Sentences with phrase «duty as the museum»

She inherited a difficult financial situation, and has been serving double duty as the museum's temporary curator.

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As a Blue Star Museum, Old Sturbridge Village offers free admission to active duty military, National Guard, Reserve military, disabled veterans, and career - retired military members and their families.

Active duty military personnel and up to five family members may visit for free this Memorial Day through Labor Day, as part of the Blue Star Museums program.

In December 2010, she introduced a private member's bill before Parliament that would amend the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to broaden the scope of the general duty of library authorities so as to include a duty to provide related cultural facilities alongside the library service.

Working as a museum curator is a demanding job with many different responsibilities — and, like most jobs, some of those duties are better than others.

As year - round participant of Blue Star Museums, VMFA provides free admission to special exhibitions for all active duty, National Guard, and Reserve military personnel and their immediate families.

As a DIA curator, I researched our extraordinary painting collection, enhanced our permanent galleries by displaying our artwork in new ways, curated temporary exhibitions, visited private and public art collections with our patrons, and identified new works for acquisition among many other things — the work curators perform is one of the most interesting in the museum profession because of the multiplicity of duties that it entails.

This includes coordination with colleagues across UChicago Arts, representing the Smart Museum on various arts - related committees both within the University and beyond, and other duties as assigned.

Ching responds to the spaces and people around him, with a particular focus on city environments, sometimes intervening, such as when he became a security guard at the Hong Kong Museum of Art and lobbied for chairs to sit on while the guards were on duty.

Former guards include Jackson Pollock, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold and Mel Bochner, who will be honored next year with a retrospective at the Jewish Museum in New York — the same institution that fired him as a guard in 1965 for sleeping on duty.

Library & Information Science Manager — Duties & Responsibilities Assist with operational management of the University of Pittsburgh archive department and associated collections Oversee reference services for patrons interested in use of library materials and services Develop a rapport with patrons and orient them to library collections, policies, and procedures Maintain detailed records regarding volumes, patron use, purchasing, employee schedules, and budgets Train and orient volunteers and junior staff members in policies, procedures, services, and collection materials Proficient in industry software including PubMed, CINHAL, MedlinePlus, Ovid, and EBSCOHost Monitor library ensuring an environment conducive to study and concentration Assist in the creation of a University of Pittsburgh LibGuide for the United Electrical Workers Collection Utilize Archivist Toolkit to create finding aids for the Paul LeBlanc Papers, the Garden Club of Allegheny County Collection, the Stanley J. Rainka Papers, and the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society Papers Trained in early childhood language and literacy development theory and practice Design and implement engaging educational activities for preschool students Serve as liaison between school and families regarding student development and progress Assist with the planning and implementation of daily Children's Museum activities Foster an atmosphere of fun, enthusiasm, and dedication to education Provide administrative services including phones, faxing, filing, and data entry as needed Represent company with poise, integrity, and positivity