Museum Officer

Museum officers prepare specimens for collections, and construct and arrange museum and art gallery exhibits.

Museum officers may perform the following tasks:

• clean fossil specimens, mould and restore skeletal parts, construct skeletal mounts, re-assemble fragmented specimens and make substitute pieces
• construct models and make castings or moulds of artefacts and objects for display purposes
• mount and prepare objects for display according to conservation requirements
• design and build display cases, mounts and other exhibition presentation devices
• design, prepare and install display hardware
• receive, ship, pack and unpack exhibits
• maintain museum files
• supervise and assist other workers in the cleaning, cataloguing, labelling and storing of specimens.

Museum officers work mainly indoors, although extensive fieldwork may be required in some areas.

Personal Requirements:

• patience and a methodical approach to work
• able to pay attention to detail
• aptitude for design.

Related Jobs:

• Conservator
• Life Scientist
• Model Maker
• Museum Curator

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