Sea, Salt and Sponges
Fairlynch Museum’s 2013 exhibition has a maritime theme: the history of local fishing and salt-making, marine conservation, paintings by local artists inspired by the area’s beautiful coastal scenery… but especially the life of Henry Carter FRS (1813-95), born 200 years ago in Budleigh Salterton. The exhibition opens on Friday 29 March at 2.00 pm and runs until the end of September 2013. Admission is free. Here are some facts about Henry Carter: • Described as one of her “scientific heroes” by Clare Valentine, Head of Collections in the Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum , London • The first to describe the microscopic aquatic creature Collodictyon triciliatum , declared by scientists recently to be one of the world's oldest living organisms and man's remotest relative… Image credit: Robert Clinton Rhodes • ...