Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1880]- (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
448 collections or single items
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Unknown
Repository
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GB 0060 PH [1880]- Collection (fonds) 448 collections or single items Various sources
Unknown
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The Photograph Collection contains images of the galleries, exhibits, staff and visitors from the time of the opening of the Museum onwards.
Arranged in 448 sections.
By appointment with the Archivist, by email to archives@nhm.ac.uk or by post to the Museum Archivist, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD.
At the Archivist's discretion. Photocopying service available. Digital photography (without flash) permitted for research purposes on completion of a photography permit form.
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Entry copied from the Natural History Museum online catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Sep 2008 Photographs Natural history Exhibitions Visual materials Museums Natural History Museum
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Various
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Photograph Collection contains images of the galleries, exhibits, staff and visitors from the time of the opening of the Museum onwards.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged in 448 sections.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
By appointment with the Archivist, by email to archives@nhm.ac.uk or by post to the Museum Archivist, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD.
Conditions governing reproduction
At the Archivist's discretion. Photocopying service available. Digital photography (without flash) permitted for research purposes on completion of a photography permit form.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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N/A
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Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Language(s)
- English