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Location: Lowell, Massachusetts
Position: Full-time
Duties:- Perform a wide variety of conservation treatments, specifically focusing on historic books, framed works on paper, historic photo albums, water-damaged books, bronze sculptures, and plaster friezes.
- Examine historic books and artifacts to determine the nature and cause of deterioration, conduct necessary testing, and select appropriate conservation techniques for treatment.
- Develop conservation treatments for historic books and other artifacts providing written documentation for the examination, condition analysis, treatment proposal, and final treatment phases.
- Comply with all OSHA and NIOSH regulations in laboratory operations.
- Completion of a graduate program in conservation or equivalent degree of knowledge and skill through formal apprenticeship programs with accredited museums and/or professionally recognized conservators.
- Graduate level degree in a related field such as art history, historic preservation, or fine arts, with coursework in architectural history, preservation, archaeology, or materials conservation.
- Full professional knowledge of conservation theory, procedures, and techniques for the conservation of historic furniture and furnishings.
- Experience in the conservation of historic books and artifacts, including high-resolution digital tethered photography.
- General knowledge of professional standards of historic house museum operations.
- Strong verbal and writing skills to convey complex information accurately and clearly.
- Extensive knowledge of computer software programs, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and spreadsheet programs like Excel.
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