CURATOR Job Carson City area,Nevada USA,Education / Teaching

Position: CURATOR 2

Overview

The Department of Tourism & Cultural Affairs’ Museums & History Division located in Carson City is seeking to fill their Curator 2 position. The Nevada State Museum, Carson City (NSMCC) is one of seven museums within the Division of Museums and History in the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

Responsibilities

Implement collection management policies and procedures.

Assess and recommend acquisitions and conduct accessioning, cataloging, and inventory.

Maintain and secure collection records, databases, access, and use.

Curate collections as per agreements, respond to research inquiries, and manage collection.

Conduct research, develop content for programs, and manage educational tours and events.

Participate in exhibit preparation, develop plans and content, manage storage and conservation.

Provide information on museum practices to external entities.

Coordinate the use of collections in exhibits, programs, and publications.

Interpret results of completed surveys, perform field evaluations and site excavations, catalog and plot recovered artifacts.

Utilize acquired information for report preparation, scientific research, educational purposes, and determine impact to cultural resources.

Conduct field surveys of archaeological, historical, and pre-historical sites, and documents.

Provide training, direction, and interpretation of policies and procedures.

Collect, register, arrange, research, document, and catalog materials for an assigned collection.

Provide access, security, and conservation for the assigned collection.

Carry out interpretations of collections.

Develop, execute, and evaluate educational programs and research.

Conduct field activities.

Investigate and pursue potential acquisitions.

Prepare publications on program areas and collections.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Two or more years of applicable experience as described in the job duties and an applicable Bachelor’s degree or above.

Knowledge of

Federal, State, and agency requirements for the curation and preservation of collections; conservation principles and practices; gifting and exhibition policies; antiquities law; research and appraisal sources; exhibit design and application; preservation and conservation technology.
Cultural resource management processes; museumtechniques and procedures in registration and accessioning artifacts; museum methods of artifact identification, acceptance, and classification; education program development and management.
Registration theory and accession procedures; functions and operations of museums, archives, historical societies, and libraries; preservation and conservation theory, practices and techniques to properly care for and protect collections; research methods and principles; history of Great Basin Nevada and The West.

Ability to

Compose text and articles for publication; recognize problems relating to the development, organization, and care of collections; collaborate in the development and deployment of museum exhibits; assist in conducting research.
Make assessments on the condition and value of collections and artifacts; identify problems and determine appropriate solutions; restore artifacts.

Recruiter Contact Information: Sonja Grass - Sonja Grass.gov

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