Society of Herbarium Curators

The Society of Herbarium Curators unites the world’s herbarium professionals in discussion, training, action, and support for the benefit of herbaria, science, and society.

Vision
SHC envisions a network of innovative, well-trained herbarium professionals, empowered to recognize and address local and global stakeholder needs with organizationally sustainable strategies that advance the well-being of herbaria, science, and society.

Brief History
The Society of Herbarium Curators was organized on July 4, 2004, through the efforts of John Herr (University of South Carolina’s Andrew Charles Moore Herbarium, USA), Michael Woods (Troy University’s Herbarium, Alabama, USA), Dan Evans (Marshall University’s Herbarium, West Virginia, USA), and others.  It has since grown through the efforts of many in the herbarium community into an international organization of hundreds of members from 30+ countries