Harvard University Herbaria, Massachusetts, United States

5Richard S 5:00 PM Nov 18, 2015

Harvard's Collection of Glass Flowers
Because I have always been involved with growing flowers, especially orchids, I have always wanted to see the glass flowers at Harvard. As a child, living near Harvard, friends often told my parents that they should take me to see the exhibit. It didn't happen until one fall, when I was visiting New England to enjoy the fall foliage, I decided to make the trip myself. Then, in my mid sixties, I finally made the visit. What a magnificent collection of scientifically accurate flowers (and even some insects and tiny sea creatures all made by hand and all made of glass, If the flowers were not in glass cases, they are so life-like that you would try to smell them! My visit was in October, 2013 - but I guarantee that the flowers have not wilted!

5SLRS5 5:00 PM May 11, 2015

Oh-- you mean the GLASS FLOWERS BOTANICAL EXHIBIT IN THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
I had to check the link to make sure that the herbaria was the place you wanted reviewed. It is a quick look-see (unless you are studying botany) and quite amazing. One in a kind place and well worth seeing. The rest of the museum is excellent. We were there w an 8 year old. Small enough to really see things quickly but well.