%0 Journal Article %T Research Activity of the History of Natural and Medical Sciences Research Unit at the Institute for the History of Science PAS in 2021 %A Arabas, Iwona %J Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology %V 2022 %R 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.22.028.16331 %N Volume 67, Issue 3 %P 149-155 %K natural collections, history of underground mining, history of ecology, epidemics in Poland %@ 0023-589X %D 2022 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/dzialalnosc-pracowni-historii-nauk-przyrodniczych-i-medycznych-instytutu-historii-nauki-pan-w-2021-r %X In 2021, the members of the History of Natural and Medical Sciences Research Unit pursued a variety of topics, but most research activities were inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and the history of museology of nature and technology. Our activities were fostered by international cooperation which facilitated access to foreign archives. The first step to joint action is creating the virtual cabinet within a proposed digital project titled The Lost Collection: The Cabinet of Natural History of Duchess Anna Jabłonowska in Podlasie (1728–1800).