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·The Senior Curatorial Assistant will assist in the curation, project exhibitions and research requirements within the collections for the modern and contemporary period for the company
- Supports the Chief curator in conceiving and implementing the displays for the wing, including providing
- support in the management of rotations.
- Supports the Preventative Conservation team on the weekly gallery overview of the permanent and temporary collections within the wing, ensuring follow-up arrangements in the event of potential technical and/or conservation requirements.
- Develops and maintains the registration processes, including cataloguing and record-keeping of the wing's collections to ensure ease of access to the repository of information to answer applicable questions on the wings collections and activities.
- Researches, develops and updates displays labels, panels and narrative information for the wing's collections and loans
- Follows up in the production of curatorial, marketing, educational, cultural publications and exhibition-related materials including, but not limited to, wall texts, extended object labels and multimedia content.
- Identifies the resources required to ensure that the curatorial processes and safeguards are appropriately performed and in line with health, safety and quality standards of the wing's collection.
- Leading public and private tours and educational workshops conducted on the wing's collections.
- Contributes to preventative and curative conservation actions within the Company’s collections.
- Continuous research into artefacts and collections of the modern and contemporary period, contributing to the knowledge, understanding and techniques on current wing’s collections within Company.
- Supports the acquisition process following international standards.
- Commits to and undertakes appropriate training to ensure continious knowledge update on the collections within the wing.
Requirements
- 5-6 years post graduate experience
- Experience as Curator Assistant in a museum or museum related institution
- Fluency in Arabic and English
- Must have Master’s Degree in History of Art, Archelogy, Museology or Museum studies
- Experience as Curator Assistant in a museum or museum related institution is preferred