The special new exhibit in the Glass Flowers Gallery opens in the Harvard Museum of Natural History on Apr 20, 2024
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 16, 2024—The famous Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the Glass Flowers) includes a series of models that illustrate the microscopic details of the life cycles of non-flowering, spore-forming plants and fungi. These models were produced between 1889 and 1893. The Glass Flowers were made by Leopold Blaschka and his son, Rudolf.
After nearly a quarter...