CURATOR 1, 2 or 3

Louisiana's Old Governor's Mansion, a museum under the Secretary of State's Museum Division, is seeking a Curator.

This posting will close on 02/24/2025 at 11:59 p.m. Central.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate collections for assigned museums, ensuring compliance and preservation needs meet with museum standards.
• Preparing and executing educational programs to support exhibits, including conducting tours.
• Preparing and executing marketing, including preparing media presentations, press releases, and social media to support exhibits and collections.
• Advise on the archival/historical significance of items for accessioning/deaccessioning.
• Maintain electronic database for collections and tracking of loaned/donated items.
• In addition to the Old Governor’s Mansion, the position is responsible for curatorial activities of the Delta Music Museum and the Louisiana State Cotton Museum. Some statewide travel is required.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in museum studies, a humanities field, historic preservation, or fine arts; OR
• A bachelor’s degree in forestry, wildlife or natural resource management, botany, biology, or ecology.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Function of Work

To perform and supervise the curatorial activities for a museum or historic sites program.

As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Curator 1, 2 or 3, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant.

Examples of Work

• Performs curatorial activities for a museum program at a state park Level I commemorative, preservation, or recreation area.
• Plans, constructs, and displays exhibits both in the museum and on-site.
• Schedules and conducts tours; develops oral presentations for such tours.
• Selects and assigns tour guides and maintenance staff.
• Develops and implements conservation and preservation plans of historical artifacts and buildings.
• Maintains records, prepares reports, and conducts correspondence regarding the museum or historic preservation program.
• Performs research to develop interpretative items.
• Performs accessing and cataloging activities of museum materials.
• Catalogues site forms on historic buildings and places, checks, and continually accessions additional site forms for inventory.
• Develops projects to produce measured architectural drawings of landmark buildings, checks for quality and maintains archival collections.
• Prepares and presents slide presentations and speeches to interested groups on and off site.

Interested parties should apply here: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/4826230/curator-1-2-or-3-ogm?keywords=mansion&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

For further information about this vacancy contact:

 Ashley Rathcke, Human Resources Specialist

 Secretary of State Nancy Landry

 Human Resource Division

 P. O. Box 94125

 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125

ashley.rathcke@sos.la.gov