Description

The Director of Collections & Exhibits aligns the activities of the registration, conservation, and
exhibitions of the museum with respect to collection care and preservation, loan activity,
procurement, set up and maintenance of temporary exhibitions, community engagement and
interaction with the permanent collection. The Director guides, supervises, and mentors staff
and manages the budgets of the department. The Director assumes responsibility for all areas
of collections and exhibitions stewardship, including the documentation, storage, handling,
packing/unpacking, transportation, and insurance of all works entering and leaving the
museum, and for ensuring proper care of items within the museum.
The Director has primary responsibility for overseeing the research, content development, and
interpretation of the permanent collection, changing exhibits, projects related to exhibitions,
printed exhibition materials, signage, and special projects at all MoSH properties. The Director
works collaboratively with the Education and Public Programs Department (adult and student programming) on initiatives and facilitates inter-departmental communication regarding
research and interpretation. 

Requirements

Create and implement Multi Year Operating Plan relative to the department’s goals,
initiatives, and special projects.
Identifying appropriate travelling exhibitions, which engage our local community.

Develop temporary exhibits annually from loaned items and the permanent collection.
Manage the planning and updating of the museum’s permanent collection in
anticipation of a major capital campaign and renovation.
Create ways to engage and activate visitors throughout the entirety of all exhibitions,
including permanent gallery updates.
Analyze permanent exhibits for creative ways to enhance visitor experience and
encourage responses to exhibit content and displays.
Collaborate in identifying and drafting grants and other funding sources for collections
and exhibitions.
Maintain strong communications with internal museum departments and external
museum leaders and professionals, subject matter experts, and people with knowledge
in exhibit-related objects, etc.
Coordinate the interpretive development of exhibits with the Education and Public
Programs Department and other museum departments to design the strongest
engagement and experience for schools, adults, tour groups, and other targeted
audiences.
Interview, hire, train, mentor, evaluate and oversee the performance of assigned fulltime and part-time staff, interns and volunteers.
Prepare departmental budgets, forecasting and allocate funds for staff, supplies,
equipment and facilities.
Maintain and update as needed a collection management policy to process the receipt
of artifacts, collections, photographs, images, graphics, and other materials donated,
acquired, or loaned to the museum.
Attend relevant public events, represent the museum in the media and various public
speaking forums, and maintain professional connections with colleagues in the museum
field and other comparable institutions.
Provide support for collaborative initiatives with other museums, cultural and educational institutions.