Registration Assistant
The Museum of the City of New York fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world’s most influential
metropolis. It engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city’s past, present, and future.
The Registration Assistant is an essential member of the Collections team that will be responsible for maintaining
the intellectual and physical control of both the Museum’s collections objects and those loaned to the Museum for
exhibition in conjunction with the Head Registrar and Assistant Registrar.
This is a part-time, temporary position that reports directly to the Head Registrar with additional oversight by the
Assistant Registrar. This position requires the ability to travel as needed.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Working independently, duties of this temporary position may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assist in the coordination of all practical arrangements for exhibitions, including loan negotiation,

• Directly handle the unpacking/packing, record packing notes, and conduct condition examinations

• Assist in the maintenance of registrarial information in exhibition databases (Smartsheet, Teams, TMS

• Assist in the coordination of packing and transport for incoming acquisitions, and directly handle the

• Update and maintain collections management database records including cataloging and reference

• Perform other duties as needed

A successful candidate will have:

• A minimum of two years of experience in registration work, along with demonstrated knowledge of

frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Substantial
movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to
perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal;
extensive reading. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color and
peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. On occasion, the employee may be required to
work outside events with weather conditions including heat and cold.
BENEFITS
The salary range for this position is$40 per hour. Your employment relationship with the Museum qualifies you
for free or discounted admission to other participating cultural institutions.
Currently, MCNY operates on a hybrid schedule. This position requires two days in the office (Wednesdays and
Thursdays) and the possibility for occasional remote work as job requirements allow.
HOW TO APPLY
Please email your resume and cover letter to the Museum of the City of New York Attention: Human Resources
Department to jobs@mcny.org. To be considered, please include Registration Assistant within the subject line of
your email.
The Museum of the City of New York is committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff
as diverse as New York City and the audiences who are curious about learning more about its history and engaging in
contemporary urban issues. Our staff members are dedicated to working towards a common goal: creating the most dynamic
and inspiring city museum in the world.
The Museum of the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the museum provides equal employment
opportunity for all employees and applicants without unlawful discrimination with respect to age, citizenship status, color,
creed, disability, ethnicity, gender identification or expression, marital status, military status or veteran, national origin,
political association, political/personal convictions, predisposing genetic characteristics, race (including traits historically
associated with race, such as hair texture and style), religion (including attire, clothing or facial hair worn in accordance with
religious requirements), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and transgender status), sexual
orientation, socio-economic status, geographic location, philosophies, or any other classification protected by federal, state or
local laws, in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion,
demotion, transfer, lay-off, and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. The Museum complies with
applicable state and local law governing nondiscrimination in employment which prohibits discrimination and harassment
against any employees, applicants for employment or interns, as well as contractors, subcontractors, vendors, consultants,
other individuals providing services in the workplace or their employees in every location in which the Museum has facilities.