Associate Registrar at The Jewish Museum
Job Title: Associate Registrar
Job Status: Full-time
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $67,500 – $72,000
Description
The Jewish Museum:
The Jewish Museum serves people of all religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds through world-class art exhibitions ranging from ancient to contemporary. Founded in 1904 and located on New York City’s Museum Mile, the Jewish Museum aspires to be the global leader at the center of Jewish culture.
The Museum maintains a unique collection of nearly 30,000 works of art, ceremonial objects, and media reflecting the global Jewish experience over more than 4,000 years. The Museum’s thought-provoking, innovative, and intellectually stimulating exhibitions and education programs serve a wide range of audiences, including families, teens, students, educators, and visitors with disabilities. As an identity-based institution, the Museum plays an important role among cultural institutions, challenging all forms of bigotry and discrimination and promoting understanding among wide audiences. The Jewish Museum invites applicants of all backgrounds to consider joining the Museum in its work.
The Jewish Museum is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all and to promoting a positive work culture that celebrates difference, challenges prejudice, and ensures fairness. Integrity, collegiality, and excellence are central to the Museum’s values. These values, along with an institution-wide commitment to Diversity, Equity, Access & Inclusion (DEAI), are embedded in the Museum’s strategic plan and will be the focus of a comprehensive DEAI action plan.
The Position:
The Jewish Museum is seeking a full-time Associate Registrar for a fixed term two-year position. Under the supervision of the Head Registrar, and working collaboratively with the Museum’s Registration, Collections Management, Curatorial, and Exhibition Management staff, the Associate Registrar will manage registration, primarily, for a largescale collection reinstallation project. This position requires flexibility to work on-site as often as five days per week and demonstrated knowledge of current professional museum registration standards and best practices.
Responsibilities Include:
· Collaborate with a team of registrars to manage the deinstallation and reinstallation of the Museum’s permanent collection galleries on the 3rd and 4th floors of the Museum, and a temporary exhibition of collection highlights.
· Prepare project budgets and track/monitor expenditures.
· Prepare workplans and installation schedules.
· Coordinate packing, crating, shipping, and art storage arrangements.
· Coordinate conservation, framing, and mount making needs for installation.
· Perform condition reports on artwork.
· Participate in planning for future gallery rotations, including conservation assessments, budgeting, and gallery maintenance planning.
· Prepare condition report forms, shipping receipts, certificates of insurance, and other related documents.
· Maintain accurate and up to date records.
· Schedule and manage art handlers during installations/deinstallations.
· Provide support to Head Registrar on department projects and assist with temporary exhibitions and incoming loans as needed.
Requirements
· BA, required, MA or equivalent experience preferred.
· 5+ years’ experience in exhibitions registration, preferably at an art museum.
· Knowledge of museum standards for art handling, installation, packing, and domestic/international shipping.
· Experience using TMS database.
· Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, strong oral/written communication, and meticulous record-keeping.
· Ability to prioritize, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines.
· Experience overseeing and managing art handlers.
· Ability to maintain confidentiality.
· Availability for early morning, evening and weekend work as needed for shipments and during installation/deinstallation periods.
· Knowledge of foreign language(s) helpful.