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Parks Museum Curator (Interim)
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
Advertisement Closes: 9/2/2025 (8:00 PM EDT)
Job Number: 25-05046
Pay Grade: 14
Salary: $21.51 - $32.27 Hourly
Employment Type: EXECUTIVE BRANCH | LESS THAN 9 MONTHS MAXIMUM | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK
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Hiring Agency: Tourism, Arts, & Heritage Cabinet | Kentucky Department of Parks
Location: Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
94 Green Street
PO Box 155
Wickliffe, KY 40475 USA
Description
Are you detail-oriented and passionate about museum work, collections care, and archaeology? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Located near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, Wickliffe Mounds preserves a Mississippian-era Native American village dating from A.D. 1100 to 1350. Since its opening in 1932, the museum has showcased artifacts excavated onsite – such as pottery and stone tools—that offer insight into the lives of early Native cultures along the Mississippi River.
The site includes a museum, exhibits, artifact collections, and a curation facility, and is situated along both the Great River Road National Scenic Byway and the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Join us in protecting and interpreting this nationally significant archaeological site.
The Parks Museum Curator position identifies and documents the inventories of the site’s archaeological, historical, and archival collections. Performs cataloging and inventorying of the collections and enters appropriate information in the collections management database. Works to rehouse artifact collections for preservation initiatives. Maintains inventories and summaries of collections protected by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), works to identify and document NAGPRA objects. Assists with interpretive programs. Other duties as assigned.
This is an Interim position. An Interim position means a position established to address a one-time or recurring need of less than nine (9) months duration and exempt from the classified service under KRS 18A.115.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Identifies, assesses, documents and maintains inventories of the site’s archaeological, historical, archival and special use collections; cataloging and inventorying of collections and enters appropriate information in the collections management database.
- Performs preservation initiatives through a special project for rehousing artifacts in an archaeological curation facility.
- Maintains inventories and summaries of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) collections, and works to identify and document NAGPRA related objects in the collections for consultations; prepares collections for repatriation.
- Assists park staff with interpretive programs as needed and follows all park safety, security protocols, policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements
EDUCATION:
Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor’s degree in museum studies, museology or museum sciences OR a bachelor’s degree in history, public history archaeology, anthropology or a related field which includes fifteen semester hours in museum studies, museology or museum sciences.
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS:
Two years of experience in the care, management or interpretation of museum collections; or in the identification, cataloging, or research of artifacts; or curatorship, conservatorship, archiving, or library experience.
Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: Additional education in one of the above fields will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Additional experience in one of the above fields will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE
Working Conditions
Primarily works inside and deals with general public. If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Carla Hildebrand at CarlaHildebrand@ky.gov or 270-335-3681.
An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D
