Museum specimen count

Museum	Count
BM	1,212

Museum specimen dates

Museum	Date collected	Number of specimens listed on this site
BM	1829	1
BM	1847	2
BM	1848	4
BM	1849	1
BM	1858	1
BM	1878	1
BM	1880	2
BM	1882	1
BM	1883	11
BM	1884	5
BM	1889	1
BM	1890	4
BM	1891	4
BM	1893	1
BM	1894	1
BM	1895	8
BM	1896	8
BM	1897	13
BM	1898	4
BM	1899	1
BM	1900	8
BM	1902	1
BM	1904	4
BM	1905	4
BM	1906	3
BM	1907	6
BM	1908	23
BM	1909	10
BM	1911	1
BM	1917	2
BM	1918	1
BM	1921	2
BM	1923	1
BM	1925	3
BM	1926	1
BM	1929	4
BM	1931	5
BM	1932	1
BM	1934	1
BM	1936	5
BM	1940	3
BM	1946	2
BM	1950	14
BM	1951	3
BM	1952	3
BM	1953	13
BM	1954	3
BM	1955	32
BM	1956	1
BM	1957	5
BM	1958	8
BM	1960	6
BM	1962	1
BM	1963	10
BM	1964	2
BM	1965	2
BM	1966	4
BM	1967	10
BM	1968	31
BM	1969	20
BM	1970	47
BM	1971	59
BM	1972	34
BM	1973	28
BM	1974	25
BM	1975	20
BM	1976	12
BM	1977	15
BM	1978	18
BM	1979	15
BM	1980	18
BM	1981	3
BM	1982	5
BM	1983	40
BM	1984	3
BM	1985	17
BM	1986	8
BM	1987	2
BM	1988	7
BM	1989	1
BM	1990	3
BM	1993	1
BM	1994	5
BM	1995	1
BM	1996	2
BM	1998	1
BM	1999	2
BM	2000	6
BM	2001	7
BM	2002	4
BM	2003	2
BM	2004	22
BM	2005	11
BM	2006	10
BM	2007	6
BM	2008	4
BM	2009	4

The NHM algal herbarium holds:

important historical material from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries
expanding contemporary collections
some of the earliest specimens held in the Museum, dating back to the 17th century