Museum Curator

Summary

This position is located in Honaunau, HI, at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, in the Pacific West Region.

Open to the first 101 applicants or until 05/07/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

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 from approximately October 1st through September 14th, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.

Major duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provides direction over extensive museum collections and ensures that the museum management program is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policy, and ethics.
• Develops museum-related planning documents, project scopes, and funding requests.
• Ensures accountability of museum collections through registration and annual reporting.
• Maintains the appropriate environment for museum collections, including housing, climate, fire protection, and security.
• Conducts research to catalog museum items and interpret them to the public through exhibits, articles, and other educational and outreach efforts.
• Ensures accountability of museum collections through registration, accessioning, deaccessioning, and annual reporting.

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