Assistant Registrar for The W.H. Stark House - 1 year position The W.H. Stark House, a program of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, is seeking an experienced Assistant Registrar for a one year assignment. The Assistant Register will work under the direction of the Stark Museum of Art Registrar to update and maintain the W.H. Stark House object records in the collection management database, The Museum System (TMS). The W.H. Stark House: The W.H. Stark House is a 14,000 square-foot home built in 1894 in Orange, Texas by William Henry Stark and his wife, Miriam M. Lutcher Stark, prominent philanthropists who occupied the home until 1936. Designed in the Queen Anne architectural style, the house features a distinctive turret, stained glass windows, and ornate woodwork in cypress and long leaf yellow pine. Today, the three-story structure stands much as it did at the turn of the 20th century, with fifteen rooms of original family furnishings, personal effects and decorative arts. The interior of both The W.H. Stark House and its adjacent Carriage House depicts the home life of the Starks in the early 1900s and provides an extraordinary statement of Texas' social history. www.starkhouse.org<http://www.starkhouse.org/> The W.H. Stark House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark by the Texas Historical Commission. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: * Data Entry: Enter and update information from the paper collection cards in each TMS object record * Keep updated all the locations in The W.H. Stark House and Carriage House object locations in TMS * Cataloguing Objects: Create new records for The W.H. Stark House objects that have not been previously recorded in TMS * Other duties may be assigned Minimum Requirements: * B.A. in Museum Studies, History, Art History or related degree is required * Minimum of 1-2 years experience in a registrar's office is required * 3 years experience in a historic house is strongly preferred * Experience with automated collection management systems preferred * Applicants must be extremely detail oriented, organized, capable of doing repetitive tasks, enthusiastic with excellent computer skills Physical Requirements: Stairs are an essential part of The W.H. Stark House. The Assistant Registrar must have the ability to climb stairs; stepladders, lift up to 20#; ability to see colors; and work at a computer for extended periods of time. Compensation: Compensation is $961.54/bi-weekly; temporary position does not include benefits How to apply: Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume with three references to Kathleen Hardey at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Open until filled Allison Evans Registrar Stark Museum of Art 712 Green Avenue Orange, TX 77630 409-886-ARTS or 409-886-2787