Prepares specimens, artefacts and artworks for collections, and arranges and constructs gallery exhibits.
Tasks Include:
mounts and prepares objects for display
designs and arranges exhibit furnishings, display cases and display areas
assists in setting up lighting and display equipment
receives, ships, packs and unpacks exhibits
constructs protective containers for travelling exhibits
maintains museum and gallery files
supervises and assists other workers cleaning, cataloguing, labelling and storing specimens
may construct models and make castings or moulds of artefacts and objects for display purposes
may clean rock matrix from fossil specimens, mould and restore skeletal parts, construct skeletal mounts, reassemble fragmented specimens and fabricate substitute pieces