Curator / Collections Management / Conservator Positions
Collections Manager
New York Yacht Club
New York, New York, USA
The New York Yacht Club seeks applicants for full-time Collections Manager. Diverse collection includes yacht models, marine paintings, prints, drawings, silver, nautical objects and furniture, located within its two historical clubhouses (midtown Manhattan and Newport, Rhode Island). Collections Manager will work primarily in Manhattan clubhouse. The Collections Manager is responsible for all of the day-to-day activities of this very significant and active collection.
Responsibilities include
- Maintaining appraisal records
- Accessioning, deaccessioning and maintaining permanent collections digital catalog and files
- Working for Fine Art and Model Committee on numerous collections projects
- Scheduling and overseeing restorations
- Moving, installing and storing collections for both clubhouses
- Curate temporary exhibitions: research, label writing, exhibition design, layout, tours, promoting exhibit, etc.
- Maintaining and updating collections portion of NYYC website
- Giving tours of collections
- Handling all aspects of incoming and outgoing loans including shipping, insurance, documentation, etc.
- Updating documentation on collections in relational database
- Answer inquiries regarding collections and maritime art and history
- Coordinating maritime art and history lectures
- Keeping accurate inventory of fine art and model collections
- Developing and implementing inventory projects
- B.A. in Art History, Museum Studies or similar field (M.A. preferred)
- 2 yr. experience in collections management and curatorial work
- Must have knowledge of common museum registrar practices
- Experience with digital camera and files
- Experience working with relational database
- Experience with scanning, modifying and archiving digital files
- Must be able to multi-task and prioritize
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
No phone calls please
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This job posted by MERC from May 19 through August 18.
Collection Technician
History Associates Incorporated
Quantico, Virginia, USA
History Associates has an exciting opportunity available for individuals specializing in artifact cataloging and living in and near Quantico, VA. Position is part-time; sixteen hours per week and consists of cataloging museum artifacts at a client’s site located in Quantico, Virginia. This project has a projected start date of July 2013 and will run for approximately twelve months.
The Collection Technician will have overall responsibility for the artifact cataloging and condition assessment portion of the project. Tasks include; cataloging artifacts using KE EMu collections management system, researching artifact provenance, applying standard cataloging nomenclature to catalog records, and taking and recording artifact dimensions. The ideal candidate will have also have photographic and digital processing experience, strong background in condition reporting and be able to meet deadlines while maintaining museum-quality standards.
The position will involve both working independently and with project and agency staff based on-site. The Collection Technician will operate under the supervision of an on-site Collection Manager and a Director based in Rockville, MD.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in History, Museum Studies, or other applicable field
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in handling and cataloging museum artifacts at a recognized museum
- Experience with KE Emu database: cataloging, image upload and reporting
- Experience with object photography, re-housing and labeling artifacts and containers
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience conducting condition assessments and completing condition reports.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a small, high performance team
- Demonstrated ability independently set and meet deadlines
- Master’s degree
- Knowledge or experience handling uniforms, weapons, vehicles, medals, flags, aircraft, works of art and other artifacts
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create concise reports and to effectively participate in and/or lead team meetings
Send cover letter, resume, example of a catalog record and a written condition assessment, and the names and e-mails of three references to:
History Associates Incorporated
ATTN: Doris Miles, Director of Personnel
300 N. Stonestreet Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850
FAX: 301-279-9224
E-mail: dmiles@historyassociates.com
History Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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This job posted by MERC from May 17 through August 16.
Senior Curator of Collections
City of Ketchikan
Ketchikan, Alaska USA
SR. CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS - The City of Ketchikan, Alaska seeks a multi-talented individual to run the Collections Division of the Ketchikan Museums (Tongass Historical Museum and Totem Heritage Center.) A museum-related degree and at least three years museum collection management experience are required. Applicants should be excellent communicators, thoroughly organized, detail-oriented, computer-facile (database management, digitization), and be experienced in historical research. In addition to performing and overseeing collections-related tasks, the individual selected will supervise the Museum Registrar; participate in planning, constructing, and installing exhibits; develop and manage budgets; oversee facility management; and assist the public in accessing the Museums’ resources. The City of Ketchikan Museum Department (Ketchikan Museums) operates two museums with a shared staff of seven. The Tongass Historical Museum is a small community museum focused on the history, art, and industry of Ketchikan. The Totem Heritage Center preserves 19th century totem poles retrieved in the 1960s from outlying Alaska Native village sites, as well as conducting classes and workshops in the traditional arts of Southeast Alaska Natives. We are a small organization. Everyone on our staff wears many hats. It is not a place for ivory tower academics.
Ketchikan is a community of 13,500 located on an island in Southeast Alaska, accessible only by air (1.75 hours from Seattle) or Alaska State Ferry. The climate is mild, but rainy. Spectacular natural beauty, small town life, a vibrant arts scene, boating, fishing, and outdoor activities are among the reasons why people love to live here. The town is a major day port for cruise ships visiting Alaska; nearly a million cruise passengers call at Ketchikan from May through September each year.
Full job description and City of Ketchikan employment application (REQUIRED) are available at http://www.egovlink.com/ketchikan/postings.asp?listtype=JOB or Ketchikan City Hall, 334 Front Street. Direct inquiries and supplemental information to Michael Naab, Museum Director michaeln@city.ketchikan.ak.us. Deadline for applications, 5:00 PM, May 31, 2013.
$3,889.22 - $5,084.53 per month, DOE. Generous benefits. EOE/AA.
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This job posted by MERC from May 7 through May 31.
Curatorial Technician
Historic Hudson Valley
Pocantico Hills, New York, USA
Historic Hudson Valley (www.hudsonvalley.org), the largest cultural institution in Westchester County, NY, welcomes the public at six National Historic Landmarks: Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, Philipsburg Manor, Van Cortlandt Manor, Montgomery Place, Union Church of Pocantico Hills, and Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate. The educational not-for-profit organization presents public tours, programs for schoolchildren, and seasonal events.
Historic Hudson Valley seeks a conscientious individual to assist in the care, maintenance and security of items in our curatorial collection and to maintain the appearance of our historic buildings.
Responsibilities include maintaining to the highest professional standards all collections exhibited and/or stored within the historic buildings; conducting regular cleaning of objects throughout the year; assisting with annual winter cleaning of historic buildings; maintaining clean building interiors and exteriors; maintaining inventory of professional cleaning and storage supplies; assisting with preventive conservation; assisting with various inventory, display, storage and packing tasks; and taking appropriate actions to safeguard collection objects and historic buildings.
The ideal candidate must be diligent, detail oriented, fluent in English, have experience handling museum- quality antiques and works of art; have knowledge of museum- quality cleaning and storage products; be in good physical health; be able to lift 30 pounds; be able to work independently and as part of a team; and possess a valid driver’s license.
This is a 12 month, part time (2 days per week) position and may require evening, weekend or holiday hours prior to events.
Send letter of interest and resume to jobs@hudsonvalley.org. Place the word Technician in the subject line of the email.
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This job posted by MERC from May 3 through August 3.
Chief Curator
Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, USA
About Northwestern University:
Northwestern University is a private research university located on lakefront campuses in both Evanston and downtown Chicago, Illinois. Northwestern was founded in 1851. In fall 2008, Northwestern opened another campus in Doha, Qatar offering bachelor’s degrees in journalism and communications in partnership with the Qatar Foundation.
The university employs approximately 7,100 full-time faculty and staff members among its 11 schools and colleges. NU offers over 130 undergraduate programs and 70 graduate and professional programs to the almost 16,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students enrolled full time.
Northwestern University is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research, and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.
Northwestern Opportunity:
Northwestern University seeks to employ a varied and diverse range of dynamic people who understand the importance of our mission and vision. When you consider a career at Northwestern University, you know that you are joining an institution with a deep history of academic, professional and personal excellence.
Currently, we have a career opportunity as a Chief Curator in the Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art.
Job Summary:
The Chief Curator plays a key artistic role in making the Block a dynamic site for innovative exhibitions that cross time periods and cultures, and which draw upon the unique context and resources of Northwestern University and its campuses in Evanston, Chicago, and Doha. He/she will lead the curatorial team in developing an imaginative exhibition program that forges strong interdisciplinary connections to departments and schools at Northwestern, creating synergies between the museum, the campus, and beyond. He/she has a commitment to collaboration. Under his/her curatorial leadership the Block will be defined as 'a state of mind' and not solely a physical site, with projects that may take place in or outside the museum's galleries and spaces. He/she curates original exhibitions, produces scholarly publications connected to exhibitions and the collection and oversees museum's print and on-line publications related to exhibitions and collections, involving faculty, students, and others in content development. A dedicated mentor and productive scholar/critic, he/she will, with the Museum's Associate Director of Education, deepen the Block's relationship with Northwestern University undergraduate and graduate students; he/she may teach courses at Northwestern University on occasion. He/she serves as an ambassador for the Block's mission, speaks on behalf of its exhibitions program and collections, and supports the museum's donor relations and grant writing efforts as requested.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Provides artistic leadership of the museum's exhibition program and participates in developing its collections strategy;
- Creates special exhibitions, exhibitions drawn from the collection, and, when appropriate, serves as in-house curator for traveling exhibitions that are brought to the Block;
- Researches and prepares catalogues, essays, wall texts, labels, and press releases;
- Identifies potential partners or venues for tours of Block exhibitions;
- Identifies potential loan exhibitions organized by others to bring to the Block;
- Conceives and implements a new publication program that captures the spirit and unique 'attitude' of the Block;
- Generates knowledge germane to the study of visual culture and critical museology;
- Develops and implements a long-range strategy for building, studying, and presenting Block collections and the use of the Eloise Martin Study Center, including expanded engagement with the Center by Northwestern University students and faculty;
- Develops a new model for integrating curatorial and engagement initiatives with a strong interdisciplinary emphasis;
- Oversees the Block's Committee on Collections;
- Develops a strategic plan for acquisitions;
- Makes recommendations for acquisitions by working with faculty across the university to establish priorities connected to campus curriculum;
- Makes recommendations for acquisitions based on aesthetic merit, scholarship, condition, provenance, relevance to teaching and learning at Northwestern;
- Participates on a new Block Campus Advisory Committee made up of NU deans, faculty, and administration;
- Participates in the Block's engagement programs by giving lectures, attending symposia, organizing pro-seminars, and contributing to the museum's communications via electronic media such as the Block's website and other digital outreach media, such as Block Muse, the museum's blog;
- Embraces his/her teaching role in the classroom and in the museum;
- With the Associate Director of Engagement develops a vision for significantly increasing student involvement in the Block including the expansion of its fellowship/intern program and student-organized exhibitions drawn from the collection;
- Creates opportunities to involve students in exhibition research, development, and implementation;
- Offers occasional classes for credit and organizes informal pro-seminars for students focusing on issues related to the museum including curatorial theory and critical museology;
- Advises students and alumni on career and further education opportunities;
- Inspires and leads a high performance, results-driven curatorial team including a Curator of Academic Programs, a new Curator of Contemporary Art, and two museum fellows;
- Plans, assigns, and reviews the work of curatorial staff;
- Plays a lead role in long-range museum planning efforts, such as establishing programmatic and collection development priorities, conservation planning, and strategic planning;
- Fosters collaboration between curators, artists, faculty, Northwestern Library, and guest curators;
- Encourages open and respectful dialogue and debate;
- Collaborates with University development staff on fundraising;
- Cultivates relationships with existing major and potential donors, foundations, collectors, and alumni;
- Maintains ongoing, active professional relationships with artists, curators, critics, and other professionals locally, nationally, and internationally;
- Serves as an ambassador for the Block and for Northwestern University on campus and beyond;
- Makes presentations to stakeholders;
- Conforms to the AAM code of ethics, conflict of interest policies, and professional practice guidelines;
- Performs related duties as required or assigned.
- A master's degree in an appropriate specialization or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired;
- Five years of experience;
- A committed “generalist” with expertise in one or more of these areas: art before 1900, non-western or non-European art; prints and drawings; photography.
- A PhD in the History of Art or in the Humanities with an emphasis on visual culture or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired;
- 5 years of curatorial or related museum experience;
- Record of exhibition development;
- Record of publications;
- Excellent writing and research skills.
Beyond being a place to learn and grow professionally, Northwestern is an exciting and fulfilling place to work! Northwestern offers many benefit options to full and part-time employees including: competitive compensation; excellent retirement plans; comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage; dependent care match; vacation, sick and holiday pay; professional development opportunities and tuition reimbursement.
Northwestern greatly values work/life balance amongst its employees. Take advantage of recreational, cultural, and enrichment opportunities on campus. Employees also receive access to childcare solutions, retail discounts, and other work/life balance resources.
Northwestern University is an equal opportunity employer and strongly believes in creating an environment that welcomes students, faculty and staff of all races, nationalities and religions. In doing so, we offer our students the opportunity to learn and grow in diverse communities preparing them for successful careers in an increasingly global and diverse work force.
For consideration, please click on the link below. You will be directed to Northwestern University's electronic recruiting system, eRecruit, where you will search and apply for current openings. To apply for this position in eRecruit, enter the Job Opening ID number in the appropriate search field. Once you apply, you will receive an email confirming submission of your resume. For all resumes received, if there is interest in your candidacy, the human resources recruiter or the department hiring manager will contact you. Job Opening ID number for this position is 21015.
http://www.northwestern.edu/hr/careers
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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This job posted by MERC from May 1 through August 1.
Assistant or Associate Curator of Japanese Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts seeks a dynamic and experienced museum professional to serve as Assistant or Associate Curator of Japanese Art. The incumbent will develop, research, exhibit, and publish the MIA’s collections of Japanese and Korean art. Job responsibilities include: interpret the museum’s collections of Japanese and Korean art through permanent collection gallery displays and didactic materials; conduct supportive research on and publication of the collection; speak publicly about the museum’s collection and provide training for museum guides; oversee the care and preservation of the collection by ensuring proper and responsible handling and installation of objects; locate, research and propose acquisition of Japanese and Korean works of art that significantly augment the museum’s existing collections; develop and coordinate lectures and activities pertaining to Japanese and Korean art for the museum’s Affiliate Groups; cultivate relationships with donors, professional colleagues, partner organizations and the community in furtherance of the MIA’s strategic goals.
Requirements: Master’s degree in the field of Japanese art studies, with some knowledge of Korean art (Ph.D. preferred); proficiency in Japanese; minimum of one year (Assistant level) or three years (Associate level) employment in a collection-based curatorial department with direct experience in the area of Japanese and Korean art including proven record of organizing exhibitions and producing publications of high quality(or reasonable experience); demonstrated skill at strategically building a collection through gift and purchase desirable; ability to work independently and coordinate complex projects to completion; ability to write interpretive material; significant art historical research skills and experience; excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills; team skills and ability to work effectively and positively with staff, trustees, and all other internal and external contacts.
To apply, send a cover letter and resume.
MAIL: Attn: Human Resources
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
FAX: (612) 870-3263
EMAIL: miajobs@artsmia.org
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This job posted by MERC from April 19 through July 19.
Curator
The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center
Santa Rosa, California, USA
The Charles M. Schulz Museum is accepting applications for Curator. Located in Santa Rosa, California, the Charles M. Schulz Museum is internationally recognized as a dynamic non-profit museum dedicated to the life and art of Peanuts creator, Charles M. Schulz. The ideal candidate is a multi-talented, vibrant curator with demonstrated curatorial and supervisory experience. Knowledge of 20th century American cultural history is preferred. The Curator is primarily responsible for the development, planning, and research of all in-house and traveling exhibitions. As team leader, this position oversees professional staff in both the exhibition and collections departments. The Charles M. Schulz Museum is searching for a creative, high-energy candidate with excellent communication and writing skills necessary for producing and editing all didactic materials for eight to ten exhibitions a year. Postgraduate degree in Museum Studies or related field. Five or more years of museum curatorial experience and supervision of professional staff. Please send cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to Samantha Gilweit , Administrative Coordinator , Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 or e-mail Samantha@schulzmuseum.com Open until filled.
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This job posted by MERC from March 4 through June 3.
The last update to this page was 5-19-13.
