Job Opening Title:
Collections Associate (Part-Time)
Name of Employer:
Holocaust Museum LA
Job Site Location (City AND State):
Los Angeles, California
Application Deadline:
May 1, 2026
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Museum Studies, Library Science, Archives, History, or related field.
Years of experience required:
0-2
Salary Range:
$20/hour
Job Opening URL:
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply:
Holocaust Museum LA is seeking a highly organized Collections Associate to join our team on a temporary part-time basis (3 full days a week). This role will be to organize, research, and catalogue materials from the Museum’s collection, including personal papers, photographs and manuscripts, official documents, three-dimensional artifacts, and oral histories.
The Collections Associate will utilize pre-determined metadata standards, and work within the Museum’s Collection Management System (CMS) to create object records for unprocessed materials and also work to enhance existing catalogue records where needed, to make the collection discoverable and accessible to researchers, scholars, students, and the public. This position reports to the Collections Manager, with oversight and guidance from the Vice President of Collections and Exhibits.
Key Responsibilities include:
• Create object records in the Museum’s CMS for newly donated collections, including descriptive information about the artifact and its history, as well as inventory numbers, subject terms, location, date, and country of origin, and provenance.
• Scan and/or photograph objects from the collection, as well as attaching any finding aids, transcripts, translations, summaries, or other appropriate material, to the object record.
• Preserving, cataloguing, and digitizing primary source artifacts such as personal papers, photographs and manuscripts, official documents, three-dimensional artifacts, and oral histories.
• Conduct necessary background research into artifacts in the collection, including information about the specific object, its provenance, and any relevant historical context.
• Work collaboratively with the Collections Manager, Associate Collections Manager, Vice President of Collections and Exhibits, and Chief Impact Officer (as needed) to ensure consistency of metadata to enhance access and discoverability of the collection and update existing procedures where needed.
• Apply proper collection handling care and preservation techniques when dealing with objects in the collection, including proper handling and housing/storage of artifacts, utilizing museum best practice.
• Provide support to the Collections Manager and Vice President of Collections and Exhibits where needed.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Museum Studies, Library Science, Archive, or History related field, with basic training or experience in collections management principles and practices.
• Professional experience in a directly related field of work such as history, archive, or museum work, that involved working with the handling and cataloging of a collection in a CMS.
• Experience in research with an interest in collection management and Holocaust/20th-century European history.
• Strong organization and time-management skills, with an attention to accuracy and detail.
• Fluency in a second language such as German, Polish, Dutch, French, Russian, Yiddish, or Hungarian, a plus.
• Availability to work on-site three days per week.
Working Schedule:
Approximately 23 hours a week between Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm.
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and references to: jobs@hmla.org