Monday, April 7, 2008

Kerry County Museum is delighted to announce the recent appointment of both an Education Officer and a Collections Officer. The Education Officer will develop and implement an education, community and outreach programme for the Museum. This will involve developing short and long-term multi-disciplinary projects with schools and community groups, as well as creating a programme of events for a variety of audiences. The Education Officer will operate the Museum’s loan box service for schools, and support access to the Museum and its collections through this service. The duties will also include developing educational support materials for the Museum’s collections and exhibitions. The Collections Officer will be responsible for the care and documentation of the Museum’s collection of objects. This will involve monitoring and recording environmental conditions, preparing condition reports on objects on display and in storage, and developing a disaster plan for collection. The Collections Officer will create and maintain orderly systems for the management of the collection, including a documentation system, and will supervise, number, catalogue, and store the Museum’s collection, as well as co-ordinating all aspects of borrowing and lending objects. The duties will also include conducting general and object-specific research and providing the results of research in a form that is accessible to staff, visitors, and other users of the Museum.