In this segment personalities and motives of the official and unofficial botanists and other naturalists are discussed by the curators.
The exhibition Seeking the Unknown: Natural History Observations in Louisiana, 1698—1840 presents objects that provide a broad historical background for the study of Louisiana’s natural history—from taxidermied animals, specimens in jars, and pressed plants to lavishly illustrated folios.

In this segment personalities and motives of the official and unofficial botanists and other naturalists are discussed by the curators. The exhibition Seeking the Unknown: Natural History Observations in Louisiana, 1698—1840 presents objects that provide a broad historical background for the study of Louisiana’s natural history—from taxidermied animals, specimens in jars, and pressed plants to lavishly illustrated folios.

Seeking the Unknown, part 1

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