Employment Opportunity: PA Looking for History Curators

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), the Commonwealth’s official history agency, is seeking Museum History Curators within the Bureaus of the State Museum and Historic Sites and Museums. Museum History Curators perform work that includes assisting with collections inventories, performing basic research on artifacts/specimens, cataloging artifacts/specimens, entering
collections data into the PHMC’s collections database and reconciling inventory discrepancies. The PHMC expects to fill vacancies for a pilot project to inventory collections beginning spring, 2012.  In
order to be eligible for these positions, you must take the Pennsylvania Civil Service examination for Museum History Curator through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission. Pennsylvania residency requirement has been waived for these positions. The examination, instructions and additional information may be accessed directly at:
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_73945_1225164_0_0_18/2012-030_Museum_Curator,_History_1.htm