- This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.
- unpacking and sorting museum objects and performing preliminary classification of specimens as received.
- routine cleaning of museum objects and identifying objects that are damaged and may be in need of preservation treatment.
- accession, inventory and preparation of objects for storage and exhibit using proper archival materials.
- cataloging museum objects using the National Park Service - Department of Interior Collections Management System, ICMS.
- supporting implementation of the park's Museum Integrated pest Management Plan.
Museum Technician - Natchitoches, United States - Department Of The Interior
Description
Summary
This Position is located in Cane River Creole National Historical Park, in the Cultural Resources Division.
Duties
Open to the first 75 applicants or until 04/11/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Work as a Museum Technician involves collaborative teamwork for collections management of cultural resources from the Oakland Plantation and Magnolia Plantation, units of the park. Each site is a National Historic Landmark (NHL) and includes significant architecture, archeological sites, and cultural heritage. The primary duty station is the park's Headquarters and Curation Facility complex in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The park's collections management work involves documentation, physical assessment of artifacts, field collections, archives processing and cataloging using the Interior Collections Management System (ICMS).
If selected, you will assist in the preservation maintenance of a museum collection consisting of objects recovered from the park's plantation units. The collection consists of artifacts, other culturally deposited materials, natural resource samples, and supporting documents such as maps, negatives and photographs, field notes, and analytical data. This position will support the park's Division of Resource Management to provide museum housekeeping functions at historically-furnished exhibits park-wide. Responsibilities will include a variety of museum collections management tasks at Cane River National Historical Park in fulfillment of two park projects including personal services related to: