Position at Costume Institute

Conservation Assistant or Assistant Conservator
The Costume Institute
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Employee Classification: End Date: June 30, 2016

Effective Date: September 2015

Reports to: Conservator

Salary Grade: P5/P4

The Conservation Assistant or Assistant Conservator (position title
dependent upon qualifications of successful applicant) will assist
the Costume Institute's Conservation team with object preparation
and research for the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 Costume Institute
exhibitions.  Duties include examining and documenting artifacts
with condition and treatment reports and photography, material
analyses, conducting treatments, supporting incoming loans
processes, and providing supplemental departmental support.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:

    Undertake treatment and research of costume and accessories
    related to the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 Costume Institute
    exhibitions

    Carry out condition reports, treatment records and photographic
    documentation for objects in the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016
    Costume Institute exhibitions, including incoming loans

    Ensure safety and maintenance of objects on exhibition

    Other related duties as requested

Requirements and Qualifications:

Experience and Skills:

    Demonstrated experience and knowledge of historic costume and
    textile conservation and preservation

    Excellent manual skills, with particular experience in the
    sewing of high fashion clothing

    Ability to create and take patterns

    Proven ability to create, modify and dress mannequins according
    to conservation protocols

    Proven experience creating thorough condition and treatment
    reports

    Ability to perform scientific and material analysis of objects
    in order to assess conservation requirements

    Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

    Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

    Preference and experience in working in a collaborative
    environment

    Flexibility when priorities shift

Knowledge and Education:

    Graduate degree from a recognized conservation training program
    or equivalent qualifications and experience in costume and
    textile conservation

    Strong knowledge of conservation principles, ethics, materials
    and techniques for costume conservation with demonstrated high
    standards of conservation treatment experience

    Knowledge of fashion history

    Comprehensive knowledge of haute couture sewing techniques and
    construction methods

    Museum experience favored

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all
employees and applicants for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin,
ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or
citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status,
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gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category
protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not
limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and
apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading,
transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and
conditions of employment.

Please send cover letter, resume, and salary history to
careers<-at->metmuseum<.>org with "Assistant Conservator/Conservation
Assistant/The Costume Institute" in the subject line

Sarah Scaturro
Conservator
The Costume Institute
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10028-0198
212-396-5298
Fax: 212-570-3970


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