Assistant Registrar, On-Call

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the United States and a thriving cultural center for the Bay Area. We cannot imagine life without art; it inspires and connects us every day. Now more than ever, these connections matter and are aligned with our values.
Inclusive: We strive to be a museum of many voices in dialogue.  
Passionate: We believe working with art is more than a job or trusteeship - it's a way of life.  
Brave: We are committed to approaching our work with courage and a sense of adventure, always ready to explore new perspectives.
Empathic: We aim to act like a person, not an institution. 
SFMOMA is a place for the infinitely curious to explore, support, and experience the art of our time. We believe that modern and contemporary art can influence the way we think, view the world, and embrace the many voices and perspectives around us. We aspire to foster an environment that elicits joy, nurtures a sense of belonging and purpose—where difference is seen as a strength, and every one is appreciated for their whole self.
Schedule: On-Call
The Assistant Registrar, On-Call has an important role in supporting registration activities for the museum’s collections and exhibitions programs. They are responsible for successfully planning, managing, and documenting registration activities for assigned projects related to accessions/deaccessions, collections care, outgoing/incoming loans, rotations and exhibitions programs, including the Fisher Collection. The Assistant Registrar, On-Call handles assigned registration activities for a range of modern and contemporary artwork types and SFMOMA exhibitions, in ways that reflect knowledge and understanding of registration methods and best practices. 
Reporting to the Director of Registration, the Assistant Registrar, On-Call works collaboratively on assigned projects with Registration project points and with colleagues in CED, Curatorial, Facilities, Operations, Security, Visitor Experience, and other museum departments in realizing integrated collections stewardship, collaborative collections and exhibitions research, and engaging and inspiring public programming. The individual works with and represents the museum’s interests to members of the arts communities, such as artists, studios, fabricators, estates, donors, vendors, galleries, and other museums.  

Responsibilities & Duties

• Team Participation 
• Encourage and contribute to an inclusive, rewarding, and inspiring workplace, where innovation, discovery, and constant learning cultivate a deep sense of belonging and shared responsibility within the Registration team.   
• Share in fostering a culture of safety, inclusivity, and equity.  
• Work in a healthy and flexible style, and models empathy and understanding.  
• Participate in nurturing collaboration and partnership across teams with fluid communication and respect for diverse expertise essential to an art museum.  
• Demonstrate a commitment to the museum’s strategic focus of making programming that engages visitors and inspires individuals to return and recommend the museum to their family and friends.  
• Represent the museum at the local, national, and international levels.  
• Participate in professional networks, workshops, and programs to stay current with relevant practices, methods, and technologies, as well adding new skills to share with the department.  


• Collections
• Assist with arrangements for acquisitions to the collection.
• Coordinate safe packing, shipping, movement, and handling of artworks. 
• Communicate with lenders, donors, packers, vendors, forwarding agents and shippers. 
• Examine artworks, produce condition reports, and generate receipts. 
• Coordinate matting and framing of artworks. 
• Oversee preparation and installation/deinstallation of works for Accessions Committee meetings. 
• Arrange for return of works not accessioned. 
• Coordinate examinations and treatments with Conservation.  
• Facilitate storage of accessioned objects. 
• Assist with arrangements for loans out from the collection.
• Coordinate safe packing, shipping, movement, and handling of artworks. 
• Communicate with lenders, donors, packers, vendors, forwarding agents and shippers. 
• Examine artworks, produce condition reports, and generate receipts. 
• Coordinate matting and framing of artworks. 
• Coordinate examinations and treatments with Conservation.  
• Generate loan reports and packets. 
• As needed, travel to borrowing institutions to oversee transport, unpacking, installation, condition reporting, and/or repacking of loans out artworks. 
• Assist with