Position at Horniman Museum

Conservation Officer
Collections Conservation and Care
The Horniman Museum

Salary up to UKP23,764 per annum

Full-time permanent post

The Horniman Museum, based in southeast London, is offering an
excellent opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic objects
conservator to work in the Collections Conservation and Care
Section. Over the next few years the work will concentrate on
conserving and preparing objects for a new temporary exhibition on
Music in India, a Japanese textile exhibition and the major
refurbishment of the Natural History Gallery.

The Collections Conservation and Care Section is responsible for the
care of the Museum's collections of Anthropology, Musical
Instruments and Natural History. The collections are used to
illustrate the world we live in--our cultures, arts, crafts, music
and natural environment. The Museum is set in sixteen acres of
beautiful gardens in Forest Hill, South East London

Applicants should have a minimum of two years' post qualification
practical experience in the care, documentation and treatment of a
wide-range of organic and inorganic materials, and objects in a
museum environment.  The post is available from July 2006.

To access an application pack please see
<URL:http://www.horniman.ac.uk/more/vacancies.php>. The closing date
for applications is Monday 12 June 2006.

The Museum operates an Equal Opportunities Policy and welcomes
applicants from all sections of the community.

Registered Charity in England and Wales No. 802725


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