Curatorial Assistant
Curatorial Assistant / Museum Technician
Salary: $47,016 to $61,122 per year
Appointment type: Permanent – Federal
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is seeking applications for qualified individuals to serve assistants within the Curatorial Office of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). The incumbents independently perform a variety of programmatic, research, and administrative duties in support of the museum’s exhibitions, acquisitions, and programmatic initiatives. The incumbents will work with a team of 10 curators in a variety of specialized areas (sculpture, photography, contemporary art, prints and drawings, Latinx art, 19th and 20th century art, time-based media, and self-taught art). The curatorial assistants will provide information and assist with the coordination of a full-scale reinstallation of the permanent collection galleries that will take place over the next two years.
Specific Responsibilities Include:
- Collecting, organizing and preparing materials related to the collections, exhibitions, publications, or other projects, performing basic research into biographical information, attribution, media, title, subject, and date.
- Responding to general public inquiries about the museum and its collections, researching basic information through curatorial files, the collections database, and library and archival sources.
- Drafting and preparing g text, captions, or other material in the proper format.
- Generating reports and checklists, taking notes on meetings, and following up on action items.
- Organizing and tracking curatorial projects, correspondence and reports and serving as liaison between Curatorial and other offices.
- Maintaining databases and files on artists and artworks.
