Public Tours and Research Access
Public Tours are defined as - a guided tour for two (2) or more people in a general interested capacity from outside the University of Alberta.
Public Tours
Museum Collection Details
Information
Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection
1-15 Human Ecology Building
Tours Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Senior High School Classes
- Members of the Public (limited capacity; minimum of two (2) and maximum of eight (8))
Open to the Public:
Human Ecology Gallery - Monday to Friday: 8:30am to 6:00 pm
Contact Information:
Vlada Blinova
Collections Manager
103 Human Ecology
780.492.2528
vblinova@ualberta.ca
Cryptogamic Herbarium
Biological Sciences Building
Tours Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- School Groups (K-12)
- Members of the Public (minimum of five (5) attendees)
Contact Information:
Catherine La Farge-England
Curator
B-213 Biological Sciences
780.492.5528
clafarge@ualberta.ca
Toby Spribille
Curator
5-205 CCIS
780.492.8957
clafarge@ualberta.ca
Mineralogy and Petrology Museum
B-08 Earth Sciences Building
Tours Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Resources available for self-directed tours
Open to the Public:
Monday to Friday (closed weekends and holidays): 8:00am to 4:00pm
Tour Request Form
Contact Information:
Lisa Budney
Collections and Museums Administrator
B-01A Earth Sciences Building
780.288.0109
Lisa.Budney@ualberta.ca
Paleontology Museum
B-01 Earth Sciences Building
Tours Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Resources available for self-directed tours
Open to the Public:
Monday to Friday (closed weekends and holidays): 8:00am to 4:00pm
Tour Request Form
Contact Information:
Lisa Budney
Collections and Museums Administrator
B-01A Earth Sciences Building
780.288.0109
Lisa.Budney@ualberta.ca
UAlberta Botanic Garden Herbarium
Tours Provided For:
- School Groups (K-12 - maximum 10 people)
- Members of the Public (maximum 10 people)
Contact Information:
Rene Belland
Curator
General Services Building 775
780.492.0801
rene.belland@ualberta.ca
Vascular Plant Herbarium
B-613 Biological Sciences Building
Tours Provided For:
- School Groups (K-12 - maximum 15 people)
- Members of the Public (maximum 15 people)
Contact Information:
Dorothy Fabijan
Assistant Curator
B-617 Biological Sciences Building
780.492.5523
ALTAVP@ualberta.ca
W.G. Hardy Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Classical Antiquities
2-89 HM Tory Building
Tours Provided For:
- School Groups (K-12 - maximum 15 people)
- Members of the Public (maximum 15 people)
Open to the Public:
Monday to Thursday, September to April (closed during Fall Team Reading Week, Christmas Closure, Winter Term Reading Week, and all statutory holidays): 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Contact Information:
Jeremy Rossiter
Curator
2-45 Tory HM
780.492.3539
jeremy.rossiter@ualberta.ca
Access Appointments are defined as - access to a Museums collections for academic and or research purposes.
Access Appointments
Museum Collection Details
Information
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
HM Tory Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Shirley Harpham
Archaeology Technologist
TB-9 HM Tory
780.492.7138
shirley.harpham@ualberta.ca
Bryan/Gruhn Ethnographic Collection
HM Tory Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Pamela Mayne Correia
Curator
1-46 HM Tory
780.492.0189
pmaynecorreia@ualberta.ca
Fossil Hominid Cast Collection
HM Tory Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Pamela Mayne Correia
Curator
1-46 HM Tory
780.492.0189
pmaynecorreia@ualberta.ca
Osteology Collection
HM Tory Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Pamela Mayne Correia
Curator
1-46 HM Tory
780.492.0189
pmaynecorreia@ualberta.ca
Zooarchaeology Reference Collection
HM Tory Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Robert Losey
Curator
13-8 HM Tory
780.492.2028
robert.losey@ualberta.ca
Museum of Zoology: Amphibian and Reptile Collection
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Michael Caldwell
Acting Curator
780.492.3458
mw.caldwell@ualberta.ca
Cryptogamic Herbarium
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Catherine La Farge-England
Curator
B-213 Biological Sciences
780.492.5528
clafarge@ualberta.ca
Toby Spribille
Curator
5-205 CCIS
780.492.8957
clafarge@ualberta.ca
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
CW-223 Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Danny Shpeley
Assistant Curator
CW-223A Biological Sciences
780.492.0461
dshpeley@ualberta.ca
Freshwater Invertebrate Collection
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Danny Shpeley
Assistant Curator
CW-223A Biological Sciences
780.492.0461
dshpeley@ualberta.ca
Museum of Zoology: Ichthyology Collection
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Alison Murray
Curator
Z-1007 Biological Sciences
780.492.9244
ammurray@ualberta.ca
Museum of Zoology: Mammalogy Collection
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Andrew Derocher
Curator
Z-11110 Biological Sciences
780.492.5570
derocher@ualberta.ca
Marine Invertebrate and Malacology Collection
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Michael Caldwell
Acting Curator
780.492.3458
mw.caldwell@ualberta.ca
Museum of Zoology: Ornithology Collection
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Michael Caldwell
Acting Curator
780.492.3458
mw.caldwell@ualberta.ca
Paleobotanical Collection
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Department of Biological Sciences
780.492.3308
Vascular Plant Herbarium
B-613 Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Dorothy Fabijan
Assistant Curator
B-617 Biological Sciences Building
780.492.5523
ALTAVP@ualberta.ca
Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology
Biological Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Michael Caldwell
Curator of Higher Vertebrates
780.492.3458
mw.caldwell@ualberta.ca
Philip Currie
Curator of Dinosaurs
780.492.6572
philip.currie@ualberta.ca
Alison Murray
Curator of Fossil Fishes
780.492.9244
ammurray@ualberta.ca
UAlberta Botanic Garden Herbarium
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Rene Belland
Curator
General Services Building 775
780.492.0801
rene.belland@ualberta.ca
Drill Core Collection
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
John-Paul Zonneveld
Curator
3-010 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science
780.492.3287
zonneveld@ualberta.ca
Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Lindsey Leighton
Curator
1-01B Earth Sciences Building
780.492.3983
lleighto@ualberta.ca
Meteorite Collection
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Chris Herd
Curator
1-17 Earth Sciences Building
780.492.5798
herd@ualberta.ca
Mineralogy and Petrology Collection
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Tom Chacko
Curator
4-010 Earth Sciences Building
780.492.5395
tom.chacko@ualberta.ca
Trace Fossil Collection
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Murray Gingras
Curator
3-011 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science
780.492.1963
mgingras@ualberta.ca
W.G. Hardy Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Classical Antiquities
2-89 HM Tory Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Jeremy Rossiter
Curator
2-45 Tory HM
780.492.3539
jeremy.rossiter@ualberta.ca
Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection
1-15 Human Ecology Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Vlada Blinova
Collections Manager
103 Human Ecology
780.492.2528
vblinova@ualberta.ca
Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives
Arts and Convocation Hall
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Maryna Chernyavska
250 Arts and Convocation Hall
780.492.2528
chernyav@ualberta.ca
Larry Jewell Pathology Museum
Access Provided For:
- UAlberta Faculty and Students (health sciences faculty and trainees)
Contact Information:
David Rayner
Curator
5B4.23 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre
780.492.6012
david.rayner@ualberta.ca
Mactaggart Art Collection
TELUS International Centre
Tours Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers and Students
- Delegations and International Groups
Access Request Form
Contact Information:
Sarah Spotowski
Curatorial Assistant - University of Alberta Art Collection
780.492.0781
sspotows@ualberta.ca
Print Study Centre
3-78 Fine Arts Building
Tours Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers and Students
Access Request Form
Contact Information:
Emerald Johnstone-Bedell
Assistant Curator - University of Alberta Art Collection
780.492.4385
esj@ualberta.ca
Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology
Arts and Convocation Hall
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Michael Frishkopf
Director, Curator
334D Arts and Convocation Hall
780.492.0225
Michael.frishkopf@ualberta.ca
Renewable Resources Natural History Collection
General Services Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
John Acorn
Curator
777 General Services Building
780.492.7202
jacorn@ualberta.ca
Soil Sciences Collection
Earth Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Scott Chang
Curator
2-24 Earth Sciences Building
780.492.6375
scott.chang@ualberta.ca
Dentistry Museum Collection
Medical Sciences Building
Access Provided For:
- Post-Secondary Classes
- Researchers
- UAlberta Faculty and Students
Contact Information:
Loren Kline
Curator
7-58A Medical Sciences Building
780.492.4468, 780.492.5284
lkline@ualberta.ca