Museum Collections Registrar

Museum Collections Registrar | IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) posted Mar 13, 2024

83 Avan Nu Po Road
Santa Fe, NM 87508
United States

Salary: $45,000 - $50,000

Under the direction of the Curator of Collections, the Museum Collections Registrar will be involved in all aspects of the physical care, handling, documentation and outgoing loans of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA)'s collection.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Registration responsibilities and duties include the following but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the registration process of new and existing acquisitions to the collection including gifts, purchases and bequests.
• Develops and maintains database(s) of collection items and images; compiles and verifies collection documents, to include both manual and computerized records and forms.
• Provides oversight of the collections digitization including collections photography, metadata creation, and contributes to the development of policies, guidelines, and best practices.
• Provides direct oversight to grant funded staff, student workers, interns and volunteers.
• Provides online and in-house research assistance to patrons of the collection including on-site visits, database reports, and photography.
• Oversees Rights & Reproductions requests of the collections.
• Responsible for the oversight of outgoing loans of the collection (loan agreements, facility reports of borrowing institutions, insurance etc.), including project management of traveling exhibitions from the permanent collection.
• Oversees the care and use of the collection ensuring proper storage, handling and preventative conservation.
• Ensures compliance with established insurance regulations and/or protocol in the movement, packing, and shipping of objects.
• Prepares Acquisition Committee Agenda for bi-monthly meetings and maintains acquisition meeting minutes.
• Functions as courier or designate courier for loans from the collection and as needed, identifies and engages outside contractors for conservation, rigging, packing, crating, shipping, photography and/or insurance services of the collection.
• Helps to maintain a stable and secure environment of the collection.
• Additional responsibilities and duties include the following but are not limited to:
• Attendance of meetings at museum, campus and other locations.
• Assists with the installation/de-installation and condition reporting of exhibitions, as needed.
• Provides information of the collection to other departments as needed.
• Monitors legal and ethical implications and standards from and into the permanent collection.
• Aids other institutional departments, as needed.
• Contributes to MoCNA’s Social Media accounts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

How to apply:

Please apply online:

Contact:

Elizabeth Lucero
elizabeth.lucero@iaia.edu
(505) 424-2329