Access to Collections

Admission and use is granted to research scientists, graduate students, and other visitors with a scientific interest in the collections. Access to the collections is by appointment only. Requests to visit the collections should be made to the appropriate Curator at:

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
University of California
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
Berkeley, California 94720-3160 USA

Phone: (510) 642-3567
FAX: (510) 643-8238

Loans of Specimens

Before requesting a loan, please do the following:

• Read the policy on specimen loans.
• Search the database to make sure the Museum has the specimens and parts (i.e. skin, skeleton, or fluid) that you require.

Specimen Loan Policy
Destructive Sampling Policy 
Query Database

Requesting Tissue Samples

Before requesting a tissue grant, please do the following:

• Read the policy on tissue grants.
• Search the database to make sure the Museum has the required tissue (i.e. frozen, ethanol, buffer preserved), or the correct specimen parts required (i.e. skin or skeletal material for destructive sampling).

Tissue Grant Policy
Destructive Sampling Policy
Query Database