Ferdinand Rugel Collection
The oldest specimens in the Herbarium, gifted by the British Museum in 1970 in exchange for […]
Peter Rolfs Collection
The Museum’s Herbarium was established by Peter Rolfs in 1891 at Florida Agricultural College in Lake […]
Sherman’s Fox Squirrel and Trap
In the 1930s, Professor H.B. Sherman studied small mammals in North Central Florida, during which time […]
Bird Eggs from the Doe Collection
Charles Doe was the Museum’s first Curator of Birds, 1932–1946. The Doe eggs and associated historical […]
Van Hyning Cockle Shell
Van Hyning became the Museum’s first director in 1914, and ran it virtually unassisted for 29 […]
Chief’s Wearing Blanket
The Navajo made this blanket at a time when they were being forced onto reservations and […]
