Anschutz Military Collection Specialist - Term-Limited end date of 12​/31​/2027

Anschutz Military Collection Specialist – Term‑Limited end date of 12/31/2027 in Denver Metro, CO

Term‑Limited end date of 12/31/2027

Closing Date: 8/28/2026 at 11:59 PM Mountain Time (US & Canada)

Employer:

State of Colorado

Salary: $2,192.31 - $2,576.92 Biweekly

Hiring Pay Rate: $57,000-$67,000/Year

Location:

Denver Metro, CO

Job Type: Full Time

Job Number: .26

Department:
History Colorado

Opening Date: 08/07/2026

FLSA Status:
Determined by Position

History Colorado’s artifacts and original documentary materials are central to our educational and interpretive mission. The collection currently comprises approximately 225,000 artifacts, 1,000,000+ photographs, and 9,000+ linear feet of textual and archival materials. History Colorado's collection includes a wide array of artifacts reflecting more than 12,000 years of human presence in Colorado and the region. The Military Collections include materials related to the 10th Mountain Division and other Colorado‑based military institutions like the Colorado Army National Guard, the Air Force Academy, NORAD, Peterson AFB, Fort Carson, etc.

Please visit historycolorado.org/collection for more information.

Specific examples of these tasks include:

• Assist with organizing, advertising, and delivery mechanisms for outreach and programming to reach our veteran, active military, and other community members
• Expand current efforts to rehouse artifacts in need of stabilization, including our extensive military firearms collection
• Coordinating volunteers and technological equipment to capture veterans’ oral histories across the state and assisting with other collections acquisition projects
• Assist the Hart Research Center with requests related to the military collections
• Connect with k‑12 schools and universities and assist with the creation of educational programming and field trips
• Develop crowd sourcing projects to transcribe the collection

• Programming & Outreach
  • Develop creative and unique programs and activities to connect users to collections, including educational tools, tours, or workshops such as school field trips or school talks
  • Attend meetings and civic events to promote the collection such as community acquisition work with Curatorial staff
• Collections Access and Stewardship
  • Increase and augment digital and physical collection discoverability, access, and use of the collection
  • Work on permanent collection projects such as storage and retrieval, outreach, problem‑solving, backlog, inventories, conservation, cataloging, and other projects
  • Occasionally assist with collection acquisitions
  • Occasionally participate in the exhibit development process when appropriate
• Direct and supervise volunteers and interns

• Experience in project management, meeting deadlines, and flexible multi‑tasking in a fast‑paced and changing environment
• Effective communication, public speaking, and cooperation with other museum staff
• Ability to work independently and eventually make decisions with or in absence of a supervisor
• Experience with innovative and/or motivated approaches to collections outreach and providing access to collections
• Excellent customer service and research skills
• Strong understanding of typical collections problems, collections and provenance research, and problem‑solving skills with collections objects
• Knowledge of or ability to learn Colorado history and history of the American West with a focus on military history;
  Military History background is strongly preferred but not required
• Strong computer skills and proficiency with collections management databases, metadata standards, and cataloging standards common to museums and archives, strong experience with argus preferred
• Knowledge of museum collection standards and conservation practices including the standard agents of deterioration, their effects on different types of artifacts, and how to best mitigate their effects (theft, fire, water, temperature, relative humidity, pests, light, contaminants, etc.)

• Experience Only: 2 years professional experience…