14 February 2025
Database redesign and development: Portrait collection
13 February 2025
Database redesign and development: FNA Glossary
13 January 2025
See What They’re Seeing display begins
8 January 2025
Season’s Greetings
5 December 2024
Open House on 12 December
4 December 2024
17th International closing soon
4 December 2024
35(2) Bulletin published
21 November 2024
20(1) Huntia published
8 November 2024
Four Archives’ collections added to Web site
11 October 2024
Tancin and Jacobsen receive Years of Service Awards
10 October 2024
17th International reception
8 October 2024
17th International exhibition begins
17 September 2024
Database redesign and development: Linnaean Dissertations
23 August 2024
Database redesign and development
14 August 2024
Staff promotions
29 July 2024
17th International artists receive RHS medals
11 July 2024
New Archives Collections database launched
14 June 2024
35(1) Bulletin published
16 May 2024
Doug Oster interviews our Art curators
10 May 2024
Archives’ collection added to Web site
29 April 2024
19(2) Huntia published
29 April 2024
Strandell Collection revised compendium available
4 April 2024
Hunt family medals on display
12 March 2024
Huntia turns 60
8 March 2024
Celebrating Women’s History Month
4 March 2024
Group tours and talks return
19 February 2024
Rachel portrait reunited with Savonnerie
11 January 2024
Season’s Greetings
4 December 2023
Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 1, closing soon
30 November 2023
34(2) Bulletin published
16 November 2023
In memoriam: Dick Rauh (1925–2023)
11 October 2023
Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 1, opening reception
11 September 2023
Purdue joins Institute
11 September 2023
New lobby display features early advisory committee
7 September 2023
In memoriam: Luis Torner Pannocchia (ca.1949–2023)
28 August 2023
Archives’ collection added to Web site
21 August 2023
McDevitt departs Institute
1 August 2023
Rosenberg joins Institute
25 July 2023
Bequest to Stuckey Endowment
18 July 2023
What We Collect closing soon
16 June 2023
34(1) Bulletin published
16 May 2023
Job postings
9 May 2023
Anderson named honorary curator
19 April 2023
What We Collect: Three Major Gifts opening reception
3 April 2023
Archives’ collection added to Web site
28 March 2023
Designing our conference room chairs
17 March 2023
Experience our origin story
15 March 2023
Torner Collection items on display in Flora Borinqueniana
9 February 2023
Four Archives’ collections added to Web site
7 February 2023
Enjoy high tea with Rachel
25 January 2023
About the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, a research division of Carnegie Mellon University, 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.
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412-268-7304
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