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Collections Associate

Job Location: Taos, New Mexico
Application Deadline: September 14, 2026 11:59pm MST
Salary Range: $47,000 – $49,500 DOE annual salary + 44% generous benefits including
retirement, health and holiday.

UNM Title: H4018 / Collections Associate
UNM Position Grade: 11
FLSA: Exempt / Full-time
Reports to: Collections Manager, Harwood Museum of Art
UNM Job Requisition #: req36345

The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico, based off-campus in Taos, New Mexico, seeks a collaborative and detail-oriented Collections Associate.

This key staff member coordinates the stewardship, documentation, preservation, accessibility, and movement of the museum’s permanent collection and incoming and outgoing loans in accordance with professional museum standards. Working collaboratively across curatorial, exhibitions, education, and operations, this position supports acquisitions, collections care, conservation, digitization, exhibitions, publications, research, and public access while ensuring the long-term preservation and accurate documentation of the museum’s 6,500-object collection.

The Collections Associate manages the museum’s collections management database and coordinates all aspects of incoming and outgoing loans, object movement, condition reporting, packing and shipping, copyright and image permissions, and collections access. This position also assists with acquisitions, conservation projects, collections research, grant-funded initiatives, and institutional planning related to collections stewardship while helping maintain the museum’s commitment to the highest professional and ethical standards of collections care.

Under general supervision coordinates and oversees a museum’s collections items, acquisitions, documentation, use, preservation, disposition, and maintenance. Receives, prepares, and catalogs new materials; coordinates and organizes exhibition-related movement of objects, including packing, shipping, and insurance for collections, exhibitions, and incoming and outgoing loans. Coordinates access to collection for study, teaching, and research. Coordinates and facilitates maintenance activity reports and other database management. Coordinates publicity and publications related to the collection and exhibitions including copyright permissions and images. May supervise museum personnel, volunteers, and/or students.

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