Inside our Collections
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In
1985,
the
New
York
City
Department
of
Parks
&
Recreation
invited
citizens
across
the
five
boroughs
to
nominate
trees
of
unusual
size,
interesting
or
...
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Inside our Collections
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First introduced in 1959, Barbie has since pushed through gender norms, taking on occupations like airline pilot, astronaut, doctor, scientist, athlete, and president.
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Inside our Collections
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As
part
of
her
exhibition
…things
come
to
thrive…in
the
shedding…in
the
molting…,
Ebony
G.
Patterson
created
a
space
that,
at
first
glance,
is
a
...
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History & People, Inside our Collections
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This spring, I helped launch a new initiative at NYBG to collaborate with Bronx-based community gardeners on local biocultural research and preservation.
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Inside our Collections
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In
2019,
Dr.
Buck
donated
his
cookbook
collection
to
the
library,
and
following
a
rigorous
processing
period,
thousands
of
cookbooks
from
Mary
Pope’s
1893
Novel
...
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Inside our Collections
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Each year, as the annual celebration reaches its conclusion, we're often asked by visitors, "What happens to the orchids once The Orchid Show is over?"
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Inside our Collections
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We
at
NYBG
start
getting
antsy
for
spring
early.
Once
the
last
russet
oak
leaf
in
the
Thain
Family
Forest
floats
to
the
ground
in
...
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Inside our Collections
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In
the
early
1800s,
someone
walking
along
the
bustling
streets
of
lower
Manhattan
eating
a
peach
casually
discarded
the
unwanted
pit
into
Mr.
Gill’s
yard
...
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History & People, Inside our Collections
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The
Mertz
Library
recently
acquired
a
1545
edition
of
a
children’s
book,
De
Re
Hortensi
Libellus .
Originally
published
in
1535,
it
is
thought
to
be
...
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Inside our Collections
Posted in Inside our Collections
In
2022
the
Mertz
Library
circulated
over
3,000
books
to
its
patrons—ranging
from
staff
scientists
to
NYBG
members
and
students—and
hundreds
of
books
were
added
...
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