Loans

Loans from The University of Melbourne Herbarium (MELU) are only made to Institutions and not to individuals.

Requests for loans are to be addressed to the Collections Manager, and can be sent either by email or on institution letterhead.   Loan requests on behalf of staff or students should come from the Director or Curator of a herbarium.

MELU is authorized by the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service under the Commonwealth of Australia Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 to exchange Museum/Herbarium specimens and handle specimens under the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) . Institutions wishing to borrow specimens from MELU must be registered with CITES on Environment and heritage.