Hi Sara,
I think this must be the building (see aattachment) referred to in the article, I'll try to contact Kew to find out if the exhibit still excises, but not having much luck with the website contact us button!
Text below is copy from the website.
Regards to all,
Ian
Near the Palm House is a building known as "Museum No. 1" which was designed by Decimus Burton and opened in 1857. Its aim was to illustrate humans' dependence on plants, housing Kew's economic botany collections including tools, ornaments, clothing, food and medicines. The building was refurbished in 1998. The upper two floors are now an education centre and the ground floor houses the "Plants+People" exhibition which highlights the variety of plants and the ways that people use them.
Admission to the galleries and museums is free after paying admission to the Gardens.
2010/1/4 Sara VanBeck <>
Well, things you do to fill the time when it's too cold to consider going outside…
As a former archaeologist, the business of the tazettas in the funeral wreaths from the Egyptian cemetery of Hawara has always bugged me that i've not tracked down any original reports. So, what i did so far find is too thin to pass along, unless of course you're interested in reading 1888 British archaeological treatises…
But found this, and it is a brief synopsis…
Have any of you Brits ever seen the specimens at the Kew museum?http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS18950920.2.62&l=mi&e=——-10–1—-0-all
I think this refers to the collection you are referring to: