Museum Registrar (Staff Associate, SL-4)
About the position Responsibilities • Develop, maintain, and implement collection management policies and procedures • Maintain department records and database • Oversee rights and reproductions for collection objects as well as object photography • Inspect galleries and storage areas to assess environmental conditions and risk management • Conduct annual collection inventories • Manage and coordinate all incoming/outgoing loans and traveling exhibitions • Issue loan agreements for loans to exhibitions • Ensure insurance coverage for incoming loans • Coordinate with lenders and negotiate terms • Review exhibition contracts for traveling exhibitions • Process and catalog accessions by donation, acquisition, and bequest • Supervise archivist and provenance researcher • Manage the Registration and Archives budget • Create and maintain documents pertaining to packing, crating, transportation, couriers, and insurance • Work with faculty, staff, and students to provide access to Museum resources Requirements • Minimum five to seven (5-7) years of related registrar experience at a major art museum or gallery • Excellent organizational, written, and verbal skills • Strong interpersonal skills • Extremely detail-oriented • Excellent time management skills; ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines • Collections management database experience • Computer proficiency - MS Office Suite and Acrobat • BA degree in relevant field required Nice-to-haves • Supervisory experience • Experience in an educational setting • Master's degree, certificate, or track in relevant field preferred Benefits • Dental insurance • Loan forgiveness • Paid time off • Tuition reimbursement • Vision insurance Apply tot his job Apply tot his job