Dragging this museum into the 20th century, what's my job title?

Here's a quick breakdown of the usual museum organizing structure - I've been working in museums for about 15 years now. 1. The Director/Executive Director is the boss of the whole place. 2. Development is specifically concerned with raising money. They are the people who write the grants, call the corporations, schmooze with the legislators, manage the membership, write the begging letters, etc., etc. Usually they do special events as well: museum rentals, openings, parties, although sometimes Marketing does that. Then there's Visitor Services, who run the gift shop and the front desk. They're often bundled into Marketing or Development, and Marketing sometimes doesn't even exist but is called part of Development. 3. Curatorial is in charge of the collection. They do the scholarship and organize the exhibitions. Some museums have Conservation departments in charge of taking care of the collections; sometimes, that's also part of Curatorial. The Registrar, who keeps track of the collection, handles the database and the loan forms and so on, is usually part of Curatorial, as are art handlers and exhibition designers and so forth and so on, depending on the size of the museum in question. 4. Education creates and puts on the programs associated with the museum, from lectures to school tours to Pre K story hour. They interpret the museum to the public, train the docents, write the tours, etc. 5. Communications/Marketing do the graphic design & put together the magazines and place the ads and write the PR and beg for coverage. They try to make stuff like cuneiform cylinder seals both exciting and understandable. 6. Operations is security and engineering and, sometimes, IT, or sometimes IT is in Communications. Right now I'm working for a museum with a full time staff of four. There's an Educator, a Curator, a Director (well, actually at the moment there isn't, see MefiJobs ;-) ) and then there's me. I think Communications is the best fit, because it's vague enough where noone knows just exactly what I do, and I like that. On reading your job description though, if I was you, I'd call myself Curator or possibly even Chief Curator. You could go with Registrar, too.

You are an Executive Director. It is a title for the chief employee/volunteer (i.e. non-Board member) of a non-profit.

Ourhttp://slcha.org/information/people.phphas someone called "Collections Manager.

Mmm hmm, I like executive director... you are also kind of a curator too.

I'm not a museum person, but my first thought on seeing your responsibilities was curator.

Development Specialist 1 There's always room for improvement....

General Manager. By mygothlaundry's breakdown, you're (3*2)+6.

you have my job - you're an archivist

Although archivist is almost what I do, I don't actually handle any library materials - despite the utter lack of organization, there's a separate library, with separate funds and separate old people in charge. 'Curator' is actually taken. I think I agree that I am acting as one, but until she dies, I can't call myself that. I don't have the ability to throw things out, as yesterday's argument about the taxidermied trout shows. (And if any museum people would like to have a good cry, I can tell you some stories of her 'conservation' techniques.) I think registrar is going to win, at least within the organization. I might try to swing 'assistant curator' and see how that goes. Thanks all!