Category: Museum

Massachusetts, Museum, Open Position

Boston, MA: Dillon Papers Project Archivist, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Developing project timelines, ensuring that project benchmarks are met, and completing project reporting requirements; working in close collaboration with the photographic and textual digitization team and other archival units (Processing, Reference, and Declassification), the IT Specialist, and other Library and Foundation stakeholders to ensure smooth coordination of work; identifying materials (oversize, fragile, etc.) that may require outsourced digitization; performing basic preservation measures on materials to … Continue reading Boston, MA: Dillon Papers Project Archivist, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

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3-5 Years, Museum, Open Position, Tennessee

Nashville, TN: Digital Asset Manager and Archivist, Frist Art Museum

Lead and maintain the Digital Asset Management strategy, as well as implementation and administration of workflows within the DAMS, including establishing policies and procedures, maintaining user accounts and permissions, and liaising with the DAMS vendor to ensure integrity of files and backups and other system maintenance and upgrades. Establish/refine/enforce in-house metadata standards and controlled vocabularies. Train new staff on DAMS as part of the onboarding … Continue reading Nashville, TN: Digital Asset Manager and Archivist, Frist Art Museum

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Archives, Artistic Environment, Illinois, Museum, Open Position

Chicago, IL: Assistant Archivist, Art Institute of Chicago

Appraise, arrange, process, apply basic conservation measures and provide intellectual access to large and small collections. Add accruals to existing collections; evaluate and reorganize existing collections to better facilitate access accordingly. Review and update existing EAD finding aids and encode new finding aids in EAD. Assist in the establishment, organization, creation, and application of metadata for new and existing collections. Assist patrons and researchers in … Continue reading Chicago, IL: Assistant Archivist, Art Institute of Chicago

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6+ Years, Minnesota, Museum, Open Position

Minneapolis, MN: Director and Curator of Moving Image, Walker Art Center

The Director and Curator of Moving Image will provide the strategic stewardship and further development of the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection. They will lead a small talented team and work collaboratively with staff across the institution to develop programming. They will conduct research, contribute written scholarship, and further our programming so the Walker continues to be a trailblazer in artists’ and experimental moving image as … Continue reading Minneapolis, MN: Director and Curator of Moving Image, Walker Art Center

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0-2 Years, Colorado, Museum, Open Position

Denver, CO: Archives Collections Assistant (PT, Term), Denver Museum of Nature & Science

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science seeks an Archives Collections Assistant to process archival collections related to the nearly 120-year history of the institution. This position will work with the Archivist to process collections such as correspondence from past leadership, original field notes from groundbreaking research, and unusual artifacts that help tell the story of this museum’s work. This processing includes reviewing backlogged papers … Continue reading Denver, CO: Archives Collections Assistant (PT, Term), Denver Museum of Nature & Science

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Museum, Open Position, Texas

Austin, TX: Database Administrator, The Contemporary Austin

Oversee museum donor records and mailing lists using Salesforce database. Perform daily database maintenance and updates, ensuring accurate and current data. Using ACME Ticketing platform, manage event registration and ticketing process. Assist in the fulfillment of membership mailings such as renewal notices, membership solicitations, and acknowledgment letters. Prepare member check-in data for public programs and exhibition events. Provide Salesforce and ACME Ticketing training to internal … Continue reading Austin, TX: Database Administrator, The Contemporary Austin

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3-5 Years, Colorado, Museum, Open Position

Denver, CO: Associate Digital Archivist, Clyfford Still Museum

Uphold professional standards in archives, digital curation, digital preservation, and larger LAIS field, in a fine art museum setting. Act as secondary Database Administrator of the Museum’s digital asset management system Luna; work with the administrator of the collections management system QI and database and other program developers to maintain existing integration projects. Sustain and build upon the Museum’s existing digital repository and preservation plan, … Continue reading Denver, CO: Associate Digital Archivist, Clyfford Still Museum

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3-5 Years, Colorado, Museum, Open Position

Denver, CO: Associate Archivist, Clyfford Still Museum

Catalog aggregate-level and a substantial amount of object-level records in the QI CMS. Provide close assistance to the database administrator and support team of the QI CMS in developing features that enhance the QI CMS’s ease of cataloging and use. Work with the administrators of the Museum’s digital asset management system Luna and database and other program developers to maintain existing integration projects. Work with … Continue reading Denver, CO: Associate Archivist, Clyfford Still Museum

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0-2 Years, Museum, New York, Open Position

New York, NY: Shelby White & Leon Levy Institutional Archivist, Museum of the City of NY

Serve as the founding custodian of all institutional archives, including, but not limited to: Respond to and oversee both internal and external research inquiries and appointments. Facilitate records transfers from staff and incorporate them into institutional archives. Processing; Assess backlog and develop a processing plan. Implement an arrangement for the institutional archives. Formalize a procedure for the removal of redundant and non‐archival records. Link to … Continue reading New York, NY: Shelby White & Leon Levy Institutional Archivist, Museum of the City of NY

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