Museum Specialist (General)

Summary The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in the Collections Management Unit, Museum Collections and Operations, National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Under Secretary for Museums and Culture (USMC) Smithsonian Institution (SI). More than one selection may be made from this announcement. Responsibilities As a Museum Specialist you will serve as a Liaison for NMAI's museum collection at the Cultural Resources Center (CRC) The duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following: Have a working knowledge of the over 850,000 objects in the NMAI collection from North, Central and South America of Native cultures, art forms and material from a wide variety of geographic and cultural regions (contemporary, archaeological, and ethnographic) including an awareness of the potential spiritual and sensitive nature of some items or materials in Native c...