The Yale Peabody Museum is pleased to announce a job opening for a Museum Assistant in its Entomology Division. This is a permanent, full time position and an opportunity to join a growing entomology collection in an academic setting that is a vibrant component of Yale University’s natural history museum.
The Museum Assistant will help facilitate access to the entomology collection for scholarly research and teaching. Principal areas of focus will include digital cataloging and inventorying of specimens, maintenance of the physical arrangement of the collection, related care and preservation activities, and engagement with researchers, students, university classes, and the public.
The Entomology Division houses approximately two million dried and fluid preserved specimens, with worldwide coverage and strength in the Nearctic region. Approximately one-half million specimens are currently databased and electronically available (notably Lepidoptera, Apoidea, Culicidae, Odonata, Cicindelidae, ectoparasitic & disease vector taxa).
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