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The Field Museum is searching for Native American Early Career Fellows for North American Anthropology to join our team! Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until positions are filled. This paid, one-year Fellowship is designed specifically for Native American recent graduates with lived cultural experience who are interested in careers in museum collections management, registration, conservation, or curation. Fellows will have the opportunity to work directly with the Native North American collections at the Field Museum. Fellows will also be provided mentorship by staff on pursuing a career with a focus of their choosing in the museum field and will be introduced to other museum professionals.  The Fellows will be working on-site at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, and will spend time working in collaboration with Native community members, the Field's Conservation Cultural Liaison and Collections Managers, and other staff in the Conservation,...

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (CSFAC) welcomes applications for the full-time position of Head of Collections. The CSFAC Museum is committed to an ongoing process of making the items it stewards as accessible as possible to its diverse public. The Head of Collections plays an essential role in these efforts and is a senior member of the museum team charged with the functional care and stewardship of the collections held by the CSFAC. The Museum cares for approximately 17,000 works of art and material culture composed primarily of Native American (Pueblo, Plains, Plateau, and Great Basin cultures), Hispanic and Spanish Colonial, and 20th and 21st Century American art. Reporting to the Director of Visual Arts and Museum, the Head of Collections provides vision and leadership for the Collections department composed of an Assistant Collections Manager, Assistant Registrar, and interns. RESPONSIBILITIES • Lead long-range planning...