Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

Aremarkablebehind-the-sceneslookattheextraordinarypeople,meticulousresearch,anddrivingpassionsthatmakeLondon’sNaturalHistoryMuseumoneoftheworld’sgreatestinstitutions.Inanelegantandilluminatingnarrative,RichardForteytakeshisreaderstoaplacewhereonlyafewprivilegedscientists,curators,andresearchspecialistshavebeen—thehallowedhallsthatholdthepermanentcollectionoftheNaturalHistoryMuseum.Repletewithfossils,jewels,rareplants,andexoticspecies,Fortey’swalkthroughoffersanintimateviewofmanyofthepremierescientificaccomplishmentsofthenineteenth,twentieth,andtwenty-firstcenturies.Likelookingintothemindofmankindandallthefascinatingdiscoveries,ideas,andaccomplishmentsthatresidethere,Fortey’stourisutterlyentertainingfromfirsttolast.