CURATOR 2

Posting number: 2026-03232

Department: DTCA - MUSEUMS AND HISTORY DIVISION

Job classification: CURATOR 2

Posting type: Open Competitive

Categories: Museum

Summary

The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, is seeking a Curator of Education (Curator 2). As part of the Department of Tourism & Cultural Affairs, the museum relies on this position to support daily operations and provide leadership, vision, access, planning, and management for its volunteer and educational programs. The Curator of Education supervises Museum Attendants and volunteers and reports to the Museum Director. Responsibilities include developing educational activities, outreach programs, and lesson plans; updating and maintaining procedures and policies; managing relevant databases; strategic planning; budgeting; personnel and volunteer supervision; project fundraising; participating in public programs; assessing user experience and use statistics; and providing information for reports. The role also supports management of the museum’s website, social media channels, and publications, and organizes presentations for adults, children, school groups, and community organizations. Under general supervision, the Curator will maintain the Education Collection and may contribute to the preparation of long-term and temporary exhibits, serve on exhibit teams with curators and experts, develop outreach concepts and content, assist with design, prepare collections, manage conservation and security of collections on exhibit, and research and write labels and interpretive media. Weekends, holidays, and evenings work may be required for special events.

Curators perform a wide variety of museum work for a specific collection and/or program area within a museum.
Examples of dutiesTwo or more years of applicable experience as described in the job duties and an applicable Bachelor’s degree or above.
Qualifications

1. Implement collection management policies and procedures.
2. Assess and recommend acquisitions and conduct accessioning, cataloging, and inventory.
3. Maintain and secure collection records, databases, access, and use.
4. Curate collections as per agreements, respond to research inquiries, and manage collection. 
5. Conduct research, develop content for programs, and manage educational tours and events. 
6. Participate in exhibit preparation, develop plans and content, manage storage and conservation. 
7. Provide information on museum practices to external entities. 
8. Coordinate the use of collections in exhibits, programs, and publications. 
9. Interpret results of completed surveys, perform field evaluations and site excavations, catalog and plot recovered artifacts.
10. Utilize acquired information for report preparation, scientific research, educational purposes, and determine impact to cultural resources.
11. Conduct field surveys of archaeological, historical, and pre-historical sites, and documents.
12. Provide training, direction, and interpretation of policies and procedures.
13. Collect, register, arrange, research, document, and catalog materials for an assigned collection. 
14. Provide access, security, and conservation for the assigned collection. 
15. Carry out interpretations of collections. 
16. Develop, execute, and evaluate educational programs and research.
17. Conduct field activities.
18. Investigate and pursue potential acquisitions. 
19. Prepare publications on program areas and collections.
20. Perform related duties as assigned.

Supplemental informationThis job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level. 
Knowledge of:

• Federal, State, and agency requirements for the curation and preservation of collections; conservation principles and practices; gifting and exhibition policies; antiquities law; research and appraisal sources; exhibit design and application; preservation and conservation technology.
• Cultural resource management processes; museum techniques and procedures in registration and accessioning artifacts; museum methods of artifact identification, acceptance, and classification; education program development and management.
• Registration theory and accession procedures; functions and operations of museums, archives, historical societies, and libraries; preservation and conservation theory, practices and techniques to properly care for and protect collections; research methods and principles; history of Great Basin Nevada and The West.

Ability to:

• Compose text and articles for publication; recognize problems relating to the development, organization, and care of collections; collaborate in the development and deployment of museum exhibits; assist in conducting research.
• Make assessments on the condition and value of collections and artifacts; identify problems and determine appropriate solutions; restore artifacts.

Recruiter Contact Information: Sonja Grass - SonjaGrass@admin.nv.gov