| Street Address: |
Natural History Museum, Library and Information Services London SW7 5BD Tel: 020 7942 5685 Fax: 020 7942 5559 |
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| Website: | Click here » |
| Type: | Other |
| Access policy: | Public access; appointment essential. Visitors are issued with a reader's ticket, valid for three years - proof of identity is required. Reference use only. |
| Accessibility: | Disabled access: parking bays on Exhibition Road. |
| Opening hours: | Monday - Friday 10.00am - 4.30pm. |
The library contains the following collections (subjects are in brackets)
Natural History Museum Botany Library Collection
The Botany Library collection represents the entire modern period of botanical scientific discovery. It contains monographic titles dating from 1475, periodical titles dating from the late 1700s, manuscripts and an outstanding collection of botanical artwork, which is one of the largest in the country.
The literature held gives world subject coverage in floras, plant taxonomy, economic botany, botanical art, history and biography for flowering and non-flowering plants. Coverage of the fungi is limited because this is a specialist area for Kew Gardens.,
(Botany, History of science, Life sciences, Natural history, Plants, Science, Typology)