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Perform day-to-day operational tasks, conduct tours, answer visitor and public inquiries, clean and maintain displays and museum grounds, work with cash, and assist with promotional activities
Must have good written and verbal communication skills, organized and detail orientated, proficient with computers and digital cameras, able to work independently, comfortable working with the public and audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
- between 15 and 30 years of age.
- registered full-time student in previous academic year and intending to return full-time in the next.
- Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
- legally entitled to work in Canada.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Curator Specific Skills
- Develop storyline and theme of displays and exhibitions
- Co-ordinate the storage of collections and setting-up of displays and exhibitions
Field of Specialization - Conservators
- Photographic material
- Furniture
- Decorative art - pottery and ceramics
- Decorative art - wood
- Costumes
Work Setting
- Regional gallery
- Field work - historic
- City museum
Field of Specialization - Curators
- Transportation
- Textiles and costumes
- Prints, drawings and photographs
- Numismatics or philately
- Military history
- Mineral sciences
- Industrial technology
- Furniture and furnishings
- Films and videos
- Decorative arts
- Computer technology
- Communication technology
- Archaeology
Conservator Specific Skills
- Restore and conserve museum and gallery artifacts