The mission of TWU Herbarium is to:

• Provide a representation of plant communities that have existed in North-central Texas since the beginning of the last century;

• Maintain, build, and make the collection available for study by research scientists around the world;

• Serve as an educational resource for instruction and community outreach by:
• Providing reference for the identification of specimens for students and community;

• Using the collection to generate information disseminated through exhibits, lectures, workshops and other educational and outreach activities;

• Serve as a repository for research voucher specimens.