Scientific visits to Kew
Kew requires advance notice of scientific visitors. The ABLO can help organise your visit and ensure that your Herbarium and Library Visitor Card is ready upon your arrival.
- Access to the herbarium is between 9.00 am and 5.30 pm, or 5.00 pm on Fridays.
- Access to the library is between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm.
Access after hours or on weekends is possible only with special permission, which must be arranged in advance.
Upon arrival you will be issued with a security pass which will give you access to the collections and library. The ABLO will also provide you with a kit containing information on the specimen arrangement in the herbarium, health and safety issues, and a map of the gardens. Before you visit, please read the conditions for visitors consulting the Herbarium, available at www.kew.org/collections/herb_visitors.html .
The ABLO office is room 21, located on the top floor of Hunter House, and has a phone line on extension 5270.
Tasty baguettes and bread rolls can be purchased from a mobile lunch provider in the Herbarium tea room at 11am (cost c. £1.80–£2.50). Tea and coffee is available throughout the day at a small cost. Food is also available within the gardens, at a handful of nearby pubs and restaurants, or at Kew Village.
Getting to the herbarium
The Herbarium is located on a loop road around Kew Green to the right of the Main Gates to the gardens (see www.kew.org/collections/herb_contact.html ). The closest Underground station is Kew Gardens (District Line). The nearest overland rail station is Kew Bridge. Two frequently serviced buses also run along Kew Road (Route 65 and Route 391). There is very limited parking alongside Kew Green.
For detailed information on how to get to the Royal Botanic Gardens please refer to Kew’s visitor information pages (www.kew.org/visitor/findkew.html ) or the TfL Journey Planner (http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/ )
Scientific visits to the Natural History Museum (BM)
Prior arrangement to visit the BM Herbarium is necessary (see www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/departments/botany/index.html ).
Contact Jonathon Gregson, phone: (from within Britain) 020 7942 5349 or (from Australia): 0011 44 20 7942 5349, email: j.gregson@nhm.ac.uk
The nearest Underground station is South Kensington (District, Circle and Piccadilly Lines). See the NHM website for further transport information (www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/getting-here/index.html ).
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