Description:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages all aspects of collections care, following and implementing accepted museum professional standards and practices. Directly manages the collection’s documentation, archives, conservation, storage, database management, insurance, and environmental monitoring of facilities and objects.
- Supports exhibition logistics, including incoming/outgoing/campus loan agreements, shipping, receiving, packing, condition reports, certificates of insurance, and object security.
- Manages copyright permissions for collections, exhibitions and archives for internal and external publication requests.
- Manages the storage and preservation of collections objects including coordinating conservation treatments.
- Manages database development for all collections materials and serves as the point of contact with Gallery Systems. Responsible for database user permissions, accession records, digitization of collection, metadata development, and search capabilities.
- Will train and supervise student employees and interns for collections-related work and projects.
- Performs research on collection materials in coordination with museum staff.
- Communicates with donors, artists, galleries, and other patrons regarding acquisitions to the collection.
- Serves as the point of contact for other UNM departments, such as the UNM Foundation, Risk Management, Facilities Management, in matters relating to the collection.
- Coordinate outside services related to collections care and management, including contracts for collection photography, conservation, packing, crating, and shipping.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.