Preparator
Core
Ensure proper care, handling, installation, and maintenance of the museum's permanent collection, exhibitions, and loans through art handling, housing, matting, framing, storage upkeep, and assistance with art movements and documentation.
Role type
Museum Art Preparator
Builds
Permanent collection care, exhibition installations, and loan shipments
Domain
Museum / Art Conservation
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Art handling, lighting system maintenance, equipment operation (forklift, aerial lift), carpentry, painting, documentation, heavy lifting, travel as courier
Preferred skills
Collections database systems, Microsoft Office Suite
Technologies
Collections database systems, Microsoft Office Suite
Responsibilities
Manage and maintain museum-wide artwork lighting systems; prepare works of art for loan, installation, or storage; handle works of art including packing, unpacking, and moving; assist with carpentry, painting, and maintenance; travel as courier for loans and exhibitions; document location changes after art moves.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC