Published: April 1, 2024 Curator, Jobs, Research Position
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute https://prairie.illinois.edu/about/about-pri/ The Illinois Natural History Survey is searching for a Vertebrate Curator to lead a research program and serve as the head of either the Fish or Herpetology collection at INHS in Champaign, Illinois. This position was previously posted, however the search had to be re-opened due to…
Published: March 19, 2024 Jobs, Museum Director / President
Closing: April 30, 2024
Illinois Natural History Survey https://inhs.illinois.edu/ Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. We serve the state, the nation, and the world by creating knowledge, preparing students for lives of impact, and addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge. Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We…
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute https://prairie.illinois.edu/ Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. We serve the state, the nation, and the world by creating knowledge, preparing students for lives of impact, and addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge. Illinois is the place where we…
Published: January 10, 2024 Curator, Jobs, Research Position
Closing: January 16, 2024
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute https://prairie.illinois.edu/ The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) investigates and documents the biological resources of Illinois and other areas and acquires and provides natural history information that can be used to promote the common understanding, conservation, and management of these resources. INHS is part of the Prairie Research Institute…
Published: November 3, 2023 Collections Assistant, Jobs
Field Museum, Invertebrate Zoology Collection https://www.fieldmuseum.org/department/invertebrates The Field Museum is hiring a full-time Collections Assistant to work in the Invertebrate Zoology Collection. The Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Collection serves as a repository (over 300,000 lots containing well over a million specimens) for basic and applied research of recent mollusks and all other invertebrates (including urochordates) exclusive of insects, arachnids, and myriapods.…
Published: October 19, 2023 Jobs, Lab Manager, Preparator
Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum https://naturemuseum.org/ Specimen Preparator and Lab Supervisor (part-time) The Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (CAS/PNNM) seeks a creative individual with an interest in natural history collections, engaging the public, and experience in specimen preparation to join its Collections Department as a Specimen Preparator and Lab Supervisor. Reporting…
Published: October 31, 2022 Collections Manager, Jobs, Registrar
Closing: November 15, 2022
Illinois State Museum Society · Springfield, Illinois ABOUT US The Illinois State Museum Society is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1952. Since its inception, the Society has provided valuable support – through both financial resources and advocacy – for the programs and operations of the Illinois State Museum. We are looking for the right person to…
Published: April 18, 2022 Collections Manager, Jobs
Closing: May 6, 2022
The Field Museum has an immediate opening for a Paleobotany Collections Manager. This full-time, permanent position reports to the Head of Geological Collections in the Gantz Family Collections Center. The Collections Manager is responsible for the management and development of one of the largest fossil plant collections in North America, in collaboration with the curator of paleobotany. The Paleobotany Collections Manager position is focused on management of the paleobotany collection (80%), with some allowance for personal research activities (20%).
Published: January 16, 2022 Collections Manager, Jobs
The Field Museum is hiring a Collection Manager to oversee its world-class recent invertebrate collections.
Published: January 16, 2022 Jobs, Preparator
CAS/PNNM seeks a creative individual with an interest in natural history collections, engaging the public, and experience in taxidermy to join its Collections team as a Specimen Preparator.
Published: October 27, 2021 Collections Assistant, Jobs
Closing: October 29, 2021
The Illinois State Museum Society seeks a NAGPRA collections assistant.
Published: October 27, 2021 Collections Manager, Jobs, Museum Technology
Closing: October 29, 2021
The Illinois State Museum Society seeks a Digital Asset Manager to serve as part of the Anthropology team at the direction of the Curator of Anthropology to implement digitization of approximately 8000 objects in the ethnographic collection.
Published: September 15, 2021 Jobs, Research Position, Teaching
The Department of Entomology and the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invite applications from biologists with a record of research in insect biodiversity for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level, with the anticipated start date of August 16, 2022.
Published: August 18, 2021 Collections Manager, Jobs
Closing: September 10, 2021
INHS is seeking a Collections Specialist who will be responsible for managing nationally and internationally significant collections of reptiles and amphibians, fishes, and crustaceans and their associated tissue collections and databases.
Published: July 23, 2021 Jobs, Preparator
Please visit Specimen Preparator for complete job posting and application instructions. CAS/PNNM seeks a creative individual with an interest in natural history collections, engaging the public, and experience in taxidermy to join its Collections team as a Specimen Preparator. Reporting to the Senior Director of Collections, the Specimen Preparator is responsible for preparation of zoological…
Published: July 23, 2021 Collections Assistant, Jobs
Please visit Assistant Collections Manager for complete job posting and application instructions. Reporting to the Senior Director of Collections, the Assistant Collections Manager assists with the overall management, preservation, and accessibility of the collections. The Assistant Collections Manager is a key member of the Collections team, supporting all activities and initiatives of the department and…
Published: March 23, 2021 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredIllinois Natural History Survey is hiring a museum collection assistant to help integrate the Southern Illinois University fluid vertebrate collections into the INHS fish, amphibian, and reptile collections. Duties will include moving, unpacking, and assisting in cataloging fluid-preserved specimens.
Published: March 23, 2021 Collections Manager, Jobs
ExpiredField Museum is hiring a Collections Manager to manage its world-class Herpetology collections. The Collections Manager reports to the Head of Zoological collections and will manage day-to-day activities in the Herpetology collection including management of staff.
Published: January 27, 2021 Collections Manager, Jobs, Research Position
ExpiredThe Illinois State Museum Society (Springfield, IL) is hiring a Digital Assets Manager/research assistant in Anthropology.
Published: December 26, 2020 Collections Manager, Curator, Jobs
ExpiredThe Field Museum invites applications for an Assistant Curator in the fields of Invertebrate Paleontology or Paleobotany. This term position has a probationary period of 3 + 3 years; after successful promotion to the Associate level it is renewable every 7 years, according to the Field Museum’s Policy Statement on the Curatorial Ranks. The start…
Published: March 12, 2020 Collections Manager, Jobs
ExpiredThe Field Museum is hiring a Collection Manager to manage its world-class Herpetology collections. The Field Museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of zoological specimens. The 306,000-specimen Amphibian and Reptile Collection is comprised of over 286,688 catalog entries. The collection is a major research resource for the national and international scientific communities. Containing…
Published: February 26, 2020 Collections Manager, Jobs
ExpiredThe Field Museum is hiring a Collection Manager to manage its world-class Herpetology collections. The Field Museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of zoological specimens. The 306,000-specimen Amphibian and Reptile Collection is comprised of over 286,688 catalog entries. The collection is a major research resource for the national and international scientific communities. Containing…
Published: January 24, 2020 Curator, Jobs
ExpiredManages the artifact collection housed and exhibited at Dickson Mounds, and works with fellow Illinois State Museum curators and others to develop and improve access to collection information
Published: November 13, 2019 Collections Assistant, Computer Science, Jobs
ExpiredPrairie Research InstituteUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) investigates and documents the biological resources of Illinois and other areas, and acquires and provides natural history information that can be used to promote the common understanding, conservation, and management of these resources. INHS is part of the Prairie Research Institute (PRI)…
Published: June 24, 2019 Curator, Jobs
ExpiredThe Illinois Department of Natural Resources is inviting applications for the following position: Position Title: Curator 1, Geology Monthly Salary Range: $3792-5601 Position Location: IL State Museum Research & Collections Center, 1011 E. Ash St., Springfield – Sangamon County Work Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m (1 hour unpaid lunch), Saturday, Sunday Off Due to…
Published: December 17, 2018 Collections Manager
ExpiredField Museum of Natural HistoryChicago, IL USA The Field Museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of biological specimens. The Insect Collection’s holdings of worldwide Arthropoda (excluding Crustacea) rank fifth in overall size among North American collections with over 12.5 million specimens and are of worldwide importance for many groups. The collection presently includes…
Published: September 6, 2018 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredINTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION Internship Title: Collections Intern Internship Department: Biology – Collections Supervisor: Director of Collections Objective: The Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s (CAS/PNNM) natural history collections are a library of the natural world documenting Midwestern biodiversity from 1830 to the present. Glass plate negatives from the audiovisual collection taken between 1898 to…
Published: June 23, 2018 Curator, Jobs, Museum Director / President
ExpiredThe Field Museum seeks a dynamic leader and researcher with museum experience to serve as Director of its Integrative Research Center and Full Curator. The Field Museum is one of the world’s leading natural history museums with globally important research in Natural History, including Anthropology, Botany, Geology, and Zoology. The Museum’s Integrative Research Center (IRC) is comprised…
Published: January 17, 2018 Collections Assistant, Collections Manager, Jobs
ExpiredAssistant Collections Manager (Full Time) Department: Biology – Collections Reporting to the Director of Collections, the Assistant Collections Manager assists with the management, preservation, and accessibility of the collections. This position will continue specimen data migration from the scientific and teaching collections into Arctos (http://arctos.database.museum/), our online digital collections management system and may assist with…
Published: November 14, 2017 Curator, Jobs
ExpiredThe Illinois State Museum (Springfield, IL) is hiring a Curator of Anthropology. Applications due by November 28. Please share widely! DESCRIPTION Executes highly specialized duties and complex projects that require special expertise in Midwestern archaeology. Works largely without supervision, generally at his/her own direction through conferences with appropriate Museum Director and/or Museum Section Heads, and/or Curator…
