Herring Hall
1130 East South Campus Drive
(Two buildings south of Old Main)
Telephone: 520-621-7243
The Herbarium was started in the 1890s by botanist James W. Tourney. The Herbarium is not a museum where you would go to browse the collection. The museum features 365,000 specimens of vascular plants. If you are trying to identify a plant, the Herbarium will help you, opens a new window.
Sources:
Bloom, Rhonda Bonfield. “Best Little Museums in Tucson, opens a new window.” Arizona Daily Star. June 16, 2005. Page E1.
University of Arizona Herbarium, opens a new window | Arizona.edu
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