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
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