Position: Museum Technician, FT Temp

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is seeking a temporary, full-time museum technician.

Salary range: 20.66 - 20.66 USD Hourly

Open period: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 to Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Major Duties: Major duties of this position include performing specialized cleaning of objects and historic furnishings on display at the Maritime Museum Building, Park Visitor Center, Hyde Street Pier, and in museum storage facilities. Incumbent performs curatorial housekeeping on museum storage facilities, maintains day-to-day inventories of objects, and assists in completion of Annual Inventory of Museum Property. Other duties may include 1) monitoring temperature, humidity, light, and pests in exhibit and storage areas, 2) preparing objects for storage, including stabilization and moving of very large industrial artifacts with forklifts, pallet jacks and other lifting/moving devices, 3) cataloging museum collection objects, and 4) assisting in the preparation of objects for exhibits.

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