[BKARTS] ASSISTANT CONSERVATOR, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

[Peter Verheyen <verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ASSISTANT CONSERVATOR

Drawings and Prints

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

This is a temporary grant-funded position (scheduled to end May 31, 2006) 
to perform conservation and preservation treatment on the collection of 
early Italian architectural treatises in the Department of Drawings and 
Prints. The work is supervised by a curator from that Department in 
cooperation with Watson Library's Preservation Librarian. A wide variety of 
conservation treatments will be performed, using the facilities of the 
Watson Library's Book Conservation Unit.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

* Assess each item in a subset of the collection (Italian architectural 
treatises of the 15th-19th centuries) and determine appropriate housing and 
treatment.

* Supervise volunteer staff in creating mylar, four-flap, clamshell,  and 
other enclosures.

* For those books requiring custom-made boxes, measure books and complete 
order forms.

* Carry out treatments as necessary. These may include but are not limited 
to: dry-cleaning and refurbishing of paper, leather, and vellum; making 
repairs to joints, hinges, caps, corners, and edges of books; repairing 
endbands; recasing and rebacking; paper repair; flattening of warped vellum 
boards; rebinding.

* Complete condition and treatment reports, together with photographic 
documentation, and assist in preparing final report for granting agency.

* Other related duties

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience & Skills:

* The collection of early Italian architectural treatises in the Department 
of Drawings and Prints is one of the most important of its kind, comprising 
many rare, early books in original bindings of vellum, leather, paper, and 
wood. In order to be considered for this position, a conservator must 
possess a minimum of five years experience in rare book treatment, 
including considerable work with fifteenth and sixteenth-century volumes.

* Demonstrated skills in the full-range of book conservation treatment and 
repairs required.

* Clerical and photographic skills adequate for documentation of the 
project required.

* Reading knowledge of Italian helpful.

* Some knowledge of architecture preferred but not required.

Knowledge & Education:

* Completion of a formal graduate-level program in book conservation required.

* Knowledge of printmaking processes and 16th -20th century European 
binding structures.

Send letter of interest and curriculum vitae (as a Word document only) to: 
<employoppty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> or via Fax to: 212-570-3882.


The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0198
Equal Opportunity Employer

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