Also curated[clarification needed] there were the Society’s collections of art, archaeology, zoological and botanical specimens.
After Leske’s death in 1786 his collection was systematically revised and described by Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten in 1789.
In addition the collection contained zoological specimens including many type specimens from the collection of Johann Friedrich Gmelin In 1795 William Higgins was made professor of chemistry and mineralogy to the Dublin Society and the Leskean cabinet was placed under his care.
Part of the collection was on display along with additions in the Museum of the Dublin Society.
The display was described in Wright's Historical Guide to the City of Dublin thus:- "Second Room.
Here is a great variety of shells, butterflies and beetles, and of the most beautiful species.
The Fifth Room contains the remaining, or geological part of the original Leskean collection."