Digitization Technician

Help us digitize rare and unique historical collections!

Summary of role:

The Richmond Museum of History & Culture is conducting an inventory of the permanent collection and seeks help to continue the process to scan the photograph collection. The museum owns well over 40,000 images and only a small percentage are digitized.

Duties include reconciling donation paperwork, scanning photographs, creating metadata, and managing logs.

About the Richmond Museum of History & Culture:

The Richmond Museum of History & Culture is located in the heart of downtown Richmond and is proud to be the oldest organization in West Contra Costa County dedicated to preserving local history. The Richmond Museum is housed in a Carnegie Library and owns the most significant collection of historical material and documents in the local area. The permanent collection was established in 1950 and is comprised of a variety of materials including textiles, fine art, archaeological collections, historical artifacts, documents, photographs. The Museum staff is small but what we lack in capacity, we far make up for in enthusiasm and love for our work.

The Richmond Museum is currently transitioning from a grassroots, volunteer lead effort to a professional nonprofit lead by academically trained staff. The staff is working to reinvigorate the museum, gain new support within the community and seeks to become more relevant to the modern residents of Richmond. We accomplish this by conducting community outreach, broadening the scope of history we interpret and hosting community advisory meetings.