Beagle Journal Portrait (1889)

In this year of Darwin, there is a new resource from the Lloyd Library and Museum, called Darwin by Post.  According to its press release and about page, it was designed to be a fake Facebook page for Darwin and his friends.  But, in this special year, doing an exhibition about Darwin needs to have a really good hook and narrative.

Unfortunately, this exhibit seems to be put together in a hurry and without much thought for how it was going to work together and be used.  It provides no new information and highlights no new connections within his work or life.  Compared to some of the other recent exhibitions (like the Sedgwick Museum’s Becoming a Geologist exhibit), this is very basic.  That being the case, it is a very easy to use resource covering the basics of Darwin and his ‘friends’ but the most useful part of the exhibit has to be several of the images that have been included in the exhibit.

Either way, this little exhibition is worth a browse.