Museum Curator

Museum Curator

Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park. Richmond, CA 

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Summary

Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work approximately 25 pay periods, and you will be in a non-pay status the remainder of the year.

The purpose of this position is to provide direction over extensive museum collections and carry out responsibilities in the four museum functions of collections, exhibits, research, and education.

Duties

This position is part of the Resource Management and Planning Division and is duty stationed at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA.

Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NHP, is jointly managed with three other National Park Service sites in the San Francisco East Bay area for which this position will work, including Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial in Concord, CA, Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site in Danville, CA, and John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, CA. These four sites are approximately 30-45 minutes away from one another by vehicle, with John Muir NHS being the most centrally located. Winters are moderate in temperature and rainy while summers are warm and dry. These parks are located within four different suburban or semi-urban communities in the East Bay, all of which provide housing, retail, health care, arts, entertainment, recreation and other amenities. Public schools in the area are considered superior. Unfortunately, housing costs are extremely high throughout the San Francisco Bay Area--considerably higher than the national average, and no government quarters are available.

The major duties of the Museum Curator position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Maintains museum collections through processing of loans, accessioning, cataloging and storing a range of artifacts including 19th and 20th-century furnishings, personal items, natural history specimens, memorabilia and archival materials.
• Creates, organizes, and maintains digital images of museum collections for security, preservation, research and access needs.
• Maintains current and accurate museum record data using the Museum Collections Management System (MCMS) software.
• Answers inquiries for park management, staff, researchers, and the public regarding museum collection content.
• Maintains and organizes museum collection storage areas using archival quality materials and proper handling techniques.
• Works independently and with others to create temporary, permanent, and web-based exhibits and programing incorporating museum collection objects.
• Develops training presentations on museum management processes for staff and volunteers.
• Researches and drafts critical NPS collections-based documents following NPS standards, incorporating current scholarship, and using interdisciplinary analysis.