MAUREEN TUCKER
Seattle
Summary
As a Collections Registrar I have experience in caring for public and private collections maintaining and caring for large collections across various sites. A dedicated professional with expertise in caring for collections following the highest standards. I have worked on various projects that required a high level of organization, collaboration and flexibility.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Registrar, Collections
Vale (formally Vulcan)
01.2019 - 12.2024
- As the Collections Registrar, I managed the care of a private collection following museum standards
- In addition to the routine responsibilities of caring for a large collection, I managed a major donation of 4,000+ works to the MoPOP (Museum of Pop Culture) in 2023 as well as worked on the ground-breaking Visionary sale at Christie's in November 2022 and the Gen One sale at Christie's in 2024
- Manage all aspects of the collection in storage including strategic storage planning, condition reporting, cataloging, rehousing, inventories, conservation as needed, cleaning and maintenance
- Supervised a crew of Registrars and Preparators to assist with condition reports and packing
- Maintained thorough documentation, spreadsheets and communication to all departments and entities for planning and implementing transfer of donation
- Assisted with coordinating shipping arrangements
- Created and maintained checklists and documentation
- Assisted with digital files transfer
- Assisted with condition reporting and packing of the Visionary sale in 2022 and the Gen One sale in 2024
- Assist with the development and implementation of short and long-term collection and storage goals
- Organized and implemented quarterly and annual inventories
- Collaborated on the development and implementation of the emergency preparedness and response policies and procedures and maintain updates
- Updated and maintained collections care guidelines
- Contributed to the collections management policies and procedures for storage and overall collections care
- Oversee environmental climate monitoring and pest management programs
- Assist with site specific installations and surveys
Assistant Registrar
Vulcan
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Completed cataloging and documentation of the collection
- Assisted with condition reports and assessments, rehousing, packing, site specific inventories and surveys
- Managed collections interns for cataloging projects
Contract Registrar
Vulcan
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Cataloged the collection
- Updated collection documentation including annual appraisals in collections database
- Assisted with loan files documentation
- Assisted with digitization of files
Contract Registrar
Federal Bureau of Investigators, FBI
04.2014 - 05.2014
- Assisted with art seizure processing, documentation and implementation
Associate Registrar for Collections and Database Administration
Indianapolis Museum of Art
01.2009 - 03.2013
Assistant Registrar
Indianapolis Museum of Art
12.1999 - 01.2009
- Managed all new acquisitions processing, documentation, condition reporting, housing, storage, and shipping arrangements
- Generated quarterly and annual financial and institutional reports for the museum's collection
- Maintained reporting on the museum's website for all acquisitions, deaccessions, loans out program and gallery rotations
- Conducted quarterly inventories and condition assessments of the collection
- Assisted with the Loans program
- Documented deaccessions including disposal and use of generated proceeds
- Managed the museum's collections management database system
- Supervised all museum data entry and data clean-up
- Generated all database reports for collections and loans programs
- Developed and maintained data entry guidelines and standards
- Created and maintained all database training materials
- Conducted all staff training for collections database and led quarterly database meetings
- Implemented automation of art purchase funds, conservation treatment and reports, museum loans, multi-department paperwork, acquisitions paperwork and reports in collections database
- Assisted with database conversion, upgrades and testing
- Assisted with developing and maintaining reporting on the museum's website of the collection, deaccessions, loans and gallery rotations
- Assisted with planning and implementing gallery rotations
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology and Art History
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MichiganSkills
- Collections management
- Collections planning, packing and shipping
- Database administration
- Emergency preparedness planning
Timeline
Registrar, Collections
Vale (formally Vulcan)
01.2019 - 12.2024
Assistant Registrar
Vulcan
01.2018 - 01.2019
Contract Registrar
Vulcan
01.2016 - 01.2018
Contract Registrar
Federal Bureau of Investigators, FBI
04.2014 - 05.2014
Associate Registrar for Collections and Database Administration
Indianapolis Museum of Art
01.2009 - 03.2013
Assistant Registrar
Indianapolis Museum of Art
12.1999 - 01.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology and Art History
Michigan State University
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