Exhibition Assistants

Category: Exhibitions

Exhibition Assistants

Salary: $27,500 - $30,000

Description
The Louisiana State Museum (LSM) is poised for growth in the post-Katrina period and is seeking four Exhibition Assistants to work in New Orleans on a wide array of long-term and changing exhibition projects for facilities located in the French Quarter and elsewhere. The incumbents will report to LSM exhibition Developers and/or the Director of Interpretive Services.

Duties include:
Participating in meetings with exhibition team members. Carrying out text and image research as necessary. Installing/de-installing exhibitions. Creating mounts, labels, and graphics. Transporting artifacts and exhibit components. Maintaining AV and other equipment. Assisting with audience research.

The salary will be $27,500 - $30,000 depending on qualifications. These are one-year positions subject to renewal for additional one-year terms. Health insurance benefits are provided.

Submit application materials by July 1 including a cover letter, resume, and Civil Service Form SF 10 (http://www.dscs.state.la.us/Forms/sf10.doc) to: LSM, Personnel Office, 751 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70116. Please indicate whether interested in the New Orleans or Baton Rouge position.

Requirements
Minimum requirements include: A BA in Art History, American History, American Studies, Museology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Cultural Geography, History, or Historical Geography plus one year of professional-level experience. Additional preferred requirements include: excellent oral communication, interpersonal, and research skills; exhibition fabrication and installation experience; graphic design, exhibit fabrication, matting/framing skills.

Employer Information
LSM is a state agency founded in 1906. Headquartered in New Orleans, it encompasses a network of thirteen facilities located across Louisiana. There are 110 members of the staff and operating revenues from all public and private sources exceed $10 million. The LSM's French Quarter facilities include six National Historic Landmarks: the Cabildo (1795 - 1799), the Presbytere (1791 - 1813), the Old U.S. Mint (1835), the Arsenal (1839), Madam John's Legacy (1789), and the 1850 House. The LSM operates additional museums in Patterson, Thibodaux, Natchitoches, and Baton Rouge.

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