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Botany branch library

Address & Contacts

Via La Pira, 4 - 50121 Firenze · Map
Tel. 055.2756787/5 - Fax 055.2756321 - E-mail: botanica(AT)unifi.it

Opening Hours

Orario Botany
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
8.30am-2pm8.30am-2pm8.30am-2pm8.30am-2pm8.30am-2pmclosed

(scorri a destra)

Collections

The library was established in 1842, when, thanks to the work of Filippo Parlatore the Botanical Institute and Museum were founded. Besides all current teaching and specialized materials, the library holds the collections of the Italian Botanical Society (in Italian), the antique collection donated in the mid-1800s by the English botanist Philip Barker Webb and the manuscripts of the great Florentine botanist Pier Antonio Micheli, who lived between the 17th and 18th centuries. The library holds collections and miscellaneous materials (manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, drawings) donated by illustrious botanists - mainly ex-directors of the Institute, such as those of Odoardo Beccari, Stefano Sommier and Emilio Levier.

All material acquired before 1996 is available exclusively through the card catalogue as the cataloguing process is still ongoing.

The library collection consists of:

  • 18,500 books +  around 1,300 belonging to the Italian Botanical Society
  • 1,654 journals + 751 belonging to the Italian Botanical Society. Of the 2,405 total journals available, 241 have a standing subscription, some of which in digital format.

Special interest collections available online:

Specific Resources

Location

  • reading room with 20 seats
  • 1 desktop PC for research and catalogue searches
  • wireless connection
Please note that the library is located in a Limited Traffic Zone ZTL

The library is on the ground floor of the building hosting the Botany Section of the Museum of Natural History and has full wheelchair access.

Plan

piantina interattiva della sede di Botanica

Linked Institutions

Last update

25.06.2024

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