‘To kill a program’: Duke to close herbarium after over 100 years of operation
By Claire Cranford | February 15, 2024The Duke Herbarium is the second-largest private university herbarium in the U.S. and is home to more than 825,000 plant specimens, including some specimens almost 200 years old. Universities across the world utilize the herbarium, which is a foundation for research in molecular, biochemical and cytogenetic studies.