The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History celebrated 300 years of Linnaean taxonomy with a symposium and exhibition. The Swedish ambassador (Jonas Hafström at podium) gave remarks at the evening reception.
The exhibition, "A Tribute to Carl Linnaeus, 1707-1778" (November 13-14) features the author's own copy of Systema Naturae (courtesy of the Swedish Embassy), with illustrations by Georg Dionysius Ehret. At the evening reception, the Biodiversity Heritage Library displayed the online version of the 1758 edition of Systema (from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library) and there was also an appearance by Linnaeus [as envisioned by Hans Odöö].
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