With the mission to inspire new learning about the Wabanaki Nations with every visit, the Abbe Museum is a decolonizing museum, offering changing exhibitions and a robust programming schedule for all ages, welcoming 30,000 visitors each year on Mount Desert Island, Maine, home of Acadia National Park. Wabanaki people are engaged in all aspects of the museum, from curatorial roles to policymaking. Below is a summary of the position; please view the full posting on the Abbe website here .
Description: The Director of Collections & Research is a highly visible position within the fast-paced Abbe Museum environment with three main areas of focus—collections care & management, exhibitions, and research.
Collections Care & Management: Primary responsibility for the Wellman Archaeology Research Laboratory and Collections Storage and the documentation, management, and care of the museum’s collections and institutional archives, seeking to make them accessible to...
Sep 30, 2020
Full time
With the mission to inspire new learning about the Wabanaki Nations with every visit, the Abbe Museum is a decolonizing museum, offering changing exhibitions and a robust programming schedule for all ages, welcoming 30,000 visitors each year on Mount Desert Island, Maine, home of Acadia National Park. Wabanaki people are engaged in all aspects of the museum, from curatorial roles to policymaking. Below is a summary of the position; please view the full posting on the Abbe website here .
Description: The Director of Collections & Research is a highly visible position within the fast-paced Abbe Museum environment with three main areas of focus—collections care & management, exhibitions, and research.
Collections Care & Management: Primary responsibility for the Wellman Archaeology Research Laboratory and Collections Storage and the documentation, management, and care of the museum’s collections and institutional archives, seeking to make them accessible to...
