The facilities of the Biodiversity Institute include laboratories, student and faculty research areas and collections storage for about 8 million living and fossil plants, animals and about 1.5 million archaeological artifacts. Additional facilities include the laboratories and classrooms associated with the academic partners of the Biodiversity Institute, such as the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and other partners such as the KU Field Station and Ecological Reserves. The departments and collections of the Biodiversity Institute are distributed across seven buildings:

Dyche Hall

1345 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7593 U.S.A.

In this building

  • KU Natural History Museum
  • Administration
  • Informatics
  • Biodiversity Modeling and Policy
  • Herpetology
  • Ichthyology
  • Mammalogy
  • Ornithology
  • Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Fluid-preserved collections

Spooner Hall

1340 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7593 U.S.A.

In this building

  • Archaeology
  • Information Technology
  • The Commons

Haworth Hall

1200 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7600 U.S.A.

In this building

  • Invertebrate Zoology
  • Paleobotany
  • Parasitology

Lindley Hall

1475 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7594 U.S.A.

In this building

  • Invertebrate Paleontology
  • The Paleoentological Institute

Lippencott Annex

1410 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7594

In this building

  • Portions of the Mammalogy and Vertebrate Paleontology collections

Bridwell Laboratory/McGregor Herbarium (west campus)

2045 Constant Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66047-3729 U.S.A.

In this building

  • Botany

Public Safety Building (west campus)

1501 Crestline Drive
Suite 140
Lawrence, KS 66049-4401 U.S.A.

In this building

  • Entomology
  • Portions of the Archaeology, Mammalogy, Ornithology, Vertebrate Paleontology and Invertebrate Paleontology collections