Assistant Registrar

Description:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
o Administers and updates Vernon's day to day functionality and assists in the cataloguing of the museum's collection of approximately 5000 works of fine and decorative art.
o Tracks and logs the movement of collection objects.
o Revises existing and/or enters new object data into Vernon
o Writes and/or updates training materials and implements best practices for the use of Vernon by interns.
o Provides statistical reports on collection data for grant funded projects and for the City of Davenport Art Collection upon request.
o Performs audits of Vernon to verify accur acy of location data and to monitor object condition.
o Oversee biennial collection inventories to ensure all collection and loan objects are in the location noted in the database.
o Photographs works in the collection for the database, publicity, and publishing purposes.
o Consolidates and associates other digital media and links to the database.
o Daily: Performs gallery checks Monday-Friday, verifying the presence and condition of works
on view, and also checking the temperature and relative humidity of exhibition and storage
spaces.
o Weekly: performs light dusting/cleaning in the museum's galleries.
o Assists curatorial staff with the handling, movement, care, and installation of objects.
o Assists with wall patching and gallery painting during exhibition changes as needed
o Installs exhibition graphics including object labels, text panels and general signage.
o Generates receipts for incoming and outgoing objects.
o Assists with maintaining the object files (paper file s)
o Organizes packing and shipping of collection works and loans, including for large traveling exhibitions organized by the museum.