Harvard's famous Glass Flowers are thousands of astonishingly realistic plant models made almost entirely from glass by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. Their botanical accuracy is so convincing that visitors often struggle to believe the leaves, stems, blossoms and tiny anatomical details are glasswork.
Filed under museums: small, specific collections run by people who care far too much.
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