Department of the Interior Museum Program - Preserving our Legacy
Bureaus and Offices within the Department with museum collections

Bureau of Indian Affairs
More than 5,600,000 items
Housed at 102 BIA locations and 71 other institutions

Bureau of Land Management
More than 11,400,000 items
Housed at 3 BLM locations and 121 other institutions
Bureau of Reclamation
More than 2,800,000 items
Housed at 9 BOR locations and 19 other institutions
Fish & Wildlife Service
More than 5,600,000 items
Housed at 173 FWS locations and 217 other institutions

Indian Arts & Crafts Board
More than 11,000 items
Housed at 3 IACB
locations

Minerals Management Service
55 items
Housed at 4 MMS locations
National Business Center
More than 5,700 items
Housed at 1 NBC location and 2 other institutions
National Park Service
More than 120,000,000 items
Housed at 321 NPS locations and 570 other institutions
Office of the Special Trustee
112 items
Housed at 5 OST locations
US Geological Survey
More than 40,000 items
Housed at 4 USGS locations and 2 other institutions

Employment and Contracting Information
USAJOBS - Your career in the U.S. Government starts here!

Internships - Through the National Council for Preservation Education

FedBizOpps - A conduit to the entire Federal contracting community

Harpers Ferry Center Office of Acquisition Management - Negotiates and establishes contracts and assistance agreements for the National Park Service


 

Managing Museum Property Course

Date: TBD

Location: TBD

Description: This five-day course provides training in the fundamentals of managing museum property.

Topics include:

Overview of the Interior Museum Program and the Office of Property and Acquisition Management
How Museum Collections Support DOI and Bureau Missions
Managing Archive Collections
Guidance on Reporting Requirements
Scope of Collections Statement
Museum Documentation (Accessions, Cataloging, Loans, & Deaccessioning)
Museum Collection Preservation
Storing and Exhibiting Museum Property
Museum Protection (Fire Protection, Security, and Emergency Management)
Working with Non-Federal repositories
Ideas on how to use museum collections

Participants: Curators, Museum Specialists, Property Managers, Archeologists, & other resource specialists with museum responsibilities, both within federal agencies and at partner repositories.

Course length: 36 hours

Funding: There is no tuition. Benefitting account for travel and per diem.
Lodging: $
M/IE: $

Application form for this course is available as a Word document. Print out the application. Application deadline will be set when course is scheduled.

Curating Natural History Collections Course

Date: TBD

Location: TBD

Description: This course provides training in the fundamentals of managing natural history collections. The course is broken into two parts. The first 2 days of the training will focus on general museum property management topics. The final 3 days of the training will focus on issues specific to different types of natural history collections. Students are welcome to attend all or part of the training.

General Topics include:

How museums support bureau missions
Planning documents
Scope of collection statements
Documenting collections
Managing archival collections
Integrated Pest Management
Working with Non-Federal Facilities
Exhibiting museum property
Security/Fire protection
Emergency management planning

Natural History specific topics include:

History of the preparation and care of natural history specimens
Preparation, care, and preservation of wet specimens
Basic Taxonomy
Natural History laws and mandates as they relate to museum collections
Planning for curation of natural history collections with partners
Caring for Vertebrate, Insect, Tree Ring, Plant, and Paleontology, and Geology specimens.
Testing for toxic preservatives

Participants: Curators, Museum Specialists, Property Managers, Archeologists, Natural History Specialists, & other resource specialists with museum responsibilities, both within federal agencies and at partner repositories.

Course length: 40 hours

Class size: 30 participants

Funding: There is no tuition. Benefitting account for travel and per diem.
Lodging: $
M/IE: $

Application form for this course is available as a Word document. Print out the application. Application deadline will be set when course is scheduled.

Training provided by other institutions and organizations

Department of the Interior training

 

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Last modified: Feb 2009

Featured Museums

Sherman Indian School
Riverside, CA
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Anazazi Heritage Center
Dolores, CO
Bureau of Land Management

Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center
Coulee Dam, WA
Bureau of Reclamation

National Conservation Training Center
Shepherdstown, WV

Fish & Wildlife Service

Southern Plains Indian Museum
Anadarko, OK
Indian Arts & Crafts Board

Interior Museum
Washington, DC
National Business Center

Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center
Gardiner, MT
National Park Service


Contact information:

Interior Museum Program
1849 C St NW MS 2607
Washington, DC 20240

Phone: 202-208-4698

Fax: 202-513-0822

Location:
Main Interior Building
Room 2071

The Interior Museum Program is a part of the Department of Interior's Office of Acquisition and Property Management