| Street Address: |
Kew Richmond Surrey TW9 3AE Tel: 020 8332 5414 Fax: 020 8332 5430 |
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| Website: | Click here » |
| Type: | Other |
| Access policy: | Public access; appointment essential. The library is open to bona fide researchers by appointment. Please use the information about our collections to ascertain whether we have the information you require. A written application to visit is usually required and this can be sent via fax, email or letter to the relevant address above. The library participates in the M25 Libraries Access Scheme. Staff from higher education institutions across south-east England may use the library on a reference basis. |
| Accessibility: | Disabled access: very limited parking alongside Kew Green. |
| Opening hours: | Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm |
The library contains the following collections (subjects are in brackets)
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Library Collection
The Library has one of the largest collections in the world relating to botany with over 150,000 monographs, 4000 serials (of which 1500 are currently received), 200,000 prints and drawings.,
(Agriculture, Biochemistry, Botany, Environmental sciences, History of science, Life sciences, Natural history, Plants, Science)