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Contact us

Enterprise is the University collections discovery service. It currently contains details of materials held in the collections listed below. Items held in the collections can be consulted by University members, students and researchers at other universities, and members of the public.

If you wish to contact us about any of the items you have found in the catalogue, or wish to consult an item held in the collections, please use the contact details below. You can tell where the item is held by looking at the "Library" on the full record.

Cole Museum of Zoology

The Cole Museum of Zoology is located in the ground floor foyer of the AMS building in the School of Biological Sciences on the Whiteknights Campus.

Geology Collection

The Geology Collection is housed in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science on the Whiteknights Campus.

Herbarium Collection

The Herbarium Collection is located in the Harborne Building on the Whiteknights Campus.

Meteorology Library

The Meteorology Library is located in the Meteorology Building on the Whiteknights Campus. It is open to all members of the Meteorology Department and anyone teaching or studying a meteorology module.

Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)

The Museum of English Rural Life is located on the London Road campus.

Special Collections

The University's Special Collections of archives and rare books are held at Special Collections Services on the London Road campus. Please request the items you wish to consult in advance of your visit.

Typography Department Collections

The lettering, printing and graphic design collections are housed in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication on the Whiteknights campus. Access to the collections and archive is by appointment.

University Library

University Library items are held in the Library Building on the Whiteknights campus. Older and lesser used materials may be held in closed access collections or our Off-site Store. These may be requested online via the link from Enterprise.

Ure Museum

The Ure Museum is an integral part of the Department of Classics on the Whiteknights campus.