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THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University invites applicants to be its next Curatorial Fellow. During the 12-month long program (flexible start date from April through May 2012), the fellow will become competent in the core areas of curation through formal training, experiential learning, and self-guided project work. Through collaboration with the curator of living collections, the successful candidate participates in various research projects and learns the essentials of basic museum practice, curatorial review, collections development planning, and approaches to taxonomic verification. Working with the manager of plant records, the fellow learns field-checking tactics and becomes proficient in the use of living collections management software (BG-Base) and electronic mapping technologies (GPS and GIS). Working with the curatorial assistant exposes the fellow to methodologies related to nomenclatural verification, accession documentation, and herbarium voucher collection. There are additional opportunities to interact and collaborate with other Arboretum curation, horticulture, research, library, and education staff. The fellow also conducts an independent project of their interest and appropriate to the Arboretum’s curatorial needs.
To learn more about the Arnold Arboretum’s Curatorial Fellowship and to apply, go to: http://arboretum.harvard.edu/education/c...ial-fellowship/
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University invites applicants to be its next Curatorial Fellow. During the 12-month long program (flexible start date from April through May 2012), the fellow will become competent in the core areas of curation through formal training, experiential learning, and self-guided project work. Through collaboration with the curator of living collections, the successful candidate participates in various research projects and learns the essentials of basic museum practice, curatorial review, collections development planning, and approaches to taxonomic verification. Working with the manager of plant records, the fellow learns field-checking tactics and becomes proficient in the use of living collections management software (BG-Base) and electronic mapping technologies (GPS and GIS). Working with the curatorial assistant exposes the fellow to methodologies related to nomenclatural verification, accession documentation, and herbarium voucher collection. There are additional opportunities to interact and collaborate with other Arboretum curation, horticulture, research, library, and education staff. The fellow also conducts an independent project of their interest and appropriate to the Arboretum’s curatorial needs.
To learn more about the Arnold Arboretum’s Curatorial Fellowship and to apply, go to: http://arboretum.harvard.edu/education/c...ial-fellowship/
