How 18th-century thinkers attempted to organize and classify the entire natural world.
In short: Join curator Janet Larkin for an exclusive after-hours exploration of the British Museum's Enlightenment Gallery. This tour reveals the intellectual ambitions of the 1700s, showcasing how scholars sought to categorize everything from ancient fossils to the mechanics of the solar system.
The Enlightenment Gallery serves as a window into the 18th-century obsession with order and classification. By examining the museum's founding collection, the tour highlights the era's systematic approach to understanding nature, ranging from prehistoric dinosaur remains to the celestial bodies of our solar system.
This presentation was the first of three distinct tours conducted by the museum during a single evening, offering a rare glimpse into the foundational objects that shaped early European scientific thought.
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