[BCMA] Job Posting - Collection Assistant Contract

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Sidney Museum is excited to offer a part-time contract position of
Collection Assistant for the period June through September 2020. This has
been made possible through the Museums Assistance Program - Collection
Management grant by the Department of Canadian Heritage for our Main
Collection Storage Room Upgrade.

 

Please see attached posting for more information, or visit our website:
https://sidneymuseum.ca/employment/

 

Sidney Museum is a community museum located in Sidney BC, whose collection
and exhibits are made up of human and natural artifacts. The Museum will
undergo collection storage improvement project including disaster-prevention
upgrades to its main collection storage space in 2020. Key activities
include purchase and installation of shelving, rehousing the collection
according to RE-ORG process. This project will result in the collection
housed according to professional museum best practices. The Assistant
Director and Collection Assistant, assisted by volunteers, will remove the
collection to secure temporary storage to allow for the installation of
disaster preventative measures, such as anchoring shelving in case of a
seismic event, and reorganize the collection according to RE-ORG standards
to maximize storage space efficiency. This will also allow for future growth
of the collection.

 

Best,

 

Alyssa Gerwing

 

Assistant Director

Sidney Museum

2423 Beacon Ave L3

Sidney, BC V8L 1X3
(250)655-6355

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