Curatorial & Museum Collections Member- Saint-Gaudens National Park

Summary

American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), is seeking ONE Curatorial & Museum Collections Member to contribute to cultural resource/curatorial/museum projects alongside NPS Staff.

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Start Date:

1/4/2027

End Date: 12/31/2027

* a 52-week commitment is required*

Location Details/

Description:

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park (Cornish, NH)

About the park:
Saint-Gaudens NHP, New Hampshire's only national park, consists of 190 acres including the home (Aspet), gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens ). As one of America's foremost sculptors, he is best known for his public monuments, including the Sherman and Farragut monuments in New York City, the Shaw Memorial in Boston, MA, the Standing and Seated Lincoln Memorials in Chicago, IL, as well as the 1907 ten and twenty-dollar gold coins, and over 100 portrait reliefs.

Aspet was his summer residence from , and his permanent home from 1900 until his death in 1907. In partnership with the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, the site promotes the arts through exhibitions, special events, and programs as a living tribute to the sculptor. Located in Cornish, New Hampshire, the site is one of only two national parks dedicated to a visual artist.

There are two hiking trails that explore the park's natural areas. For more information about Saint-Gaudens NHP, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

About the area:
The position is duty-stationed at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park (SAGA) in Cornish, New Hampshire, which is a rural area. Having a personal vehicle is strongly encouraged and highly recommended for commuting and to access groceries and other needs on your days off. Public transportation and ride share are not available or dependable.

Staff at SAGA live in the surrounding communities in both New Hampshire and Vermont. The nearest community to Cornish is Windsor, Vermont, three miles away. Windsor has a population of approximately 3,500 and amenities such as a hospital, churches, restaurants, stores, transportation, etc. Larger nearby communities include Lebanon, NH (11 miles north) and Claremont, NH (10 miles south). Lebanon and Claremont both have all standard services and amenities.

Hanover, NH, home of Dartmouth College, is a college town just north of Lebanon with a variety of amenities. Temperatures in the area range from
-10 F to +40 F in the winter and +50 F to +95 F in the summer. Precipitation is approximately 35 inches annually. The climate includes four distinct seasons, with mild summers and winters, both with countless opportunities for outdoor activities. Boston is 2.5 hours from Cornish, while Montreal, Quebec, is just over 3 hours away. New York City is approximately 5 hours away and can also be reached by Amtrak or luxury coach bus service.

The Member's typical or routine duties will be hands-on in nature. This position is active and experiential, so that the team member gains a better understanding of the National Park Service generally, and the NPS Museum Management Program specifically. You will be expected to work in various environments, including typical office workstation settings in modern climate-controlled facilities, outdoors across seasons in typical New England weather throughout the park campus, as well as spending periods of time in historical and other non-climate-controlled structures to complete your assigned tasks or duties throughout the year.

During the park operating season of Memorial Day through October 31, the member will often be working in the historic core of the park, encountering curious visitors throughout the course of their regular curatorial duties. As a Member of the Cultural Resources team, Members are expected to interact with visitors, providing a positive and memorable experience at the park while completing their assigned curatorial duties.

Opportunities to assist with special events, other conservation fields (such as natural resources), and shadowing different work groups and on-site contractors within the park are encouraged, when they are offered and as the park operational needs and Member's schedule allows.

With a focus or concentration in the area of museum collections management, the essential duties may include:

• Learn proper museum object handling techniques and basic methods for object care, including basic bronze preventive conservation and care, and object movement and installation which may require the operation of government owned vehicles.