Lyman Entomological Museum
Heritage The Lyman Entomological Museum was founded in 1914 with a bequest from the noted lepidopterist Henry Herbert Lyman (1854-1914). Lyman’s collection of 20,000 butterflies and moths formed the nucleus of the Museum collection, which was augmented over the years by substantial collections of other insects contributed by curators such as Albert Winn, George Moore, Keith Kevan and Vic Vickery. The collection was first housed in the Redpath Museum, but was relocated to the Macdonald campus in
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- Category: museum
- Founded: 1914
- Website: http://lyman.mcgill.ca
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- Phone: 514-398-7914 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Founded: 1914 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
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Heritage The Lyman Entomological Museum was founded in 1914 with a bequest from the noted lepidopterist Henry Herbert Lyman (1854-1914). Lyman’s collection of 20,000 butterflies and moths formed the nucleus of the Museum collection, which was augmented over the years by substantial collections of other insects contributed by curators such as Albert Winn, George Moore, Keith Kevan and Vic Vickery. The collection was first housed in the Redpath Museum, but was relocated to the Macdonald campus in
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