Assistant Registrar at The Museum of Modern Art

Job Title: Assistant Registrar

Job Status: Full-time

Location: New York, NY

Salary: $74,370

About the job

The Museum of Modern Art is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Registrar in its’ Collection Management and Exhibition Registration Department. Reporting to the Registrar for Exhibitions, the incumbent works independently on assigned exhibitions and gallery changes.

Specific Responsibilities Are As Follows

  • Arranges packing, shipping, and insurance for objects, and courier/oversight for complex exhibitions involving foreign and domestic loans, and oversees tours.
  • Participates in preliminary planning of exhibitions, compiles shipping and packing estimates. Contracts and supervises customs brokers, riggers, shippers, and crating companies.
  • Issues certificates of insurance.
  • Creates installation and deinstallation schedules and initiates and updates condition reports.
  • Performs any other duties reasonably related to the functions described above.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or bachelor of fine arts degree (master’s degree preferred) and minimum three years related experience in the field, preferably in an art museum with ambitious exhibitions, acquisitions, and outgoing loan programs or equivalent.
  • General knowledge of 20th-century art and familiarity with artists’ materials is also required, including facility with time-based media objects.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills, and meticulous attention to detail are essential. Reading knowledge of French and/or another language, in addition to English.
  • Experience with The Museum System.
  • The Museum participates in the TSA’s Certified Cargo Screening Facility Program. Therefore, any individual hired must successfully complete a security threat assessment through the Department of Homeland Security in order to participate.

Salary : The salary for this position is $74,370 per annum

Application instructions: 

To apply, please visit MoMA Jobs. Applicants should submit a resume and a statement of interest. Applications without cover letters will not be considered.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement: 

Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at the Museum, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, arrest or conviction record to the extent required by applicable law, credit history, or any other protected category as established by applicable law, including the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”).

This is a unionized position at MoMA with covered employees represented by Local 2110, UAW, AFL-CIO.