Institution: Warren Anatomical Museum, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Address: 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115

Duration: Six months with optional renewal, starting December 1, 2017

Reports To: Curator, Warren Anatomical Museum

Hours: 17 hours per week

Wage: $15 per hour

Description: The Warren Anatomical Museum in the Center for the History of Medicine is seeking a cataloging assistant to support the program’s curatorial and collections management activities. Under the supervision of the museum curator, the cataloging assistant will be responsible for researching and inventorying newly acquired collections prior to accessioning, cataloging newly acquired instrumentation, device, and medical artifact collections in the Museum’s TMS database, and creating object records in the Center for the History of Medicine’s Omeka web publishing platform, OnView. The assistant will also provide cataloging support as needed for legacy collections. Additionally, the assistant may be asked to provide TMS data entry support for the museum’s current wet tissue cataloguing project.

Qualifications: Applicant must have a bachelor’s degree, and must have achieved or be pursuing a master’s degree in museum studies/museology or a related field. Demonstrated attention to detail and the ability to work independently is essential. The applicant should be Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access proficient. Previous museum experience and library and archival research skills preferred.

To apply: send a letter of interest and resume to the Center for the History of Medicine at chm@hms.harvard.edu with the subject: Warren Anatomical Museum Cataloging Assistant