A Ketchikan museum department official has been hired to work for the state museums system.
The Ketchikan Daily News says Andrew Washburn will begin working as registrar for Alaska State Museums on Sept. 15.
The state museums system includes the Alaska State Museum in Juneau and Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka.
In his new job, Washburn will work with the museums’ collections to preserve, document and store items.
Washburn is the senior curator of collections with the museum department of the city of Ketchikan.
