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Museum Education Coordinator, Armstrong Air & Space Museum
Executive Director, Hardin County Historical Museums
Interpretive Specialist, Curatorial, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Summer 2025 Digital Collections Assistant, Oberlin Heritage Center
The Legacy Fund Fellowship for LGBTQIA Columbus History
Executive Director, International Women’s Air & Space Museum

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Museum Education Coordinator, Armstrong Air & Space Museum

Summary of Duties:
This professional position is responsible for completion of the education and programming functions of the museum. The Museum Education Coordinators work together as a team to execute the functions of the department by jointly fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of their roles. This position is within the Education and Guest Experience Department and reports to the Director of Education & Guest Experience. This is a full-time, non-exempt position with hourly based compensation and benefits.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
➢ Administrative scheduler for all museum programming.
➢ Coordinates museum rental experiences.
➢ Manages education, programming stats.
➢ Prepares and tracks education and programming invoices.
➢ Executes outreach for educational and promotion museum initiatives.
➢ Executes virtual tour programs.
➢ Executes educational distance learning programs.
➢ Executes onsite teaching experience with children Pre-K-12.
➢ Able to complete 3-D Modeling for exhibit design, educational experiences, and interpretation.
➢ Leads tour groups as guide and/or as coordinator as needed.
➢ Schedules tours and confirms group visits with guests.
➢ Creates and executes schedules to ensure tour logistics run smoothly.
➢ Facilitates visitor interaction through immersive exhibits.
➢ Works weekends, evenings, and other shifts as required based on guest bookings.
➢ Works scheduled overnight shifts on weekends for scout overnight tour programming.
➢ Assists the Director of Education & Guest Experience to execute rental events and other special events of the museum as required.
➢ Requires a valid driver’s license.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
➢ Oversees interns and volunteers as required.

Qualifications:
➢ Education – Requires associate’s degree in education, business, or similar degree from an accredited
college or university or equivalent experience.
➢ Language Skills – Requires the skills and abilities that allow for effective communication with the public
and fellow professionals.
➢ Mathematical Skills – Requires mathematical skills at the level to understand and prepare budget information and orders.
➢ Technical Skills – Knowledge of computers including Microsoft Office suite and the internet
➢ Reasoning Ability – Ability to work independently and on teams.
➢ Physical Demands:
• Travel required for outreach and library programming.
• Range of hearing, speech, and sight conducive to communicating with a varied audience and/or staff, to record, prepare and convey appropriate materials and reports. Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, telephone, photocopier, and other office equipment. May require prolonged standing, sitting, stooping, bending, lifting, or twisting.

Work Environment:
Work is performed in a museum or school-type setting. It involves frequent contact with staff, visitors, school, and tour groups. Work may be stressful at times. Frequent evening and/or weekends and holiday work.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Armstrong Air & Space Museum is an equal opportunity employer. The Armstrong Air & Space Museum does not discriminate in its employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, and veteran status, or on any other basis that would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law.

Starting compensation: $15.00 per hour ($31,200 annually); full time, non-exempt.
Benefits include: health insurance stipend, vacation and sick time, paid holidays, free museum
membership, discounts on museum merchandise and select programs.

Visit the Armstrong Air & Space Museum’s website for submission instructions

 

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Executive Director, Hardin County Historical Museums

The Hardin County Historical Museums (HCHM) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to collect and preserve the history of Hardin County, Ohio, and its people. Through our wide and varied collection, we share the importance of preserving our history so that future generations are able to gain an understanding of where we have been and to think critically about how these events shape our future. HCHM has two locations in Kenton: the Sullivan-Johnson House and the Hardin County Heritage Farm.

Position Summary:
The Executive Director is responsible for the overseeing all facets of the museum daily operations, leading the execution of board defined goals and objectives, managing, recruiting, and mentoring volunteers and interns, and works closely with the HCHM Board on a multitude of projects for the organization’s continued growth.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Direct and administer fundraising and development initiatives (i.e., grants, corporate partnerships, membership).
• Provide strategic vision, collections stewardship, business administration, financial management, and human resource management for staff and interns.
• Oversee and coordinate all public relations for the museum including, but not limited to: print, social, and other forms of new media to bring visitors to the museum both in person and virtually.
• Provide vision and leadership at all levels of the organization in the development of annual and multi-year strategy and initiatives.
• Manage a small group of individuals including volunteers and interns including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, managing, and evaluating.
• Coordinate all educational programming for learners of all ages, aligning with k-12 needs of local school districts.
• Work closely with the museum board to develop annual budgets and forecast future financial needs.
• Represent HCHM at local and state conferences and other events, while maintaining strong connections with
numerous community stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the museum board regarding museum operations, proposing policy for approval, and ensure
HCHM is acting effectively and efficiently with current and long-range needs/plans.
• Perform all registration activities for the collections according to the HCHM’s Collections Management Policy, including de-accessioning.
• Be available to work regular weekend and occasional evening hours for special events and meetings.
• Define, develop, and construct semi-regular exhibits out of the collections and from other relevant sources.
• Lead tours and programs to museum visitors and to outside organizations.

Required Skills/Experience:
• Minimum of an undergraduate college degree required and masters-level degree preferred in nonprofit administration, humanities discipline, museum studies, public history, business, library sciences, or closely related field.
• 2-3 years’ progressive experience in organizational management.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources, marketing, leadership, and coordination of people and resources.
• Ability to analyze operational data to evaluate performance of programs and in meeting objectives and determine areas of program improvement, policy change, and cost-effectiveness.
• Proven experience in grant writing and grants management.
• Experience in non-profit governance, historic collections and archives, and capacity building.
• Experience in database management, with competency with Quickbooks, Microsoft Office, CRM, and PastPerfect, or other closely related program.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects at once.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Energetic, personable, courteous, and professional when engaging visitors and the community.
• Be a team player while completing projects in a timely and professional manner despite interruptions.
• Have a high attention to detail that requires minimal oversight and correction.
• Be open to suggestions and actively strive for best practices in the museum and non-profit fields.

Reporting:
This position reports to and works closely with the Board President and Museum Board, which meets monthly.

Work Environment:
Standard office environment when doing administrative tasks; some work within collections storage areas. Must be able to lift 20 pounds and be able to bend, stoop, stand for extended periods of time occasionally, and climb ladders as necessary. Other reasonable duties as requested or assigned. Must have a reliable mode of transportation.

Compensation:
This is a full-time salaried position beginning at $40,000-43,000, and commensurate with experience. The position offers individual private health insurance coverage, two weeks paid time off, paid holidays, and a modest professional development fund.

To Apply:
Interested individuals must submit a cover letter, resumé, and the contact information for three (3) professional references to HCHM Board President, John Neville, at jneville@bright.net. Email subject line must read “HCHM Executive Director Application.” Application review will begin on March 1st and will continue until position is filled.

The Hardin County Historical Museums is an equal opportunity employer.

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Interpretive Specialist, Curatorial, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Date: February 2025 Status: Non-Exempt, part time, 29 hours a week, $13/hour.
Reporting Supervisor: Interpretive Manager, Curatorial

Position Overview:

The Interpretive Specialist, Curatorial is a part-time employee of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens hired by the President & Executive Director upon the recommendation of the Interpretive Manager, Curatorial. This person works directly with staff and volunteers to implement museum policies and procedures regarding the protection, care, documentation, presentation and interpretation of the museum collections as well as public and private spaces. Primary responsibility is to achieve the highest professional standards of appearance and cleanliness of museum and associated areas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Maintain a professional attitude when working with the public, volunteer staff, guests and fellow employees.
2. Demonstrate and support a culture of diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging.
3. Assist Interpretive Management staff with ongoing maintenance and cleanliness of public areas, tour routes, lower level hallway and bathrooms.
4. Assist Interpretive Management Staff with thorough and careful cleaning and ongoing maintenance of historic interiors and collections storage areas and their contents, paying strict attention to detail and care while following approved guidelines of proper handling and preservation techniques.
5. Check security and condition of all collection objects on a daily basis; report any damaged/missing objects to Interpretative Manager, Curatorial.
6. In conjunction with the Interpretative Manager, Curatorial, help with the development of collections maintenance plans, including inventory, condition assessments, and routine audits.
7. Assist the Interpretive Management staff with on-going projects within the collections and archives, including exhibitions.
8. Participate in required public events.
9. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Prior experience in a museum setting highly desirable.
2. Computer literacy highly desirable.
3. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to relate to persons of all ages and of diverse backgrounds, skills and abilities.
4. Ability to pay attention to details and be organized.

Education and/or Experience:

1. A high school diploma is required. A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
2. A bachelors degree in history, museum studies, historic preservation, or other related field is a plus.

Usual and Customary Expectations:

1. Expect to spend 80% of the workday standing and/or walking.
2. Ability to move up to 40 pounds.
3. Frequent and regular stooping and crouching and as much as 30% of the workday may be spent kneeling.
4. Ability to go up stairs and reach high places.
5. Should be able to carry out personal and telephone conversations.

To apply for a position at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, download an employment application from our website. Submit your resume, cover letter and employment application to jobs@stanhywet.org or mail to:

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Attn: Human Resources
714 North Portage Path
Akron OH 44303

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Summer 2025 Digital Collections Assistant, Oberlin Heritage Center

Application Deadline: April 1, 2025

Position Summary
The Oberlin Heritage Center (OHC) is seeking a college or graduate-level intern to assist with a multi-year collections initiative. This position will support the migration of OHC’s collection database to an online, publicly accessible platform. The intern will work closely with OHC’s Collections Manager to scan historic photographs and postcards and review and edit catalog records for public viewing.

Position Responsibilities
• Scan historic photographs, postcards and other materials in accordance with OHC’s digital preservation guidelines
• Create access copies of scanned images
• Create metadata for scanned images
• Review and edit catalog descriptions for public viewing on a cloud-based collections database

Qualifications
• College level course work and/or hands-on experience in history, public history, museum collections, or archives
• Enthusiasm for digital preservation and community history
• Communicate effectively in writing and orally
• Work well independently and with other staff, interns, and volunteers
• Have a strong attention to detail and demonstrate organizational skills
• Able to climb stairs frequently due to the layout of our historic buildings
• Treat everyone with respect, courtesy, and attentiveness; commit to OHC’s Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion initiatives and values.

Hours and Compensation:
10 week Internship; 30 hours a week (flexibility on start and end dates)
Compensation: $13.50/hour

To apply by April 1st, send a cover letter, current resume, and contact information for two professional references to oberlinheritagecenter@gmail.com. Please use the subject line “2025 Digital Collections Assistant.” Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

This position was made possible by a gift from David and Eleanor Ignat in honor and memory of Evan Walter Nord.

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The Legacy Fund Fellowship for LGBTQIA Columbus History

Project description: Over the past 25 years, the LGBTQIA community has won significant civil rights victories thanks to activism and support from groups like The Legacy Fund. As we face a moment of cultural backlash to these achievements, it is important that Central Ohio make investments in its cultural and local history infrastructure to ensure that history is not forgotten, lost or erased. We believe that a deeper awareness of local LGBTQIA history will have a radical impact on our understanding of Central Ohio’s history.

Fellowship: In honor of the 25th anniversary of The Legacy Fund of the Columbus Foundation, Ohio Humanities in collaboration with the Local History and Genealogy Department at the Columbus Metropolitan Library seeks to support a public history fellow to help address the gaps in LGBTQIA history in Central Ohio. The aim of the initiative is to extend awareness of this history beyond the AIDS epidemic and organizations like ACT-Up, and beyond more recent history of the late-20th and early 21st centuries. As  such, we are particularly interested in historians who can reach deep into Columbus’ past. The ideal candidate will have deep and fine-grained curiosity about the history of LGBTQIA people in Central Ohio.

Outcomes:
– Journal Publication Opportunity: The fellow may have an opportunity to submit their work for consideration for publication in the Rust Belt Studies: A Journal Emplaced Humanities, a new initiative of the Rust Belt Humanities Lab, Ohio Humanities, and Midstory.
– Travelling Pop-Up Exhibit: As a culmination to the research, CML, Ohio Humanities, and the fellow will create a pop-up banner exhibit that can travel to sites throughout Central Ohio, including CML branches and Legacy Fund partners.
– Lecture/In-Person Presentation: The fellow may have an opportunity to share the results of their research at The Legacy Fund’s annual fundraising event, and/or another public event organized by The Legacy Fund or the Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Qualifications include:
– Excellent writing, research, and communication skills;
– Familiarity with Central Ohio history and culture;
– Experience with exhibit design and other forms of public history communication;
– Ability to research independently;
– Ability to work collaboratively in an environment with diverse perspectives;
– Commitment to meeting established deadlines;
– Availability to meet electronically and in person with OH and CMH staff;
– Education:
o Preferred: Advanced degree in History (Public preferred), Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Folklore Studies, Archive and Library Science, or related humanities and social science disciplines.
o Minimum Requirement: Extensive and verifiable experience carrying out public history research, writing, and exhibit development.

Fellowship begins immediately upon the identification of a successful candidate. The position will require 10-15 hours per week for up to 12 weeks. As a paid fellowship of Ohio Humanities, candidates may expect to receive an honorarium of $5,000 (flat rate); benefits are not available for this position. The fellow will have access to a budget for research-related activities.

To apply, send cover letter outlining qualifications, curriculum vita or resume, and a relevant writing sample to David Merkowitz, PhD; dmerkowitz@ohiohumanities.org. Deadline: February 15, 2025.

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Executive Director, International Women’s Air & Space Museum

Job Description
The International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to collect, preserve, and showcase the history and culture of women in all areas of aviation and aerospace; educate people of the world about their contributions; and inspire future generations by bringing the history to life. IWASM is located in the Burke Lakefront Airport in downtown Cleveland, OH.

Position Summary:
The Executive Director is responsible for the overseeing all facets of the museum daily operations, leading the execution of board defined goals and objectives, managing, recruiting and mentoring staff, volunteers, and interns, and works closely with the IWASM Board of Trustees and Advisors on a multitude of projects for the organization’s continued growth.

Duties and Responsibilities:
 Direct and administer fundraising and development (i.e., grants, Legacy Giving, membership), marketing,
providing strategic vision, collections stewardship, business administration, financial management, and human resource management for paid and unpaid staff and interns.
 Oversee and coordinate all public relations for the museum including, but not limited to: print, social, and other forms of new media to bring visitors to the museum both in person and virtually.
 Provide vision and leadership at all levels of the organization in the development of annual and multi-year strategy and initiatives.
 Manage a diverse group of individuals including paid and unpaid staff, volunteers, interns including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, managing, and evaluating.
 Coordinate all educational programming for learners of all ages, aligning k-12 programming with state and national education standards.
 Work closely with the Treasurer and Finance Committee to develop annual budgets and investment management.
 Represent IWASM at local, state, regional, and national conferences and within organization, while maintaining strong connections with numerous community stakeholders.
 Collaborate with the Board of Trustees regarding museum operations, proposing policy for approval, and ensure IWASM is acting effectively and efficiently with current and long-range needs/plans.
 Perform all registration activities for the collections according to the IWASM’s Collections Management Policy.
 Be available to work occasional weekend and evening hours for special events and meetings.
 Define, develop and construct exhibits out of the collections and from other relevant sources alongside the Collections Manager and other IWASM staff and volunteers.
 Lead tours and programs to museum visitors and to outside organizations, training docents as needed.

Required Skills/Experience:
 Minimum of an undergraduate college degree required and masters-level degree preferred in nonprofit
administration, humanities discipline, museum studies, public history, business, library sciences, or closely related field.
 3-4 years’ progressive experience in organizational management.
 Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources, marketing, leadership, and coordination of people and resources.
 Ability to analyze operational data to evaluate performance of programs and staff in meeting objectives and determine areas of program improvement, policy change, and cost-effectiveness.
 Proven experience in grant writing and grants management.
 Experience in non-profit governance, historic collections and archives, and capacity building.
 Experience in database management, with competency with Quickbooks, Microsoft Office, CRM, and PastPerfect, or other closely related program.
 Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects at once.
 Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
 Energetic, personable, courteous, and professional when engaging visitors and the community.
 Flexible and adaptable, ability to work outside normal business hours as necessary including require weekend of the Cleveland National Air Show.
 Be a team player while completing projects in a timely and professional manner despite interruptions.
 Have a high attention to detail that requires minimal oversight and correction.
 Be open to suggestions and actively strive for best practices in the museum and non-profit fields.

Reporting:
This position reports to and works closely with the Board President, Executive Committee, and Board of Trustees.

Work Environment:
Standard office environment when doing administrative tasks; some work within collections storage areas. Must be able to lift 20 pounds and be able to bend, stoop, stand for extended periods of time occasionally, and climb ladders as necessary. Other reasonable duties as requested or assigned. Must have a reliable mode of transportation.

Compensation:
This position is a full-time salaried position beginning at $40,000-43,000, and commensurate with experience. The position offer offers two weeks paid time off, 10 paid holidays, and a modest professional development fund. No other benefits are provided.

To Apply:
Interested individuals must submit a cover letter, resume, and the contact information for three (3) professional references to IWASM Board President, Marcy Frumker at iwasmboard@gmail.com. Email subject line must read “IWASM Executive Director Application.” Applications must be submitted by 11:59 pm EST on Saturday, January 18, 2025. No phone calls or mailed applications will be accepted.

The International Women’s Air & Space Museum is an equal opportunity employer.

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