Lloyd Library and Museum

elcome to the Lloyd Library and Museum

The Library holds, acquires, preserves, and provides access to both historic and current books and journals, as well as archival materials, on a wide variety of disciplines that fall under the following subjects:

natural history
botany
pharmacy

medicine
scientific history
visual arts

Lloyd News

Wounded Home Exhibition - Coming this Summer

CG Lloyd Fellows Announced for 2013/14

The North American Experience: Early America Illustrated with "Forms of Life" art exhibition by the 5300 Group - Now through June 21, 2013- with online exhibition catalog!

Lloyd's resources are in fact an eclectic blend of a host of related sciences. Despite the scientific focus, the collections have relevance to the humanities, such as visual arts and foreign languages through resources that feature botanical illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature. While the Lloyd Library is not a publicly funded institution, it is open to any and all persons interested in using the Lloyd's research collections, as well as to those interested in current Lloyd art and collections exhibits. Please contact the Lloyd in advance of your visit to determine how and if we can assist you. We invite you to explore this unique establishment. For a complete list of guidelines for using the library, click here.

Today in the History of Pharmacy, Medicine, Botany, and related sciences
June 18

1858, Charles Darwin receives from Alfred Russel Wallace a paper that included nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory. 1960, Rick and Bowman began experiments that showed germination of seeds of Galapagos Island tomatoes improved when the seeds were consumed by a Galapagos tortoise and spent 1-3 weeks passing through the gut. 1845, born, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician who discovered the cause of malaria, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1922). 1886, born, Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978). 1971, died, Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate for his work on vitamins (b. 1889).