George Rieveschl Curator, Archaeology

Position: GEORGE RIEVESCHL CURATOR, ARCHAEOLOGY
GEORGE RIEVESCHL CURATOR, ARCHAEOLOGY

CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER

Reports to: Associate Vice President for Collections & Research (temporarily, Chief Learning Officer)

Supervises
:
Manager, NAGPRA/Tribal Liaison; interns and volunteers

Department: Collections & Research/Archaeology

FLSA Status: FT, Exempt, $55,000

Cincinnati Museum Center, (hereinafter, "CMC") inspires people of all ages to learn more about the world through science; regional history; and educational, engaging, and meaningful experiences. CMC is committed to diversity, equity, access, and inclusion. We acknowledge how we're alike and embrace how we're different. When we work with empathy and equity, we can build a better community together.

Position Overview:

The George Rieveschl Curator, Archaeology, (hereinafter, "Curator") leads CMC's archaeology and ethnology departments. The Curator stewards and builds collections in accordance with CMC's collections policy and legal, ethical and professional standards. The Curator also directs the Department's research efforts, conducting archaeological excavations and surveys and overseeing the Museum's NAGPRA program. With support from colleagues, the Curator helps fundraise to support collections-related activities through grant proposals, donor asks, service fees and other mission-related, revenue-generating activities.

The Curator will help build, deepen and steward relationships with Tribal, community and academic partners. This position will consider how to bring forward marginalized narratives and broaden perspectives on Ohio Valley history. The Curator will act as a resource for CMC's Learning and Exhibits teams and communicate, when requested, to the public and the news media. The Curator will help create and revise relevant permanent and temporary exhibitions and programs, working with colleagues across CMC to advise on key themes and collection connections.

Over the next several years, the Curator will guide plans to move the approximately 3,000,000 items and resources in CMC's Archaeology & Ethnology collections to the new Vontz Family Center for Research, Education & Collections.

This position is part of a strong team of historians, scientists and archivists and supervises one staff member, interns and volunteers. CMC seeks candidates from all communities, including but not limited to People of Color, Tribal citizens, recent immigrants and others interested in telling the rich stories of Greater Cincinnati's people, past and present.

Position Responsibilities duties:

• Manage Archaeology & Ethnology departments to care for and extend access to collections
  • Process, catalogue and digitize collections according to professional standards, and train and supervise staff and volunteers in these procedures
  • Ensure that archaeological and ethnographic collections are properly housed, catalogued and moved to/rehoused at the new Vontz Family Center
  • Help envision, plan and implement collecting strategies
  • Use collections management software to add to and update collections databases (CMC currently uses Argus for 3D items and Archiv Era for 2D items)
  • Determine preservation requirements and implement solutions
  • Identify, initiate and oversee special projects
  • Work with colleagues in Philanthropy to cultivate and steward related donors
  • Supervise volunteer Adjunct Curator of Ethnology, interns and other volunteers
• Lead oversight for CMC's NAGPRA program
  • Build, deepen and steward key relationships with Tribal partners, including those whose ancestral lands lie within the Ohio Valley
  • Guide work to research, consult and repatriate NAGPRA-related material
  • Contribute to exhibition content and programming for Ohi:yo' Our Home, a new permanent exhibition co-developed with Tribal partners that will share Ohio's Native cultures
  • Supervise the Manager, NAGPRA/Tribal Liaison
• Direct research efforts of the Archaeology Department and build strong academic and community partnerships
  • Coordinate archaeological excavations, field surveys and CMC field schools
  • Serve as a knowledgeable and community-connected resource in anthropology and archaeology to CMC staff and guests, researchers, partners and regional organizations; assist researchers…