Alexandra van den Berg

annasarajane@gmail.com

Skills:
Proficient with museum databases PastPerfect and Mimsy
Accessioning and deaccessioning according to collection plan
Conformity to standardization, authority files in digital records
Keeping accurate accounts of collection inventory
Art and artifact handling
Framing basics
Condition reporting

Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

Collection care and storage best practices

Photography of a wide variety of objects
Fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop CS6
Training and supervision of volunteers
Prioritizing projects and meeting deadlines
Microsoft office, PC and Mac
German, Dutch, some French, smattering of Italian

2014-Present

Art Handler and Museum Installer, Art Study Center

Retrieve, store, install, and monitor art and artifacts during study appointments with individual members of the public and
class groups, returning pieces to storage when no longer needed.

Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT

2005-2014

Contracted Collections Manager (June 2014, September-October 2014)

Rehoused, photographed, and stabilized costume and textile collections
Contracted Collections Manager (November 2012 December 2012)
Relocated framed art and document collections to new storage facility, cleaning, reframing, and making minor repairs.
Accessioned and deaccessioned as required for re-focusing permanent collection to reflect new collecting mission.
Collections Management Assistant (June - December 2009)
Photographed, studied, and boxed 19th century costume collection.
Assisted museum director in researching and installing new permanent exhibit about 19th century world travel.
Museum Intern (Summers 2005 - 2007)
Handled memberships and mailings through PastPerfect
Inventoried and reorganized storage of ethnographic collections, works on paper, ceramics, Asian artifacts, and paintings.
Improved digital access by photographing collections and standardizing database records in PastPerfect

Collections Management Internships

American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (June - December 2011)
Researched and photographed 18th century clothing and 20th century shirtwaist collections.
Hand-sewed colonial clothing for two dolls on permanent display.
Rewrote disaster plan using dPlan.org
Private costume collection, Marthas Vineyard, MA, under Edward Maeder (June 2011)
Cleaned, steamed, and mounted 19th and 20th century clothing on sculpted mannequins for professional photography.

Other Experience
Private Child Care Provider, OLoughlin Family, Arlington, MA (January 2010-August 2010, September 2013-May 2014)
Lecturer, History and Politics of Fashion, Experimental College, Tufts University (Spring Semester, 2013 and 2014)
Teaching Assistant, History Department, Tufts University (Fall Semesters, 2010 - 2011)
Volunteer Church Representative, Frankfurt, Germany (November 2007 May 2009)

Education:
Tufts University, Medford, MA
MA in History and Museum Studies, 2012
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
BA in Art History, 2007, Summa Cum Laude, GPA 4.0
Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, Italy - Spring Semester, 2006
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England - International Summer School for Art History, Summer Term, 2005