Rose Taylor

Rose Taylor is a curator specializing in North American collections at The British Museum, where responsibilities include leading the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme. Previously, Rose held roles at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, as a research assistant focused on economic botany and as a metadata and digitization officer. Significant project work includes the Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia, with presentations at professional conferences highlighting the intersection of archives, conservation, and scientific knowledge. Additional experience includes a research fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution examining Californian Native American Chumash baskets, account management and marketing at A Place in the Sun, and early career roles in social media production and video production. Educational credentials encompass a PhD in Anthropology from University College London, an MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology, and a BA in Anthropology with History of Art from Oxford Brookes University, alongside notable studies at Stanford University.