Department: Exhibitions and Collections
Location: San Francisco
Reports to: Director of Exhibitions and Collections
Status: Full-time
Hours: Monday–Friday
FLSA Code: Exempt
Posting Date: August 2025
Rate: $68,640 per year

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Understanding of AAM’s standard museum principles, practices, and procedures for collections management.
• Experience with techniques for safe art handling.
• Experience with databases and computer literacy is a must; fluency in Microsoft Office is desirable.
• Ability to perform organized, thorough, and efficient research using a variety of resources.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented and comfortable with multi-tasking in an environment with frequent interruptions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication, both written and oral.
• A team player who motivates and helps educate other team members.
• Open-minded and willing to learn.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in museum studies, history, art history, or related field with completed coursework in collections management.
• 2+ years of museum, or museum-related, experience with an emphasis on collections care.

• Organizes and files collection records, including documents pertaining to accessions, loans, and donations in both a digital format and hard copies.
• Learns and masters Collections Department guidelines, procedures, and protocol.
• Catalogs objects using Collections database, with close attention to detail during data entry.
• Conducts Collections inventories, compiling appropriate documentation and making accurate notes.
• Completes incoming and outgoing condition reports for loans.
• Helps coordinate domestic and international shipments, including obtaining shipping and crating estimates.
• Processes, compiles, and files records for all shipping paperwork.
• Assists with the installation and de-installation of exhibitions, including supervising and monitoring the handling and care of objects.
• Helps train and oversee interns as needed.
• Assists in the management of galleries and storage areas to ensure safety of collections objects.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding donors, lenders, and Board members.
• Keeps current on techniques in Collections care.
• Works closely with the Registration team to develop goals and objectives for the permanent collection.
• Performs courier duties as needed.