**Code**: [DBN](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125441) **Organization**: National Botanic Gardens of Ireland **Division**: Office of Public Works **Department**: National Botanic Gardens **Location**: Dublin, Ireland **Total number of specimens**: 600000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1847 **Taxonomic coverage**: Historical collections; all groups **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially Ireland and Britain; eastern Canada and Australia **Incorporated herbaria**: Part of CRK (vascular planst), DBC, DUB, IRDA, LIMFC in 1983, MII, OSI, RDS. **Important collectors**: J. G. Baker, A. Ball, V. Ball, R. Brown, I. Carroll, N. Colgan, M. H. Foslie, A. Gayman, H. C. Hart, W. H. Harvey, A. Henry, T. Johnson, T. Jones, M. C. Knowles, H. W. Lett, H. C. Levinge, J. McNab, W. R. McNab, J. McNab, D. Moore, A. G. More, E. C. Nelson, J. Niven, C. E. H. Ostenfeld, R. L. Praeger, J. A. L. Preiss, M. J. P. Scannell, C. H. Waddell, J. B. L. Warren, E. Wilson **Notes**: Updated Nov 2017 (GPS coordinates). Formerly National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. DBN and DUB amalgamated in 1970. Use DBN. Augustine Henry Forestry Herbarium, J. G. Baker fern collection \[ex Colonial exhibition in London in 1886\], H. C. Levinge ferns, Admiral Jones lichen herbaria separate and many cryptogam exsiccati intact. Substantial collections still unincorporated (DBC, CRK), including early collections from Britain, Europe, South Africa, Australia, India, and China. About 30 000 economic collections formerly displayed in National Museum of Ireland. State directed, The Heritage Service, Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht, and the Islands. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-08-07 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.