Museum Technician

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-07. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

As a Museum Technician (History), you will:

- Work as an inventory team leader and ensures that inventory information is accurately and correctly recorded in the collections management system.

- Apply agency-wide and site-specific methods and standards for accessioning and cataloging, including numbering, description, object labeling, and other associated tasks for museum holdings.

- Complete artifact housing and storage assignments. Reports actual or potential risks to holdings from environmental conditions, pests, leaks, and other threats.

- Complete assigned tasks related to exhibit research, object selection, and text editing and formatting, as needed.

- Respond (via letter, phone, electronically, or in person) to reference questions from staff, researchers, other institutions and the general public regarding museum objects and exhibits.