Curator
Paul Revere Memorial Association/Paul Revere House seeks candidates for the position of Curator. The Curator ensures that the collections held by the Association receive the highest level of care feasible, providing for all the conservation, research, documentation and record keeping for the collections whether on display, out on loan or in storage. This also entails publishing and sharing the collection in a range of formats and in ways that support the Association’s mission.
Position also has responsibility for the design and delivery of programs that relate to the collections, facilitating the work of outside scholars and students using the collection, ensuring that collections are used to advance the museum’s mission. Curator also manages routine facilities inspections and maintenance related to security, fire safety, and HVAC systems.
Primary duties include: all aspects of collections management, ensuring the period rooms in our historic homes are accurate and orderly, exhibit development, training of staff on collections, assisting scholars, students, authors, collectors, and the general public with research requests, collaborating with other senior staff on program development; giving lectures as required, and developing and implementing collaborative ventures with other cultural institutions;
Specific initiatives include: assisting with 250th of the American Revolution programs in 2025 and 2026 and computerizing the object and photo collections.
This is a senior staff position and includes site management on regularly scheduled weekends and holidays as well as front line duties (site interpreter, shop and ticket booth) as needed with general visitors and groups.
Qualifications: M.A., with at least 5 years of experience in a museum or public history setting. Good communications and organizational skills, experience supervising staff, money handling, relevant computer skills, experience with cataloging systems, ability to work collaboratively, and a sense of humor.
Full time with health and dental insurance, paid holidays and vacation, disability and life insurance, professional development opportunities, and retirement benefits.
Salary range $65,000 – $68,000.
Send resume and list of references by September 1, 2024 to:
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director
Paul Revere Memorial Association
19 North Square, Boston, MA, 02113
nina@paulreverehouse.org
 The Paul Revere Memorial Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is an American Alliance of Museums Accredited Museum.Â
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Part-Time Museum Interpreters
Paul Revere Memorial Association Short-Term Research Fellowship
In preparation for our celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Paul Revere Memorial Association seeks proposals for short-term research fellowships on topics related to Boston’s North End neighborhood. Our current priority is topics related to individuals or groups that are underrepresented in the existing scholarship about our site and our neighborhood, including Native American and Black residents. We are currently accepting proposals for research that will take place in the 2024-2025 academic year or summer 2025.Â
The Paul Revere Memorial Association (PRMA) owns and operates the Paul Revere House Museum and an adjacent visitor center, and our site includes buildings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Due to the upcoming 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and the 400th of the founding of Boston, we are especially interested in proposals related to the period between 1600 and 1800, but proposals related to any time period will be considered. The PRMA will use the research to enrich our interpretation of our properties for the general public, our school programs and teacher resources, and our adult programs. This may include updates to our on-site interpretation, blog posts, articles for our quarterly newsletter and our website. The researcher would be encouraged to work with the Association in developing some of these products.
The fellow would be awarded $6,000 for eight weeks of full-time research or the equivalent amount of part-time research over a longer period of time. We will also consider proposals for a longer or shorter project, with the award pro-rated as appropriate. Limited information may be available in the PRMA’s own collections, including information from previous archaeological excavations of the site, but the bulk of research is likely to be in other institutions’ collections. The physical location of the fellowship (remote or on-site) is flexible dependent on research needs.
Proposals are being considered on a rolling basis. To apply, please send a CV and a letter of interest to Tegan Kehoe, Research and Adult Program Director, at staff@paulreverehouse.org. The letter should be one to three pages and describe the topic or research question, and how this project will advance your career or your larger research goals. If your research is informed by your own relationship to a group that you study, we encourage you to include this information.
We welcome proposals from academic or public historians at any stage of career, including current students who have completed at least an M.A. degree. We strive to be an inclusive organization at all levels, and welcome proposals from scholars who identify as part of groups that are underrepresented in the history and museum fields.
Fall Internship
The Paul Revere House is looking for undergraduate or graduate students interested in internships for the Fall 2024 semester. Interns will participate in most day-to-day site activities (interacting with the public, speaking to school groups, curatorial duties as needed) and complete a research or other project determined by prior agreement between the intern and the Revere House internship supervisor. Projects can relate to Paul Revere, Boston in the American Revolution, or the history of the house or the North End neighborhood. Examples of past project topics include Patriots’ use of Mohawk imagery, slavery in colonial Boston, and immigrant women’s social clubs in the early twentieth century.
Internships are unpaid and preference is given to applicants planning to do their internship for academic credit. Internships are typically two days a week and 10-15 weeks, with the schedule to be agreed upon before the internship starts. Typically, all work is on site. Most of the site is wheelchair-accessible (including restrooms) and we will work with interns to ensure all accessibility needs are met.
Preferred qualifications: coursework or experience in history, museums, or a related field; comfort working with the public. We strive to be an inclusive organization at all levels, and welcome applications from candidates who identify as part of groups that are underrepresented in the history and museum fields.
To apply: Send resume and cover letter to Tegan Kehoe, Research and Adult Program Director, at staff@paulreverehouse.org by end of day July 26th. Please include “Fall 2024 internship” in the subject line.
Volunteer Opportunities
We welcome the assistance of committed volunteers. The areas where we generally use volunteers are: visitor services, gardening, light office work and research. Please send an e-mail to staff@paulreverehouse.org to share your interests and find out about our current needs.