Description
The Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) is seeking a conservator to provide services for various portrait and artifact conservation projects during FY26. The selected conservator will be required to have experience in evaluating, treating, housing, and documenting objects and paintings, and must adhere to the Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). The conservator must have a lab located within a three-hour radius of the ADAH. The Master Agreement will be measured per hour based on the hourly rate published in Alabama Buys.
Key responsibilities and requirements include:
• Evaluating and treating objects and paintings
• Housing and documenting objects and paintings
• Adhering to the Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
• Having a lab located within a three-hour radius of the ADAH
• Publishing hourly rate in Alabama Buys