Curatorial Assistant

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 128750900
  • Open Date: April 3, 2025
  • Close Date: May 17, 2025
  • Organization: Billy Bishop Museum, A National Historic Site
  • Sector: Hospitality & Tourism
  • Business Location:Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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  • Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
  • Last Updated: 20 hours ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/owen-sound/128750900/curatorial-assistant/
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Job Details

  • Experience: Not mandatory
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $18.70 per hour / 35 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: : 2025-05-05Enddate: 2025-10-24
  • Apply by: email to [email protected]
  • Education: Bachelor's degree

Job Description

Tasks

  • Assist in the research, handling and storage of artifacts
  • Assist with the planning and development of travelling exhibitions and special events
  • Classify and assign registration numbers to artifacts and supervise inventory control
  • Conduct guided tours of museums, gallery exhibitions and historical, heritage and other sites, answer inquiries and provide information
  • Construct displays and dioramas, build models, install artifacts in displays and prepare artifacts for storage and shipping
  • Fabricate custom frames, measure and cut mats, mat enhancements and glass, and mount paintings, photographs and other art work
  • Protect and care for cultural artifacts and collections during exhibitions, while in transit and in storage

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Office
  • InDesign
  • MS Excel

Technical experience

  • Cataloging
  • Curatorial assisting
  • Exhibit preparation
  • Interpretation/guiding
  • Registration

Exhibit preparation experience

  • Display cases
  • Lighting
  • Mounting/installing objects
  • Matting prints and drawings
  • Framing paintings, photographs etc.

Area of specialization

  • Arms and military objects

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Bondable

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver’s licence
  • Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Team player