WILLIAMSTOWN ART CONSERVATION CENTER COLLECTIONS MOVE ASSISTANTS The Williamstown Art Conservation Center seeks personnel with museum experience to assist in a Collections Move in Louisiana, over a six-month period beginning in December 2007 or January 2008. These are temporary, full-time positions under contract to WACC, working on-site in New Orleans and Baton Rouge for the Louisiana State Museum. General Description: The Move Assistants will participate in the relocation of Louisiana State Museum Collections from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. These collections were evacuated from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and are now to be moved back into the newly renovated museum in the historic French Quarter. Collections include jazz instruments, recordings and memorabilia from the Jazz Collection, archives, library materials and works on paper from the Louisiana History Center, and decorative arts and science/technology artifacts from the Department of Material Culture. Three to five Move Assistants with museum experience are needed to inventory, photograph, clean, and rehouse these objects, pack them for transport, and unpack them after arrival. Museum registration, art handling and packing, and introductory conservation skills are desired. The move team will work under the direction of a Move Coordinator, and in concert with LSM curators and staff. Duties include: - Working with appropriate LSM staff to inventory, register, and track collections as they are moved out of Baton Rouge and into the museum in New Orleans. - Examination, light cleaning, relabeling and rehousing as needed, and safe repacking with appropriate materials to prepare collections for reshipping to Old U.S. Mint Building in New Orleans. - Unpacking and reinstallation of collections in newly upgraded storage spaces. Qualific ations: -BA in art history, museum studies, or related fields. -1 year experience in museum registration and/or collections care. -Familiarity with museum database systems, especially TMS. -Art handling, packing, and mountmaking. -Basic conservation skills. Salary: $1153.85 bi-weekly for 24 weeks.. Application deadine: November 23, 2007. Applications should include a letter of interest, resume, and contact information for three references. Send applications via EMAIL ONLY to [log in to unmask] Katherine Holbrow Head of Objects Conservation WIlliamstown Art Conservation Center 225 South Street Williamstown, MA 01267 EOE ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).