Training will be provided in early-June. Only The research and collections areas offer fascinating opportunities to work with Museum scientists and collections managers. A scientific background appropriate to the field is helpful, but not required - interest, enthusiasm, and commitment are important. Please note that collections projects in any of the scientific departments may entail clerical work, data entry, specimen handling, or some combination. Applications for the research areas are screened by curatorial and collections staff in those areas.
Volunteers play a vital role in the care and maintenance of our collections.
Their contributions in processing specimens and library work greatly increases our ability to serve the scientific community in research projects around the world. Assignments involve a variety of tasks such as specimen processing, library research, and computer database verification. Help is needed to work with a new collection of specimens in the Division of Invertebrates . The molluscs reprints collection, dating from the 19th century to the present, needs to be reorganized. The reprints are a valuable tool for The Museum's staff and for visiting scientists worldwide.