In June 2018 plans to relocate the Herbarium to a new purpose built Centre of Innovation in Plant Sciences to be at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan were announced.

In addition to two journals, Telopea[4] and Cunninghamia,[5] the herbarium is responsible for the online database (and keys) to NSW Flora, PlantNet.

It has three levels when it was opened in 1982 by Neville Wran, housing the herbarium collection, staff offices, a laboratory, scanning electron microscope and full drying room and library.

[15][16] 2019–onwards: In June 2018 plans to relocate the Herbarium to a new purpose built Centre of Innovation in Plant Sciences to be at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan were announced.

On 4 June 2018 the announcement that the National Herbarium of NSW would close while the collection of plant specimens was relocated from the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney to a purpose-built facility at Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan included the plans to digitise 1.43 million herbarium plant specimens.

[28] It was established in 1852 and is named after Daniel Solander[29] who was employed in 1768 by Joseph Banks to accompany him on James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific.