Herbarium Curatorial Assistant

New York Botanical Garden

Full-time other-general
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Location
Bronx, NY, United States
Posted
July 28, 2026

Job Description

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Herbarium Curatorial Assistant

Assistant Director of the Herbarium

Position Summary :

Assist in all basic functions of the Herbarium by carrying out a wide variety of daily herbarium tasks.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities :


+ Filing specimens into the Herbarium as well as maintenance and curation of the collection to reflect new determinations of specimens and taxonomic revisions.

+ Processing newly collected specimens to obtain determinations. Maintaining meticulous records about these specimens.

+ Digitizing specimens. Both imaging and data entry of specimen label information into our internal database.

+ Assisting visiting researchers to use the Herbarium. Updating/filing specimens the researchers have worked with.

+ Attending staff meetings.

+ Participating in outreach to the public.



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