Assistant to Museum Manager-Collections

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The Historical Hawken House Museum Manager is seeking assistance cataloging the collections and working in the archives of the Webster Groves Historical Society.

This person(s) will work with the Manager on a Cataloguing and Digitization project to increase and improve the amount of information from our collections to make them available to the general public.
The position will involve data entry of the records of the collection within the Historical Hawken House. The work will include:

• organizing collections lists,
• updating the database in Excel,
• preparing condition reports, and
• gathering information for exhibition labels.

The Assistant must be organized and detail-oriented and will perform other related duties as required.

The Assistant will acquire skills in:

• cataloging,
• museum standards, and policy,
• Excel database software,
• artifact handling and preservation,
• archival collections arrangement,
• scanning,
• acquisitions,
• storage, and
• research procedures

They will gain strategic planning, problem-solving, and leadership skills under the direction of museum staff. The setting will provide experience in cultural diversity, working as a team, working collaboratively with other programs and exhibitions, and the importance of preserving history for future generations.

This will be done in person at the Hawken House Volunteer Office, which follows all Health Department guidelines at all times.

Volunteers must be detail-oriented and able to perform repetitive tasks, with excellent interpersonal skills. Must be flexible and willing to take on new assignments. Experience working both independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively with other team members. Should be able to demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills. Knowledge of computer platforms and Microsoft Office software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access, and comfort with learning new software applications.

While performing the duties of this job, the volunteer is regularly required to reach with hands and arms and lift and/or move up to 10 pounds; occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and rarely lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

Knowledge of working with Google Sheets or the ability to create a database is helpful.