Published: December 1, 2025 Collections Assistant, Jobs
Brown University https://herbarium.brown.edu/ The Brown University Herbarium in Providence, Rhode Island is hiring a part-time (26 hours/week) Curatorial Assistant. Apply here: https://brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/staff-careers-brown/job/Bio-Med-Center/Herbarium-Curatorial-Assistant_REQ205146 The Brown University Herbarium contains approximately 120,000 specimens, many of which are significant to New England botanical history. Recently, the collection has acquired two large sets of uncurated vascular plant specimens and fungi…
Published: November 20, 2025 Collections Assistant, Jobs
California Academy of Sciences https://www.calacademy.org/ About the California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is a globally renowned scientific and cultural institution located in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Home to a world-class planetarium, aquarium, research center, and natural history museum—all under one living roof—our mission is to regenerate the…
Published: November 17, 2025 Collections Assistant, Jobs
University of Tennessee, Knoxville https://www.utk.edu/ Job Description Reporting to the Curator of Natural History – Malacology, the Malacology Collections Specialist manages all aspects of the Paul W. Parmalee Malacological Collection, which is the official authoritative reference collection of freshwater and terrestrial mollusks in Tennessee, by overseeing documentation, safety, access, and direct care. The museum is…
Published: November 13, 2025 Jobs, Teaching
Closing: December 19, 2025
The University of British Columbia https://botany.ubc.ca/ The Department of Botany seeks candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Non-Seed Plant Diversity with an expected start date of July 1, 2026. This is a full-time position with an expected starting salary range of $120,000 to $135,000 per annum. Applicants conducting innovative research in the…
Published: November 11, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Closing: January 5, 2026
Florida Museum https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ Job no: 537851Work type: Staff Full-TimeLocation: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)Categories: Biology/Life Science, Libraries/MuseumsDepartment: 56021200 – NH-INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY The Florida Museum (FLMNH) is seeking an experienced full-time Collections Manager II or III as Director of Invertebrate Paleontology Collections within the Department of Natural History. The Invertebrate Paleontology (IP) division currently consists of two faculty curators, two full-time staff, one…
University of Tennessee, Knoxville https://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/ Job Description Reporting to the Curator of Natural History – Malacology, the Malacology Collections Specialist manages all aspects of the Paul W. Parmalee Malacological Collection, which is the official authoritative reference collection of freshwater and terrestrial mollusks in Tennessee, by overseeing documentation, safety, access, and direct care. The museum is…
Published: November 3, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Field Museum www.fieldmuseum.org The Field Museum of Natural History has an immediate opening for a Collection Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology. The Field Museum’s Fossil Vertebrate collections are world-class and host an incredible diversity of specimens. These include our collections of fossil mammals (~73,000 specimens including a large collection of Oligocene-Pleistocene mammals from South America), fossil…
Dinosaur Isle Museum https://www.dinosaurisle.com/ The Isle of Wight Heritage Service is looking for a General Manager / Curator to lead the management and development of Dinosaur Isle, see: https://www.iow.gov.uk/jobs/detail/5783 Located on Sandown seafront on the Isle of Wight, Dinosaur Isle Museum is widely regarded as the home of the most important dinosaur collection in the…
Published: October 16, 2025 Curator, Jobs
Closing: November 15, 2025
Royal Ontario Museum http://www.rom.on.ca The Museum The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is Canada’s premier museum, featuring a comprehensive collection of Art, Culture and Nature. Among the top 10 cultural institutions in North America, ROM has a world-class collection of 18 million artworks, cultural objects, and natural history specimens, featured in 40 gallery and exhibition spaces. ROM’s…
Published: October 15, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County https://nhm.org/ The Natural History Museum of LA County (NHMLAC) seeks a Collections Manager of Invertebrate Paleontology (IP). NHMLAC’s IP collection consists of approximately 450,000 lots and about 6-7 million fossil specimens that span the Phanerozoic, but with strengths in Cretaceous and Cenozoic marine invertebrates (particularly mollusks) of western…
Published: October 15, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology https://lsa.umich.edu/ummz How to Apply A cover letter is required and should be attached as the first page of your CV. A 1-page Collection Management Vision Statement should describe the candidate’s motivation to be a collection manager, their skills and experience, and their vision on the roles and priorities of…
Published: October 15, 2025 Curator, Jobs
Closing: November 15, 2025
Royal Ontario Museum https://www.rom.on.ca/ The Museum The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is Canada’s premier museum, featuring a comprehensive collection of Art, Culture and Nature. Among the top 10 cultural institutions in North America, ROM has a world-class collection of 18 million artworks, cultural objects, and natural history specimens, featured in 40 gallery and exhibition spaces. ROM’s…
The University of Texas at Austin: Jackson School of Geosciences: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences LocationAustin, TX Open DateOct 10, 2025 Description The Jackson School of Geosciences (JSG) at The University of Texas at Austin seeks to hire two full-time, non-tenure track Professors of Practice (open rank) for multi-faceted roles including active contributions to the research…
Published: October 14, 2025 Collections Assistant, Jobs
University of Michigan https://umich.edu/ How to Apply A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position. https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/269560/plant-mounter-ii Job Summary WHO WE…
Published: October 9, 2025 Curator
Closing: October 22, 2025
State Museum of Natural Sciences (Naturéum) https://natureum.ch/en Description de l’emploi En qualité de conservateur·trice en chef du Département de géologie du Naturéum, au sein de la Direction générale de la culture (DGC), vous pilotez le développement scientifique et culturel du département. Vous supervisez la recherche scientifique et la gestion des collections, et contribuez au programme…
Science Museum of Minnesota https://new.smm.org/ Description Join our Biology Department team as the Mollusk Collection Lab Tech I and help us digitize and make accessible a collection of ~9,000 Minnesota mollusk specimens and their records. The Mollusk Collection Lab Tech I executes the organization and digitization of the Biology Collection’s mollusk specimens, especially those collected in Minnesota.…
Published: October 6, 2025 Curator, Jobs, Teaching
University of Oklahoma https://www.ou.edu/ Location University of Oklahoma Norman Campus: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences: School of Biological Sciences Open Date Oct 02, 2025 Description The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (SNM) and the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at the University of…
Published: October 6, 2025 Jobs, Teaching
Georgia College & State University https://www.gcsu.edu/ The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Georgia College & State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in aquatic biology (freshwater or marine) to begin August 2026. The candidate will contribute to both the core curriculum and upper-division courses in their area of specialization at the undergraduate…
Published: October 6, 2025 Jobs, Teaching
Austin Peay State University https://www.apsu.edu/ The Department of Biology invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor in Botany specializing in specimen–based research, with an emphasis on vascular plants, to begin on August 1, 2026. We seek a colleague who will develop a research program integrating fieldwork, herbarium curation, and modern analytical approaches to advance…
Published: September 29, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en Das Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) ist ein exzellentes und integriertes Forschungsmuseum der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft mit internationaler Ausstrahlung und global vernetzter Forschungsinfrastruktur. Es ist auf drei eng miteinander verzahnten Feldern tätig: der sammlungsgestützten Forschung, der Sammlungsentwicklung und -erschließung und der forschungsbasierten Öffentlichkeits- und Bildungsarbeit. In den kommenden zehn Jahren wird das Museum…
Published: September 24, 2025 Curator, Jobs, Teaching
University of Texas at El Paso https://www.utep.edu/ Job Description: The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position for an Arid Land Herpetologist. We are seeking highly collaborative candidates with expertise in the ecology of arid land amphibians and reptiles, including research…
Published: September 24, 2025 Jobs, NAGPRA
Florida Museum of Natural History https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ The Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida (UF) seeks applicants for a full-time NAGPRA Bioarchaeologist and Coordinator within the Department of Natural History. The Florida Museum currently cares for thousands of Native American ancestors and numerous cultural belongings and is committed to fully complying with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).…
Published: September 24, 2025 Jobs, Registrar
Florida Museum of Natural History https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ The Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida (UF) seeks applicants for a full-time Registrar within the Department of Natural History. The Registrar oversees the technical and regulatory aspects of collection accessions, permitting, and exchanges across the Florida Museum. They work with staff to develop and maintain best practices in these as well…
Published: September 23, 2025 Collections Assistant, Jobs
Royal Ontario Museum https://www.rom.on.ca/ WHO WE ARECanada’s largest and most comprehensive museum, ROM, is home to a world-class collection of artworks, cultural objects and natural history specimens featured in 40 gallery and exhibition spaces. As the country’s preeminent field research institute and an international leader in new discoveries, ROM plays a vital role in advancing…
Bruce Museum https://brucemuseum.org/ Title: Collections Move PreparatorStatus: Full-time, hourly, 20-month appointment with possibility of extensionReports to: Collections Registrar and Collections Move ManagerSupervises: N/ASalary range: $50,000-$60,000, commensurate with experience OverviewThe Collections Move Preparator will be a member of the Collections Move team who are responsible for overseeing a major relocation and rehousing initiative of the Bruce…
Published: September 16, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Natural History Museum Basel https://www.nmbs.ch/en.html Your tasks Professional skills: You are familiar with collection management of natural science collections and have a strong grasp of the taxonomy of invertebrates (macropaleontology) or a group thereof. Collection Responsibility: Your responsibilities include the management and reorganization of the Macropaleontology Collection (Invertebrates). You are responsible for the inventory of objects and…
Published: September 12, 2025 Jobs, Teaching
Closing: October 15, 2025
Ohio State University https://eeob.osu.edu/ The Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (EEOB) invites applications for The Martha N. and John C. Moser Chair in Arthropod Biosystematics and Biological Diversity. We seek a colleague who takes lineage-focused approaches to questions in evolution and ecology of terrestrial arthropods. Candidates employing novel methods are especially encouraged to…
Michigan State University Herbarium https://herbarium.natsci.msu.edu/ The Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University seeks applications for a director of the MSU Herbarium at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. This is a 12-month tenure-stream faculty position that combines independent research, undergraduate and graduate teaching and mentoring, service to the university and the profession,…
Published: September 3, 2025 Curator, Jobs
Virginia Museum of Natural History https://www.vmnh.net/ Role Title: Scientist IILocation: Martinsville, VirginiaSalary Range: Pay Band 5Minimum Starting Pay: $48,000-$50,000Position #00007 An exceptional job opportunity with the Virginia Museum of Natural History (VMNH) is now available. VMNH is a state agency in Virginia’s Education Secretariat located in Martinsville, Virginia, approximately 25 miles east of the Blue…
Published: September 3, 2025 Jobs, Operations
Virginia Museum of Natural History https://www.vmnh.net/ Role Title: Trades Technician IIHiring Range: $25.00 per hourPay Band: 2Location: Martinsville, Virginia An exceptional job opportunity for the role of Museum Technician/HVAC at the Virginia Museum of Natural History is now available. This is a part-time position up to 24 hours per week. Normal work hours are 8…
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