Registrar for Historic Sites

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is looking to hire a Museum Technician II (working title Registrar for Historic Sites) for its State Museum Division. This position provides professional technical collection management services for IL State Historic Sites collections and serves as the registrar for the Historic Sites. Works with donors, agencies, and other sources of collections objects; conducts historical research related to the collection, exhibitions, and programs; manages these collections including accessioning, cataloging, inventory, entry of data into the electronic collections database, and online data management; writes descriptions and reports; conducts collection rehabilitation when needed; prepares objects and collections for long-term storage; assists with exhibition research, organization, and installation; executes various technicial assignments as delegated. Requires special expertise and skills in a wide range of content areas (e.g., history, historic preservation, decorative art, material culture, and collections management).

Requirements

• Manage and maintain the Historic Sites collections of specimens, objects, artifacts, and associated data.
• Provide professional technical support to senior administrative staff, site superintendents and research curators for the Historic Sites or History sections in various areas/activities as required or requested.
• Assist State Historic Sites staff with onsite collection care and management.
• Facilitate access to collections as requested by researchers, scholars, students, depositors, or other qualified requestors in alignment with ISM collection access policies.
• Implement Best Practices of registration and collections care.
• Provide support for educational programming and exhibits at the ISM and State Historic Sites.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan