Collections Catalogues
Search Kew's collections databases and discover other collections resources.
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Archive Collection
Manuscripts, letters, diaries, research papers, collecting notebooks, photograph albums and many other types of material held in the Archive Collection.
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DNA and Tissue Bank
Contains approximately 48,000 samples of plant genomic DNA and over 11,000 silica dried tissue samples.
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Economic Botany database
Search 90,000 plant raw materials and artefacts that represent all aspects of craft and daily life worldwide.
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Fungarium Catalogue K(M)
Visit the portal to the internal database (Herbtrack) for the fungal collections that have been accessioned to Kew.
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Fungarium Catalogue (HerbIMI)
The IMI database contains around 400 000 records, mostly comprising specimens vouchered in the IMI fungarium (dried collection of fungi).
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Herbarium Catalogue
Provides access to Herbarium ad Spirit Collection specimen records and images available digitally.
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Joseph Hooker Correspondence
Transcriptions and digital images of Joseph Hooker’s letters. For more information visit the project page.
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Library
Search the most comprehensive collection of botanical literature in the world.
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UKOTs Online Herbarium
A virtual herbarium comprising of digitized and geo-referenced herbarium specimens from Kew's collection of UKOTs plants.
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Millennium Seed Bank seed list
Millennium Seed Bank partnership collections held at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank and at partner institutes.
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Seed Information Database
A compilation of seed biological trait data from the MSBP's own collections and from other published and unpublished sources.
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Millennium Seed Bank Partnership Data Warehouse
The portal for seed collections data from accession data to x-ray images. Access is available to staff from organisations within the MSBP.