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Library Collections
Library Collections
The RBGE Library holds over 1 million items – books, journals, original artworks, maps and much more. As one of Scotland's National Collections, all of these items are available for use by anyone that needs to access them.
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Collections
Collections
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Our Collections
Our Collections
The Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh cares for around three million specimens of plants, fungi, lichens, diatoms and more from around the world, capturing more than 300 years of botanical history. The mounted herbarium is…
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Rules for the Consultation of Archives and Special Collections
Rules - Archives and Special Collections
The items in these collections are extremely rare and potentially irreplaceable and users are therefore asked to use more than ordinary care when handling them. The Head of the Library reserves the right to refuse requests for access to items in…
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Photographic Collections
Photographic Collections
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DNA from the Collections
DNA from the collections
Extraction from a wide phylogentic range of material, as well as from different tissue types (including leaf, flower, bark) and methods of preservation (fresh, silica, herbarium etc.). Assessment of DNA quantity and quality.
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Historical Collections
Historical Collections
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Collections unite across the UK
Collections unite across the UK
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is proud to be taking part in the 'Towards a National Collection' project, to unearth connections between cultural and heritage collections across the UK. Towards a National Collection We write as the united…
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Plants on Paper: curatorial practice and the decolonization of collections of scientific prints and drawings
Plants on Paper
ABOUT THE PROJECT: The project is funded by Getty as part of the Paper Project initiative and has the following goals: Raise awareness of RBGE’s extraordinary art collection - Identify and share relevant key works as case studies to…
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Integrated Herbaria & Major Collections
Integrated Herbaria
The Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has a rich history. Originally founded from the Herbarium of the University of Edinburgh and the Botanical Society of Scotland, there then followed the incorporation of many large, historically…