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HEAD OF CONSERVATION & SENIOR OBJECTS CONSERVATOR Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City, New York, USA Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (CHSDM) announces an opportunity to apply for the joint position of Head of Conservation/ Senior Objects Conservator in the Product Design and Decorative Arts (PDDA) department. As well as serving as Head of Conservation, the responsibilities of the position include carrying out and documenting the conservation and preservation treatment of the PDDA department’s collection of approximately 40,000 rare, important and valuable art objects in a variety of media, including glass, ceramic, plastics, metals, stone, lacquer, wood, ivory and other natural and synthetic materials found in both modern and historic objects. The incumbent will supervise three conservators in the museum’s Objects, Textile and Paper Conservation Laboratories and is responsible for the preservation of the museum’s collection of over 200,000 objects. Major duties include involvement in an active exhibition and loan program supervising the implementation of conservation requirements for exhibitions and the monitoring and maintenance of those requirements; supervision of the storage and preservation environment at the museum’s facilities; identifying housing and storage needs through examination, surveys, and assessments; and collaborating with PDDA curators to provide technical and material analyses as requested to support technical art history research. On average, 30% of the incumbent’s time will be spent at the museum’s off-site study, storage, and conservation center in Newark, NJ. Competitive Salary - $82,304 Exceptional Benefits Must be eligible to work in the US (Visa, permanent resident or US citizenship). To obtain additional information and qualification requirements for this position and to submit a cover letter and resume contact: [email protected] ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
