Published: March 24, 2025 Best Practices, Wiki Home
Contents 1 Introduction to SPNHC & Best Practices 2 Defining Best Practices 2.1 Definitions 2.2 Selected Bibliography 3 Contributors Introduction to SPNHC & Best Practices The development of best practices in collections care is a key function of SPNHC. The SPNHC wiki Best Practices pages are a product of the Society’s Best Practices Committee with contributions from the broader SPNHC membership. One…
Published: March 21, 2025 Jobs, Teaching
Closing: April 19, 2025
The Arkansas Center for Biodiversity Collections (ACBC) https://www.astate.edu/college/sciences-and-mathematics/departments/biology/Arkansas-Center-for-Biodiversity-Collections/ Position Summary: The Arkansas Center for Biodiversity Collections (ACBC), housed in the Department of Biological Sciences at Arkansas State University, invites applications for a multi-year, non-tenure track, 9-month, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biological Collections position to begin in August 2025. Up to 2.5 months of summer funding…
Published: March 19, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Closing: April 3, 2025
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/specimen-collections/ Requisition No: 847300 Agency: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Working Title: OPS F&W BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST II – 77901628 Pay Plan: Temp Position Number: 77901628 Salary: $20/hr, depending on experience Posting Closing Date: 04/01/2025 Total Compensation Estimator Tool The posting is available here: https://jobs.myflorida.com/job/ST-PETERSBURG-OPS-F&W-BIOLOGICAL-SCIENTIST-II-77901628-1-1-FL-33701/1277503200/ Duties & Responsibilities Managing biological specimen collections. …
Published: March 14, 2025 Collections Assistant, Jobs, Research Position
Closing: April 4, 2025
Bat Conservation International https://www.batcon.org/ Bat Conservation International Southwest USA Status: Full-time, exempt Reports to: Cultural Resource Coordinator (Autumn Cool) Key Relationships: Restoration Team, Habitat Protection & Restoration Program, Conservation Department Salary: $60,000–$64,000 per year BCI and our Mission Bat Conservation International (BCI), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to ending bat extinctions worldwide, seeks a full-time…
Published: March 14, 2025 Administration, Collections Manager, Curator, Jobs
Swedish Museum of Natural History https://www.nrm.se/ The Swedish Museum of Natural History is pleased to announce an open, permanent position for the Assistant Head of the Department of Zoology. Apply at https://recruit.visma.com/spa/sv/public/apply?guidAssignment=ffcb51cd-a057-4f97-b6ea-96967fcccd82&description=True (in Swedish) by 31 March 2025. About the museum The Swedish Museum of Natural History is the largest museum in Sweden and a…
Published: March 6, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Closing: April 8, 2025
Natural History Museum of Denmark https://snm.dk/en The Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, is seeking a permanent full-time position for a Collection Manager, starting August 01, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. The candidate will be part of a diverse Collection Management Team across the museum and will…
Published: March 1, 2025 Announcements, News
Summer 2025 What: The staff of the New York Botanical Garden’s William & Lynda Steere Herbarium will host two training workshops on herbarium management this summer. The workshops will provide participants with a comprehensive introduction to herbarium management and collections care. Topics covered will include curation, imaging and digitization, integrated pest management, record keeping, georeferencing,…
Published: February 28, 2025 Jobs, Research Position
Closing: March 14, 2025
Canvas Art Law www.canvasartlaw.co.uk Vacancy: Provenance Researcher – Geology, Natural History and AntiquitiesCanvas Art Law is a team of like-minded lawyers, provenance researchers and advisors working in the international arts, culture and heritage sector. Founded in London in 2017, we have grown our team and our client base steadily over the last few years, taking…
New York Botanical Garden https://www.nybg.org/ Position Summary:The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is seeking an outstanding Mycologist or Cryptogamic Botanist for a career-track appointment in the Center for Biodiversity and Evolution. We seek candidates who are innovative and collaborative, eager to advance nature-based solutions to contemporary challenges. The successful candidate will develop an innovative collections-based…
Published: February 27, 2025 Announcements, News
Through the kind generosity of the California Institute for Biodiversity and the State of California, the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) has approximately US$300K to award in support of saving at-risk collections relating to the geographical area of California. In this time of rapid environmental change and declining wild biodiversity, it…
Published: February 13, 2025 Administration, Donations / Membership Development, Exhibits, Jobs, Operations, Public Outreach
Paleontological Research Institution https://www.priweb.org/ The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) is searching for a new Assistant to the Director, with a start date of June 1, 2025. Duties include assisting the Director of the Institution with all areas of administration and operations, including but not limited to: scheduling, office management, Board of Trustees relations, correspondence, and…
University of Iowa https://uiowa.edu/ The University of Iowa’s Division of Interdisciplinary Programs invites applications for a 100% Visiting Assistant Professor in Museum Studies for the 2025-2026 academic year. Duties of this position include teaching 4 classes per semester and include one in-person section and one online section of MUSM:3001 (Introduction to Museum Studies) each semester,…
Dayton Society of Natural History and Boonshoft Museum of Discovery https://boonshoft.org/ Job Title: RegistrarDepartment: CollectionsReports To: Curator of Anthropology & ExhibitionsFLSA Status: Exempt | $33,000-$35,000/yr Summary The DSNH Registrar maintains museum databases utilizing PastPerfect Museum Software and monitors objects from the DSNH collections in storage and on display. The Registrar is part of a Collections team that oversees and…
Published: February 10, 2025 Exhibits, Jobs, Program/Project Manager
Virginia Museum of History & Culture https://virginiahistory.org/ Position summary:The Manager of Exhibition Production serves as project manager for, and actively participates in, all aspects of the preparation and installation of the VMHC’s in-house exhibitions, long-term gallery rotations, traveling exhibitions, and other related projects. This position directly supervises the exhibition designer and exhibition coordinator and works…
Published: February 4, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Arizona State University https://www.asu.edu/ Job Profile: Lab and Research Specialist 2 Job Family: Lab and Research Support Time Type: Full time Max Pay – Depends on experience: $64,700.00 USD Annual Job Description: The School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University (https://sols.asu.edu/) is seeking a full-time Research Specialist who will serve as the Vertebrate Collections…
Published: January 31, 2025 Announcements, News
Greetings colleagues,If you’ve created innovative software, tools, services, or workflows supporting the management and use of natural history collections, DemoCamp is an ideal venue for you to share your work at SPNHC 2025. DemoCamp is based on a presentation format without any slideshow – you show off your technology only using a live demonstration. We…
Published: January 30, 2025 Jobs, Program/Project Manager, Request for Quote
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/ The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History is seeking to contract a project leader to coordinate with United States Fish and Wildlife Service to grow a centralized collection of freshwater mussel genetic resources. The contract award shall be for one basic year and one option year. The period…
Published: January 23, 2025 News
The abstract submission process is now open for SPNHC 2025, to be held May 27-31 in Lawrence, KS, and hosted by the Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas. More details about the meeting can be found here: https://spnhc2025.ku.edu/. We have had an overwhelming response to our call for symposia/sessions with a diverse array of subjects pertaining to…
Published: January 8, 2025 Collections Manager, Jobs
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://www.kew.org/ Apply: Preserved Collections Manager – Careers | Kew Gardens This position offers an opportunity to play a key role in Kew’s large and globally important science collections. Reporting to the Head of Collections, the post holder provides leadership and oversight to the Preserved Collections (Herbarium Collections Management Unit, Spirit, Fungarium…
Published: January 7, 2025 Donations / Membership Development, Jobs
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake https://www.theadkx.org/ Organization Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX) dedicates itself to preserving and interpreting the diverse stories of Adirondack history, culture, and people. ADKX’s goal is to initiate thoughtful dialogue that will help shape the Adirondacks of the future. As the trusted repository for the…
Published: January 7, 2025 Collections Manager, Curator, Exhibits, Jobs
Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens https://www.utep.edu/centennial-museum/ Hiring Department: The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert GardensPosting End Date: Open until filled.Hours: 40 hours per week, standard Monday- Friday 8:00am- 5:00pm, flexibility is required on evenings and weekendsFLSA status: ExemptEarliest Start Date: 01/02/2025Salary: $43,234 annually.Required Application Materials• Resume• Cover Letter• List of three references The primary…
We invite you to submit a proposal for an organized session or workshop (Google form) at SPNHC 2025 that reflects the work of SPNHC, and collections standards and best practices that contribute to our understanding and documentation of biodiversity. Organized sessions can be symposia, panel discussions, lightning sessions, and other formats whose primary purpose is to convey…
Published: December 10, 2024 Announcements, Deadlines, News
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025, Close of Business (COB) Your Local Time The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is offering travel grants for the 2025 SPNHC Annual Meeting, https://spnhc2025.ku.edu/travel-grants. Applicants must be members of the Society or apply for membership before the application will be accepted. While any SPNHC member may apply, preference…
Published: November 18, 2024 Announcements, Deadlines, News
The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum are pleased to host the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) from May 27-31, 2025. We look forward to welcoming you to Lawrence, Kansas, USA. We are aware that these are not the originally advertised dates and that…
Published: October 16, 2024 Announcements, News
Natural History Collections and Repatriation: When Does NAGPRA Apply?Date: November 7, 2024Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Eastern TimeCo-hosts: Natural Science Collections Alliance, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, American Institute of Biological Sciences This webinar will be recorded.https://io.aibs.org/nagpra Please join us for an information session about repatriation and how it relates to natural history collections, including zoological, botanical,…
Published: October 16, 2024 Announcements, News
by Tim White Early Career Award Mariana Di GiacomoNatural History Conservator, Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, CT 06511 USA The SPNHC Early Career Award is given to a member at an early stage in their career, or at an early stage in their involvement with SPNHC, who has demonstrated great potential for leadership through innovative…
Published: August 30, 2024 Announcements, News
ISBER is presenting a Biobanking 101 Workshop online, Sept 11-12, 2024. Participants can choose one or the other day, depending on their location/time zone. The workshop will be delivered in English. The workshop will address the following 2 topics: You will find the links below: Price: $40 USD Members / $120 USD Non-Members. Format: Online, for a total duration…
Published: August 21, 2024 Announcements, News
Join us in Okinawa and worldwide for the SPNHC-TDWG 2024 iNaturalist BioBlitz,August 28 – September 11, 2024. Will you be in Okinawa? Follow this link and join the project!https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spnhc-tdwg-2024-bioblitz-okinawa Not in Okinawa? You can still join the fun with our worldwide BioBlitz! Follow this linkhttps://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spnhc-tdwg-2024-bioblitz-worldwide Log into iNaturalist.org and show us what you find!
Earlybird registration ends July 8, 2024. Register now to catch the discount rate! SPNHC MEMBER IN-PERSON FULL REGISTRATIONSpecial Earlybird registration $575Standard member rate, after 8 July $675 NON-MEMBER: Special Earlybird registration $675; Standard rate, after 8 July $775. Join SPNHC here! Students, post-docs, not-working, low/middle-income economy countries – see special discount rates for in-person and virtual.Spread the word: virtual registration is free to those…
Published: June 14, 2024 Announcements, News
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Education Sessional Committee is hosting a virtual Natural History Education DemoCamp. The goal is to share, discover, and discuss educational materials that have a framework in natural history. This is building upon our previous iterations of the ‘education share fair’ that were hosted at the annual meeting. …
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