- All users must specify the collection they want to use; permission for access to one collection does not authorize use of others.
- Users must obtain permission before examining any collection or using laboratory areas. Your cooperation helps staff track use of the collections and comply with environmental health and safety requirements. See Contacts page.
- All users must obtain permission from a Museum Scientist before removing any specimen(s) from UCMP collections. See Contacts page.
- If you are a UCMP faculty curator, graduate student affiliate, staff member, or director-approved UC staff, please read our policies for using our specimens for teaching or research
- If you are a researcher from an institution other than UCMP, please read our collections policies for non-UCMP researchers for specific information on the use of UCMP collection materials.
- Destructive analysis of UCMP fossils must be approved in advance by the Museum Scientist overseeing the specific collection and the Assistant Director for Research and Collections. Deposition in UCMP of histological slides, digital files, and data generated in these studies may be required. Please review current UCMP destructive analysis policy.