On-Site Registrar & Collections Steward

National Museum of Wildlife Art; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Descripción de la vacante

Wrightwood 659 in Chicago is seeking a full-time Registrar to safeguard the accuracy and accessibility of the museum’s exhibition and object records. The Registrar will oversee the collections management database, cataloging, location tracking, and accompanying documentation, reporting to the Executive Director.

Working with registration, curatorial, and admin staff, you will develop consistent data-entry standards, conduct audits, manage digital images, and support provenance research.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in museum studies, art history, library and information science, archives, or a related field.
• Three to five years of experience in museum registration, collections management, cataloging, archives, or database administration.
• Experience with a museum collections management system, specifically TMS (The Museum System).
• Knowledge of museum documentation practices, accessioning, inventory procedures, object location tracking, and collections stewardship.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain and administer the institution’s collections management database, The Museum System (TMS), ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of object records.
• Enter, update, and verify information relating to artworks, artists, titles, dates, dimensions, materials, provenance, acquisition history, ownership, credit lines, and related documentation.
• Maintain accurate object location records and document movements between storage, galleries, offices, and off-site locations.
• Develop and maintain database reports.
• Assist with maintaining comprehensive physical and digital files for artworks, including acquisition documents, deeds of gift, bills of sale, provenance research, appraisals, condition reports, conservation records, and correspondence.

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in museum studies, art history, library and information science, archives, or a related field

Herramientas

The Museum System (TMS)

Descripción del empleo

Wrightwood 659 in Chicago is seeking a full-time Registrar to safeguard the accuracy and accessibility of the museum’s exhibition and object records. The Registrar will oversee the collections management database, cataloging, location tracking, and accompanying documentation, reporting to the Executive Director.

Working with registration, curatorial, and admin staff, you will develop consistent data-entry standards, conduct audits, manage digital images, and support provenance research.