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Thc - Museum Collections Manager, Iwo Jima Memorial
4 months ago
**THC - Museum Collections Manager, Iwo Jima Memorial Museum (Curator IV) 24-95** **(**00042401**)**
**Organization**: TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
**Primary Location**: Texas-Austin
**Work Locations**: Rusk Bldg 208 E 10th Street 3rd Floor Austin 78711
**Job**: Education, Training, and Library
**Employee Status**: Regular
**Schedule**: Full-time
**Standard Hours Per Week**: 40.00
**State Job Code**: 7472
**Salary Admin Plan**: B
**Grade**: 22
**Salary (Pay Basis)**: 5,500.00 - 6,300.00 (Monthly)
**Number of Openings**: 1
**Overtime Status**: Exempt
**Job Posting**: May 20, 2024, 5:00:02 PM
**Closing Date**: Ongoing
**Description**
**JOB OBJECTIVE**:The Texas Historical Commission seeks to fill a full-time Museum Collections Registrar/Collections Manager position at the Iwo Jima Memorial Museum (IJMM) at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, TX. The museum holds approximately 3000 objects focusing upon the Battle of Iwo Jima, which took place in Japan on the Island of Iwo Jima from February 19th
- March 26, 1945. The collections include the original 32-foot-high plaster sculpture that served as the cast for the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, VA. The collection also features uniforms, têxtiles, armaments, archival materials, and oral histories. Since 1982, the MMA has maintained the memorial and museum collection at the military academy. The main museum and visitor center are in a post-war 5-room building adjacent to the Memorial on the MMA campus in Harlingen, TX.
Under the direction of the Chief Curator, this position performs highly complex (senior-level) curatorial work to achieve intellectual control over the museum collection in preparation for the IJMM expansion and new museum, which will be under construction by 2026. Work involves implementing detailed inventories, documentation, digital photography, database implementation, entry, and management. This position will also develop and implement an exhibit and storage space environmental monitoring system and housekeeping plan. Work under limited supervision, with latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
- **Housing and board with access to all facilities on site are provided for a nominal fee.**
**ESSENTIAL DUTIES**:
- Coordinate and oversee the creation of the baseline and day-to-day inventory, movement, condition reporting, and related IJMM permanent collections registration activities.
- Create the IJMM baseline inventory of museum collections.
- Create and maintain all object collection records, paper and digital formats, including digital photography.
- Create and maintain the collections management database and object files.
- Process museum acquisitions, including accessioning, cataloging, and deaccessioning.
- Identify conservation priorities-document changes or damage to the collection and maintain a list of objects requiring conservation.
- Ensure the security of collections by monitoring and recording the environmental conditions of objects on display and those in storage.
- Manage and evaluate collections exhibit and storage conditions and develop an improvement plan.
- Assist in managing object storage areas and collaborating with other departments within the MMA.
- Adhere to an established work schedule with regular attendance.
- Follow all THC safety guidelines/procedures and ethics requirements.
**NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES**:
- Perform other duties as assigned.
**Qualifications**
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in History, Material Culture, American Studies, Museum Studies, or a closely related field;
- Minimum four years of work experience in decorative arts, fine arts, or archives collections management;
- Minimum two years of registration/collections management experience in a museum setting;
- Demonstrated proficiency and knowledge of collections databases, professional museum policies, procedures, and museum registration practices and principles;
- Valid driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and ability to drive a state vehicle; and
- Required to travel up to 10% of the work period.
**PREFER**:
- Master’s degree in History, Material Culture, American Studies, Museum Studies, or a closely related field; and/or
- Interest in and/or familiarity with WWII's history, material culture, and the War of the Pacific is a plus.
**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES**:
- Knowledge of professional museum and archival practices in preservation and management;
- Knowledge of decorative arts history;
- Knowledge of current museum interpretation methods and strategies;
- Knowledge of exhibit development;
- Knowledge of project management processes and practice;
- Knowledge of local and state laws related to collections and program areas;
- Knowledge of program planning and implementation;
- Knowledge of American and Texas history;
- Knowledge of methods and techniques for historical research;
- Effective verbal and written com
