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A herbarium is a museum of preserved plants that are used for botanical research. Each herbarium specimen is made up of a dried plant, mounted on archival paper, and affixed with a label providing descriptive data. Herbaria across the globe provide a permanent record of the diversity of the Earth's flora.
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The BRIT HerbariumThe BRIT herbarium is open for public use by appointment, from 10 am to 4 pm, Tuesday through Friday. Please contact us beforehand to make sure someone will be available to orient you and assist you if necessary. BRIT is closed on most national holidays. Policies for Use of the Herbarium. Read more about the BRIT herbarium.
Acquisitions, Loans, & ExchangesThe BRIT Herbarium grows through the active exchange of plant material with other institutions, the acquisition of orphaned or donated herbaria, and donations...read more.
Digitization ActivitiesThe BRIT herbarium is in the process of imaging key specimens at high resolution, and converting textual and graphical elements on a sheet into a digital format that can more easily lend itself to data analysis and synthesis...read more |
Plant Collection and PreservationPlant collections should be made in such a manner as to increase their longevity as preserved herbarium specimens, as well as optimize their usefulness for future research...read more.
Research Emphasizing the CollectionsThe herbarium provides a source of primary material and specimens are cited in many publications to serve as evidence for scientific research...read more.
Herbarium Collections InventoryCurious to know what's in our herbarium? View the results of our 11-month specimen inventory project! |
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