MUSEUM JOBS - USA & WORLDWIDE (See Below)
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Commercial, Non-Charities & Professional Agencies posting jobs will receive an invoice for payment via PAYPAL for this service. Our $US90 per posting is considerably more reasonable than our competitors!
Governmental/Education Agencies posting museum or general jobs will receive an invoice of $US90 per posting.
Non Profits:
Non Profits posting a job for themselves are FREE !
Global Museum will post a position vacancy on this site at no charge for non profit and charitable entities, providing that no more than two postings are made in a four week period. A donation is encouraged to help support this site. Non Profits making more than two postings in a four week period will be charged $US50 through Paypal for the 3rd and any subsequent postings.
Note: Postings from Non Profits that direct to commercial agencies or professional consultants will be deemed to be commercial and will be invoiced at commercial rates .
Commercial & Professional Agencies:
Commercial, Non-Charities & Professional Agencies posting jobs will receive an invoice for payment via PAYPAL for this service. Our $US90 per posting is considerably more reasonable than our competitors!
Governmental/Education Agencies posting museum or general jobs will receive an invoice of $US90 per posting.
Senior Manager, Peter H. Raven Library and Archives St. Louis, Mo
Missouri Botanical Garden
Position Application Due Date: Ongoing
Salary Range: Starting $71,000 (Pay commensurate with experience)
Position Description:
Position Summary: This position oversees all operations of the Peter H. Raven Library and Archives at the Missouri Botanical Garden. With over 250,000 volumes including a rich collection of rare books dating to the 15thcentury, the Library holds one of the world’s most comprehensive repositories of botanical literature and serves a critical role in supporting the Garden’s Science and Conservation work. The Archives document the history of the Missouri Botanical Garden over its 165-year existence and contains over 3,500 linear feet of documents, photographs, artwork, maps, and other historic objects.
The Senior Manager, Peter H. Raven Library and Archives will be responsible for all activities connected with the acquisition, storage, care and access to digital and physical items in the Library and Archives collections, as well as the management and access of their associated data in support of the Garden’s staff, students, research visitors, outside users, and general public. The Senior Manager will lead, develop and motivate the Library team, promote the Garden’s role in science, conservation, and the humanities to internal and external audiences, and be instrumental in securing ongoing funding.
Apply Here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Chief Marketing Officer San Francisco, CA
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Open Until Filled
Salary: $240,000-$270,000
https://www.famsf.org/
The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing FAMSF’s institutional marketing, communications, and public relations activities, both external and internal; directing the efforts of the marketing, communications, visitor experience, group tourism and sales, and graphic design staff; and coordinating at the strategic and tactical levels with other departments and functions of the Museums. The CMO is a key member of the museum's senior leadership team and reports to the Director and CEO.
See the full details here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 17th, 2025
Curator Duluth, MN
St. Louis County Historical Society
506 West Michigan Street
Due Date: January 28, 2025
Salary: $41,600 - $45,760 plus benefits
St. Louis County Historical Society seeks applicants for its full-time Curator position. The complete job description is posted on our website at the URL listed here.
Mail to:
St. Louis County Historical Society
ATTN: R L Hein
506 West Michigan Street
Duluth, MN 55802-1505
Or email to: [email protected].
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1oth, 2025
Linda Wyatt Gruber ’66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography - Hybrid Wellesley, MA
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Closes: 1/31/2025
$60,000.00 to $62,000.00
Job Description:
The Davis Museum at Wellesley College seeks applications for the Linda Wyatt Gruber ’66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography, an exceptional opportunity for emerging curators in photography, offering an outstanding two-year appointment to a recent PhD in Art History and or an allied field with specialization in the history of photography. The successful appointee will be an active member of the Davis curatorial department, contribute to all related matters of collections assessment, development, and presentation, and provide content expertise and support to courses working with the collection. Working within the Davis’s collection, the Gruber Fellow will conceptualize and realize an innovative exhibition in their area of specialization, along with supporting the integration of photography into the permanent galleries. They will guest-teach class visits focused on photography in the Davis’s collection and on view in special exhibitions, and support curricular projects engaging with photography at the Davis. As a capstone project, the Gruber Fellow will conceptualize and realize an innovative exhibition in their area of specialization with artworks in the Davis’s collection.
The primary responsibilities of the position include all aspects of conceptualizing, planning, and organizing one exhibition and related programming; caring for, researching, and writing about photography in the Davis collections and participating in the acquisitions process; producing gallery didactics and scholarly publications; offering formal lectures and informal gallery talks; participating in events and outreach efforts; and supervising interns and student workers.
Full posting here.
Application:
In addition to a professional CV and the standard Wellesley College /HR on-line application form, candidates must provide a cover letter that addresses their specific interests in working with the Davis Museum’s photography collection, accessible via the website www.thedavis.org
Online application system here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 10th, 2025
Missouri Botanical Garden
Position Application Due Date: Ongoing
Salary Range: Starting $71,000 (Pay commensurate with experience)
Position Description:
Position Summary: This position oversees all operations of the Peter H. Raven Library and Archives at the Missouri Botanical Garden. With over 250,000 volumes including a rich collection of rare books dating to the 15thcentury, the Library holds one of the world’s most comprehensive repositories of botanical literature and serves a critical role in supporting the Garden’s Science and Conservation work. The Archives document the history of the Missouri Botanical Garden over its 165-year existence and contains over 3,500 linear feet of documents, photographs, artwork, maps, and other historic objects.
The Senior Manager, Peter H. Raven Library and Archives will be responsible for all activities connected with the acquisition, storage, care and access to digital and physical items in the Library and Archives collections, as well as the management and access of their associated data in support of the Garden’s staff, students, research visitors, outside users, and general public. The Senior Manager will lead, develop and motivate the Library team, promote the Garden’s role in science, conservation, and the humanities to internal and external audiences, and be instrumental in securing ongoing funding.
Apply Here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Chief Marketing Officer San Francisco, CA
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Open Until Filled
Salary: $240,000-$270,000
https://www.famsf.org/
The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing FAMSF’s institutional marketing, communications, and public relations activities, both external and internal; directing the efforts of the marketing, communications, visitor experience, group tourism and sales, and graphic design staff; and coordinating at the strategic and tactical levels with other departments and functions of the Museums. The CMO is a key member of the museum's senior leadership team and reports to the Director and CEO.
See the full details here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 17th, 2025
Curator Duluth, MN
St. Louis County Historical Society
506 West Michigan Street
Due Date: January 28, 2025
Salary: $41,600 - $45,760 plus benefits
St. Louis County Historical Society seeks applicants for its full-time Curator position. The complete job description is posted on our website at the URL listed here.
Mail to:
St. Louis County Historical Society
ATTN: R L Hein
506 West Michigan Street
Duluth, MN 55802-1505
Or email to: [email protected].
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1oth, 2025
Linda Wyatt Gruber ’66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography - Hybrid Wellesley, MA
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Closes: 1/31/2025
$60,000.00 to $62,000.00
Job Description:
The Davis Museum at Wellesley College seeks applications for the Linda Wyatt Gruber ’66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography, an exceptional opportunity for emerging curators in photography, offering an outstanding two-year appointment to a recent PhD in Art History and or an allied field with specialization in the history of photography. The successful appointee will be an active member of the Davis curatorial department, contribute to all related matters of collections assessment, development, and presentation, and provide content expertise and support to courses working with the collection. Working within the Davis’s collection, the Gruber Fellow will conceptualize and realize an innovative exhibition in their area of specialization, along with supporting the integration of photography into the permanent galleries. They will guest-teach class visits focused on photography in the Davis’s collection and on view in special exhibitions, and support curricular projects engaging with photography at the Davis. As a capstone project, the Gruber Fellow will conceptualize and realize an innovative exhibition in their area of specialization with artworks in the Davis’s collection.
The primary responsibilities of the position include all aspects of conceptualizing, planning, and organizing one exhibition and related programming; caring for, researching, and writing about photography in the Davis collections and participating in the acquisitions process; producing gallery didactics and scholarly publications; offering formal lectures and informal gallery talks; participating in events and outreach efforts; and supervising interns and student workers.
Full posting here.
Application:
In addition to a professional CV and the standard Wellesley College /HR on-line application form, candidates must provide a cover letter that addresses their specific interests in working with the Davis Museum’s photography collection, accessible via the website www.thedavis.org
Online application system here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 10th, 2025
Exhibits and Gallery Programs Manager St Paul, MN
Bell Museum
Working Location: This is an on site position located at the Bell Museum, UMN St Paul Campus, with occasional, limited opportunity to work from home as approved by the supervisor.
For more information about the position, contact Kate Sigurdson at [email protected].
Application Deadline: Applications are due by 11:59 pm January 26, 2025.
Pay range: $64,515 - $72,000/ Annual
The Exhibits and Gallery Programs Manager provides strategic leadership and management of the Bell Museum’s exhibits and gallery programs team’s work to develop and implement gallery-based experiences aimed at engaging a range of audiences, including multi-generational family groups, a core demographic for the Bell.
The Exhibits and Gallery Programs Manager oversees a small team (currently 3 staff members). This team is responsible for public-facing, gallery-based interpretive efforts, including exhibitions in temporary and permanent galleries, gallery carts and other gallery floor activities, inquiry-based hands-on learning in the Touch and See Lab and Collections Cove, opportunities to engage with nature on the outdoor Learning Landscape, and public programs such as speakers, workshops, festivals, and demonstrations, all to offer a rotating schedule of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM)-based museum experiences. This team keeps the Bell’s gallery spaces active, vibrant, and lively by creating, maintaining, and updating exhibits, gallery activities, and related programming. The team serves a range of audiences through attention to physical and sensory access, cultural relevance, age and grade-appropriate content, and creating a welcoming environment for all.
This position is supervised by the Director of Public Engagement and Science Learning; the team sits within the larger Public Engagement and Science Learning team (PESL). This larger team is responsible for the Bell’s major onsite interpretive efforts. Beyond exhibitions and gallery programs, these include planetarium shows and astronomy programming, K-12 science education, and public programming. The Exhibits and Gallery Programs team works with the PESL team to align resources, leverage opportunities, and strengthen visitor experiences for STEAM learning. Further, the PESL team collaborates closely with other teams across the Bell to serve Minnesota; meet the Bell’s mission, vision, and values; and achieve the Bell’s strategic priorities.
The successful applicant for this position will have experience in directing the work of staff and demonstrated success in working collaboratively to engage the public through exhibits, programs, or other related activities that bring together natural history, science, and art. Areas of expertise might include exhibition development, informal science education, or museum interpretation.
For more information or to apply, visit UMN Job Board ID: 366183
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Supervisory Museum Curator Atlanta, GA
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Summary:
This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. Serves as the Supervisory Museum Curator of Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum and is responsible for planning, supervising, and executing the programs and activities of the museum.
Responsible for the planning, formulation, design, construction, and installation of exhibits.
- Evaluate museum objects offered as gifts to the Library and recommends acceptance or rejection of the gifts by the Director.
- Establish and monitor a system of registration and cataloging of museum objects.
- Oversee and provide professional advice concerning rehabilitation, repair, and preservation of the museum collections.
- Provide information about museum objects and programs to many sources including but not limited to the President's family, the White House, professional museums, the media, and the general public.
See full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Chief Curator Fairfield, CT
MoCA CT
MoCA CT seeks a dynamic Chief Curator to shape the vision for the exhibition program at an exciting transformational moment in our history. The ideal candidate will have significant scholarship in the history of art, specialist knowledge of modern and contemporary art, and a network within the museum field, academia, and the art market. Experience required in developing and executing exhibitions, installations, interpretive materials, and publications.
Candidates will possess excellent communication skills, an ability to engage a diverse audience, and the desire to thoughtfully integrate ideas about artworks in all mediums into the larger framework of multidisciplinary themes and relevant social issues. Working closely with the Visual Arts Advisory Committee and Executive Director, the Chief Curator will collaborate with colleagues and be committed to equity, inclusion, and accessibility, as well as the strategic plan developed by the Board and staff. The Chief Curator will lead an innovative exhibition and programming schedule of the highest quality and play a public-facing role by fostering relationships with artists, collectors, donors, and other stakeholders, and serve as an ambassador for the museum in Fairfield County, the state of Connecticut, and beyond.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Head Conservator Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati Art Museum
Position Summary:
The Head of Conservation has primary responsibility for the conservation of the art museum's collection broadly, and for overseeing the range of activities centered in the museum’s three conservation laboratories, as well as collaborations with curators and other internal departments and external institutions. The Head Conservator oversees the operations of the conservation department, which is staffed by three other full-time conservators, as well as temporary and seasonal fellows, interns, and volunteers.
The Head Conservator will perform examinations, prepare treatment proposals, undertake scientific analysis and imaging, and execute treatment of works of art for display, loan, acquisition, and deaccession. The Head Conservator also takes part in institutional planning, setting, and maintaining effective policies with respect to the care, treatment, and installation of the collection, and to the operation of the museum's facilities. They represent the institution to a broad range of external constituencies, including the Cincinnati community and the conservation profession, and uphold the highest ethical and professional standards in fulfillment of the mission of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
See the full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Bell Museum
Working Location: This is an on site position located at the Bell Museum, UMN St Paul Campus, with occasional, limited opportunity to work from home as approved by the supervisor.
For more information about the position, contact Kate Sigurdson at [email protected].
Application Deadline: Applications are due by 11:59 pm January 26, 2025.
Pay range: $64,515 - $72,000/ Annual
The Exhibits and Gallery Programs Manager provides strategic leadership and management of the Bell Museum’s exhibits and gallery programs team’s work to develop and implement gallery-based experiences aimed at engaging a range of audiences, including multi-generational family groups, a core demographic for the Bell.
The Exhibits and Gallery Programs Manager oversees a small team (currently 3 staff members). This team is responsible for public-facing, gallery-based interpretive efforts, including exhibitions in temporary and permanent galleries, gallery carts and other gallery floor activities, inquiry-based hands-on learning in the Touch and See Lab and Collections Cove, opportunities to engage with nature on the outdoor Learning Landscape, and public programs such as speakers, workshops, festivals, and demonstrations, all to offer a rotating schedule of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM)-based museum experiences. This team keeps the Bell’s gallery spaces active, vibrant, and lively by creating, maintaining, and updating exhibits, gallery activities, and related programming. The team serves a range of audiences through attention to physical and sensory access, cultural relevance, age and grade-appropriate content, and creating a welcoming environment for all.
This position is supervised by the Director of Public Engagement and Science Learning; the team sits within the larger Public Engagement and Science Learning team (PESL). This larger team is responsible for the Bell’s major onsite interpretive efforts. Beyond exhibitions and gallery programs, these include planetarium shows and astronomy programming, K-12 science education, and public programming. The Exhibits and Gallery Programs team works with the PESL team to align resources, leverage opportunities, and strengthen visitor experiences for STEAM learning. Further, the PESL team collaborates closely with other teams across the Bell to serve Minnesota; meet the Bell’s mission, vision, and values; and achieve the Bell’s strategic priorities.
The successful applicant for this position will have experience in directing the work of staff and demonstrated success in working collaboratively to engage the public through exhibits, programs, or other related activities that bring together natural history, science, and art. Areas of expertise might include exhibition development, informal science education, or museum interpretation.
For more information or to apply, visit UMN Job Board ID: 366183
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Supervisory Museum Curator Atlanta, GA
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Summary:
This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. Serves as the Supervisory Museum Curator of Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum and is responsible for planning, supervising, and executing the programs and activities of the museum.
Responsible for the planning, formulation, design, construction, and installation of exhibits.
- Evaluate museum objects offered as gifts to the Library and recommends acceptance or rejection of the gifts by the Director.
- Establish and monitor a system of registration and cataloging of museum objects.
- Oversee and provide professional advice concerning rehabilitation, repair, and preservation of the museum collections.
- Provide information about museum objects and programs to many sources including but not limited to the President's family, the White House, professional museums, the media, and the general public.
See full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Chief Curator Fairfield, CT
MoCA CT
MoCA CT seeks a dynamic Chief Curator to shape the vision for the exhibition program at an exciting transformational moment in our history. The ideal candidate will have significant scholarship in the history of art, specialist knowledge of modern and contemporary art, and a network within the museum field, academia, and the art market. Experience required in developing and executing exhibitions, installations, interpretive materials, and publications.
Candidates will possess excellent communication skills, an ability to engage a diverse audience, and the desire to thoughtfully integrate ideas about artworks in all mediums into the larger framework of multidisciplinary themes and relevant social issues. Working closely with the Visual Arts Advisory Committee and Executive Director, the Chief Curator will collaborate with colleagues and be committed to equity, inclusion, and accessibility, as well as the strategic plan developed by the Board and staff. The Chief Curator will lead an innovative exhibition and programming schedule of the highest quality and play a public-facing role by fostering relationships with artists, collectors, donors, and other stakeholders, and serve as an ambassador for the museum in Fairfield County, the state of Connecticut, and beyond.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Head Conservator Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati Art Museum
Position Summary:
The Head of Conservation has primary responsibility for the conservation of the art museum's collection broadly, and for overseeing the range of activities centered in the museum’s three conservation laboratories, as well as collaborations with curators and other internal departments and external institutions. The Head Conservator oversees the operations of the conservation department, which is staffed by three other full-time conservators, as well as temporary and seasonal fellows, interns, and volunteers.
The Head Conservator will perform examinations, prepare treatment proposals, undertake scientific analysis and imaging, and execute treatment of works of art for display, loan, acquisition, and deaccession. The Head Conservator also takes part in institutional planning, setting, and maintaining effective policies with respect to the care, treatment, and installation of the collection, and to the operation of the museum's facilities. They represent the institution to a broad range of external constituencies, including the Cincinnati community and the conservation profession, and uphold the highest ethical and professional standards in fulfillment of the mission of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
See the full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
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Director of Learning and Engagement Dubuque, IA
About the job:
The Dubuque Museum of Art (DuMA) seeks an experienced educator or museum professional who will provide the vision and strategic leadership to build a department that expands DuMA’s educational offerings and strengthens its position as a community leader and partner. This is a highly visible leadership role inside the organization and the community. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Learning & Engagement (DLE) will collaborate with Senior Leadership (Curatorial Director, Advancement Director, and Business Manager) to drive urgent and dramatic growth and set the tone for DuMA’s next iteration as an institution.
As a member of DuMA’s senior leadership team, the Director of Learning & Engagement will be a thought partner who collaborates with staff, the Board, and community to develop public and educational programs that help the Museum achieve its organization-wide objectives:
- Triple engagement: Serve 30,000 participants annually (reflecting the diversity of our region).
- Double and diversify revenue to $2MM annually.
- Build the organization: Attract, engage, and retain staff, board, and volunteers who reflect, strengthen, and believe in DuMA’s mission.
- Build the spaces (physical and virtual) that enable the execution of the mission and impact goals.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Program Director Malvern, PA
Historic Sugartown, Inc. seeks qualified applicants for a full-time position of Program Director for the 19th-century historic crossroads village located in Malvern, PA.
The Program Director will be responsible for helping to grow and promote Historic Sugartown’s events and programs. The goal of the position is to facilitate positive experiences for Sugartown’s visitors that are grounded in exemplary scholarship and excellence in hospitality and visitor services. The Program Director will report to the Executive Director and work as a team with appropriate Board committees, paid guides, and Historic Sugartown volunteers.
Responsibilities include:
Event Management & Marketing – Manage and promote existing events including Historic Sugartown’s Summer Biergartens, and Holiday Craft Market by coordinating with vendors, external partners, volunteers, and staff.
Program Development – Working with the Executive Director, volunteers, and appropriate committees, lead the development and execution of new programs, activities, and events for identified target audiences for Historic Sugartown.
School Tours – Improve school tour program to ensure that it offers meaningful and well-researched experiences that are tied in with current state curriculum standards; arrange and coordinate school group visits; develop and maintain relations with regional schools to promote school tour program; and evaluate programming.
Site Presentation & Visitor Services– Assist the Executive Director in creating a consistent welcoming site presentation and visitor amenities at Historic Sugartown. Work with paid tour guides on site interpretation and tour management.
Staff & Volunteer Support – Assist with the hiring, training, and scheduling of paid docents/educators. Work with Executive Director in cultivation, recruitment, training, relations, and recognition of Historic Sugartown’s valuable team of volunteers.
Education and Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in museum studies, public history or other related field, and 1 – 3 years’ experience.
- Knowledge of the principles of museum education, site interpretation, and customer service.
- Experience and interest in educational program development.
- Experience in event development and management.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills.
- Must be a self-starter, work well with others, and pay excellent attention to detail.
- Experience with social media platforms and on-line marketing preferred.
- Must be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends.
Full-time, exempt salaried position of 35-hours per week.
Salary: $45,000 annually.
To apply, please send electronic letter of interest and resume to Barry Rauhauser, Executive Director, at [email protected].
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Museum Educator 2 Erie County, PA
Erie Maritime Museum
Civil Service Permanent Full-Time
Salary:$58,035.00 - $88,235.00 Annually
The Position:
Do you have a passion for maritime history and sharing it with others? Do you want to ensure that Commonwealth and United States history is preserved and interpreted for current and future generations? As an Educator at the Erie Maritime Museum, you can do both!
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission is seeking a skilled, energetic person to engage museum visitors of all ages, abilities, and demographics in the exploration and discovery of the Commonwealth's relationship to "our" Great Lake! The position provides active leadership in the development, implementation, promotion, and evaluation of educational programs and interpretation related to the mission of the Erie Maritime Museum, including but not limited to interactive tours, workshops, lectures, virtual programs, exhibits, special events, and historical demonstrations.
If you have a passion for history, like to develop and conduct programming for school-age children and adults of all abilities and backgrounds, and enjoy serving the public, apply today to continue your professional museum career at one of the Commonwealth's most unique museums!
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 5th 2024
Registrar and Exhibition Production Manager St. Louis, MO
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) seeks an experienced Registrar and Exhibition Production Manager to manage the logistics, design, and installation of exhibitions.
Reporting to the Ferring Foundation Chief Curator, the Registrar works closely with the curatorial team, artists, and other stakeholders to execute CAM’s ambitious exhibition schedule, on time and on budget. This position is responsible for taking excellent care of artwork, including creating and maintaining loan agreements, insurance certificates, and condition reports; managing the installation of exhibitions, including hiring and supervising a crew; handling and coordinating the transportation of artwork, planning construction projects, and working directly with artists and curators to realize their vision. This position is also responsible for maintaining and upholding national and international museum standards and best practices. The ideal candidate has at least five years of relevant experience and possesses excellent project management skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to devise creative and cost-effective solutions.
The salary range for this position is $60,000–$70,000 annually.
Full details here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 4th 2024
Director of Restoration Charlottesville VA
Full time
Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., Monticello
Salary: 78,000-90,000
The Director of Restoration oversees a core element of the Foundation's preservation mission: conserving, protecting, and maintaining Monticello's historic architectural resources so they are enhanced and preserved for future generations. Through research, project planning, project implementation, and documentation, the Director oversees the Restoration Department's work to preserve, conserve, and restore the historic and reconstructed buildings owned by the Foundation in collaboration with other departments at the Foundation. The Director also engages and educates the public and Foundation staff members through special tours, presentations, scholarly papers, and publications. Monticello's Director of Restoration understands the Monticello house, its evolution, and the Monticello plantation.
Full details here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 4th 2024
Artifact Inventory Assistant – Military Collection Bismarck, ND
State of North Dakota
Are you a history enthusiast with a passion for military history and museum work? Join our team at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum to help shape the future Military Gallery!
This is a flexible, 6-month position with a minimum of 20 hours per week and the potential for up to 40 hours per week. This position can be adapted to an internship for an accredited college/university.
We’re seeking an inventory assistant to update and enhance our military collection records. In this role, you will be responsible for:
Re-catalog and photograph artifacts;
Update records in our collections database, Re:Discovery; and
Research military personnel and create a collections guide linking archival records and museums objects associated with specific people.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 4th 2024
About the job:
The Dubuque Museum of Art (DuMA) seeks an experienced educator or museum professional who will provide the vision and strategic leadership to build a department that expands DuMA’s educational offerings and strengthens its position as a community leader and partner. This is a highly visible leadership role inside the organization and the community. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Learning & Engagement (DLE) will collaborate with Senior Leadership (Curatorial Director, Advancement Director, and Business Manager) to drive urgent and dramatic growth and set the tone for DuMA’s next iteration as an institution.
As a member of DuMA’s senior leadership team, the Director of Learning & Engagement will be a thought partner who collaborates with staff, the Board, and community to develop public and educational programs that help the Museum achieve its organization-wide objectives:
- Triple engagement: Serve 30,000 participants annually (reflecting the diversity of our region).
- Double and diversify revenue to $2MM annually.
- Build the organization: Attract, engage, and retain staff, board, and volunteers who reflect, strengthen, and believe in DuMA’s mission.
- Build the spaces (physical and virtual) that enable the execution of the mission and impact goals.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Program Director Malvern, PA
Historic Sugartown, Inc. seeks qualified applicants for a full-time position of Program Director for the 19th-century historic crossroads village located in Malvern, PA.
The Program Director will be responsible for helping to grow and promote Historic Sugartown’s events and programs. The goal of the position is to facilitate positive experiences for Sugartown’s visitors that are grounded in exemplary scholarship and excellence in hospitality and visitor services. The Program Director will report to the Executive Director and work as a team with appropriate Board committees, paid guides, and Historic Sugartown volunteers.
Responsibilities include:
Event Management & Marketing – Manage and promote existing events including Historic Sugartown’s Summer Biergartens, and Holiday Craft Market by coordinating with vendors, external partners, volunteers, and staff.
Program Development – Working with the Executive Director, volunteers, and appropriate committees, lead the development and execution of new programs, activities, and events for identified target audiences for Historic Sugartown.
School Tours – Improve school tour program to ensure that it offers meaningful and well-researched experiences that are tied in with current state curriculum standards; arrange and coordinate school group visits; develop and maintain relations with regional schools to promote school tour program; and evaluate programming.
Site Presentation & Visitor Services– Assist the Executive Director in creating a consistent welcoming site presentation and visitor amenities at Historic Sugartown. Work with paid tour guides on site interpretation and tour management.
Staff & Volunteer Support – Assist with the hiring, training, and scheduling of paid docents/educators. Work with Executive Director in cultivation, recruitment, training, relations, and recognition of Historic Sugartown’s valuable team of volunteers.
Education and Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in museum studies, public history or other related field, and 1 – 3 years’ experience.
- Knowledge of the principles of museum education, site interpretation, and customer service.
- Experience and interest in educational program development.
- Experience in event development and management.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills.
- Must be a self-starter, work well with others, and pay excellent attention to detail.
- Experience with social media platforms and on-line marketing preferred.
- Must be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends.
Full-time, exempt salaried position of 35-hours per week.
Salary: $45,000 annually.
To apply, please send electronic letter of interest and resume to Barry Rauhauser, Executive Director, at [email protected].
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 31st 2024
Museum Educator 2 Erie County, PA
Erie Maritime Museum
Civil Service Permanent Full-Time
Salary:$58,035.00 - $88,235.00 Annually
The Position:
Do you have a passion for maritime history and sharing it with others? Do you want to ensure that Commonwealth and United States history is preserved and interpreted for current and future generations? As an Educator at the Erie Maritime Museum, you can do both!
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission is seeking a skilled, energetic person to engage museum visitors of all ages, abilities, and demographics in the exploration and discovery of the Commonwealth's relationship to "our" Great Lake! The position provides active leadership in the development, implementation, promotion, and evaluation of educational programs and interpretation related to the mission of the Erie Maritime Museum, including but not limited to interactive tours, workshops, lectures, virtual programs, exhibits, special events, and historical demonstrations.
If you have a passion for history, like to develop and conduct programming for school-age children and adults of all abilities and backgrounds, and enjoy serving the public, apply today to continue your professional museum career at one of the Commonwealth's most unique museums!
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 5th 2024
Registrar and Exhibition Production Manager St. Louis, MO
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) seeks an experienced Registrar and Exhibition Production Manager to manage the logistics, design, and installation of exhibitions.
Reporting to the Ferring Foundation Chief Curator, the Registrar works closely with the curatorial team, artists, and other stakeholders to execute CAM’s ambitious exhibition schedule, on time and on budget. This position is responsible for taking excellent care of artwork, including creating and maintaining loan agreements, insurance certificates, and condition reports; managing the installation of exhibitions, including hiring and supervising a crew; handling and coordinating the transportation of artwork, planning construction projects, and working directly with artists and curators to realize their vision. This position is also responsible for maintaining and upholding national and international museum standards and best practices. The ideal candidate has at least five years of relevant experience and possesses excellent project management skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to devise creative and cost-effective solutions.
The salary range for this position is $60,000–$70,000 annually.
Full details here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 4th 2024
Director of Restoration Charlottesville VA
Full time
Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., Monticello
Salary: 78,000-90,000
The Director of Restoration oversees a core element of the Foundation's preservation mission: conserving, protecting, and maintaining Monticello's historic architectural resources so they are enhanced and preserved for future generations. Through research, project planning, project implementation, and documentation, the Director oversees the Restoration Department's work to preserve, conserve, and restore the historic and reconstructed buildings owned by the Foundation in collaboration with other departments at the Foundation. The Director also engages and educates the public and Foundation staff members through special tours, presentations, scholarly papers, and publications. Monticello's Director of Restoration understands the Monticello house, its evolution, and the Monticello plantation.
Full details here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 4th 2024
Artifact Inventory Assistant – Military Collection Bismarck, ND
State of North Dakota
Are you a history enthusiast with a passion for military history and museum work? Join our team at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum to help shape the future Military Gallery!
This is a flexible, 6-month position with a minimum of 20 hours per week and the potential for up to 40 hours per week. This position can be adapted to an internship for an accredited college/university.
We’re seeking an inventory assistant to update and enhance our military collection records. In this role, you will be responsible for:
Re-catalog and photograph artifacts;
Update records in our collections database, Re:Discovery; and
Research military personnel and create a collections guide linking archival records and museums objects associated with specific people.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted December 4th 2024
JOBS OUTSIDE THE USA
Project Manager, Capital Development Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Closes 14 February 2025
This role is responsible for client-side project management, from feasibility to delivery and building services and construction projects.
About the role:
This role is responsible for:
client-side project management, from feasibility to delivery
building services and construction projects, mainly fit-out in nature
consultancy management including procurement and through design phases including design coordination
stakeholder management including but not limited to construction impact mitigation
written reports, papers, and presentations for or to executive and governance levels
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Head of Finance Oxford, UK
The Story Museum
Salary: £40,000 pro rata
Hours: Part-time 0.6 FTE
Terms: Permanent
Closing date: 10:00 am, 17 Feb 2025
We are appointing a new part time Head of Finance to manage the Museum’s financial and reporting cycle and to provide accurate and timely data and analysis in support of our dynamic, sustainable business model. As an active member of the Senior Management Team, the Head of Finance will contribute to strategic discussion and planning around the charity’s ongoing impact evaluation and organisation-wide projects to deliver its mission to enrich lives through stories.
Key responsibilities include driving the creation of the annual operational budget and financial forecasting for the charity and its subsidiary trading company, providing timely management accounts and managing restricted project funds and capital budgets as required. The postholder will help continue to develop the Museum’s data-led analysis to inform ongoing business planning and options appraisals, as well as maintaining the necessary systems, policies and procedures to ensure an effective and efficient finance function. This includes active management of the museum’s cash flow, responsibility for payroll and VAT returns and all aspects of the charity’s statutory tax and financial regulatory reporting.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Assistant Collection Curator Grade 2 Sydney, Australia
Temporary full-time up to 3 years
Powerhouse Museum
The Assistant Curator works collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, providing curatorial and project support for research and writing, collection development, content development, exhibition development and administrative outputs for various curatorial disciplines within the Powerhouse Collection or Program Directorates.
About Powerhouse:
Through the renewal and across its platforms, Powerhouse will redefine museums in the 21st century by renegotiating the terms of engagement with communities, radically returning to and reckoning with its legacy as a museum of industry and fortifying its vital role in the cultural and economic ecosystems of NSW, Australia and the world. The Powerhouse, one of Australia’s oldest and most important cultural institutions, continues the delivery of its renewal program across its five platforms, Powerhouse Parramatta, Powerhouse Ultimo, Powerhouse Castle Hill, Sydney Observatory and Powerhouse Digital, our space to tell stories and provide new levels of access to the Powerhouse Collection of over 500,000 objects.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
BIM Coordinator London, UK
The British Museum
Estates and Capital Projects
Full-time
Permanent
£40,312 - £44,045 per annum
About the role:
The British Museum’s Estates and Capital Projects Department (ECPD) has started implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) with the development of a BIM Strategy for the next 5 years and the Museum’s Exchange Information Requirements in key projects, as well as the launch of an internal Common Data Environment (CDE). The BIM Coordinator will play a crucial role supporting the implementation of the BIM Strategy, manage the Information Requirements and lead the management of survey, project and asset information models.
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 07 February 2025.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Future Observatory Head of Curatorial Programme London, UK
The Design Museum
The Design Museum, in partnership with UKRI’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), is appointing a Head of Curatorial Programme to help lead Future Observatory, the national design research programme for the green transition.
Salary: Up to £52,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Overview:
The primary purpose of this role is to translate cutting-edge research into displays, publications and programming, making it engaging for a broad audience. The Head of Curatorial Programme will develop effective interpretive frameworks and display strategies, creating bridges with the public and bringing new audiences into a relationship with design research.
The successful candidate will have a deep knowledge of contemporary design and architecture and a commitment to the green transition. They will be an excellent communicator and be able to demonstrate that they have the ability and commitment to engage a wide range of audiences. They will have varied curatorial and programming experience and an understanding of the research landscape.
The Head of Curatorial Programme will have overall responsibility for the curatorial and engagement aspects of Future Observatory, including the Design Researchers in Residence, research-in-progress displays within the Museum and convening regular symposia and roundtables. They will also support the Future Observatory Director in the development and evolution of the FO programme, including the growth of the Future Observatory-led research and curatorial portfolio.
Applicants should note that this role will be embedded at the Design Museum and will involve working closely with other museum departments and the executive team.
Full job posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Assistant Manager (Assistant Curator, Museum Archives) Singapore
National University of Singapore
The NUS Museum and Baba House are the only University Museums in Singapore. The NUS Museum's collections include Southeast Asian, Chinese, Indian materials including modern and contemporary art. Alongside the Museum's artefact and artwork collections are archival materials pertaining to exhibitions, artist documents, the institution's histories and pedagogical documents. These records are stored in the Museum's Resource Library, current in limited access for individual scholarship pertaining to the collections. They have integral sources for Singapore studies, curatorship and contemporary practices for research clusters, curators and students studying the region.
While the Museum archives are managed as a distinct collection, they serve the institution's curatorial research and have been a subject for numerous display. They are a significant resource for interdisciplinary inquiry and collaborations through an archive centred approach to collections and exhibitions.
The role of Assistant Curator (Museums Archives) is important to support ways in which archival materials are instituted as museum collections that interprets and learns across various discipline. In this role, the Assistant Curator participates in initiatives to preserve, manage, interpret, curate and promote the records to meet the research needs of the NUS community and Singapore industry.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Associate Curator, HKPM Hong Kong
Hong Kong Palace Museum
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
You will be responsible for:
working closely with the Curatorial Affairs team on planning and implementation of exhibitions, and contributing to the development of the curatorial strategies, programmes and collections of the HKPM;
planning and overseeing the configuration, organisation and management of the exhibition galleries of the HKPM under his/her purview;
assisting in coordinating with the Palace Museum on all matters related to the arrangement of displaying its collection in the HKPM’s exhibitions, as well as other collaborations on research and curatorial matters;
developing content and conducting academic research for preparation of write-ups for museum exhibitions, publications and other programmes;
reviewing editorial, translation and transcript of all exhibition related materials and publications; and
performing any other ad hoc duties as assigned.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Conservator, Preventive Hong Kong
M+ Museum
Closing date: 31 Jan 2025
M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Located in Hong Kong’s WestK, we are one of the leading museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world. The museum reflects our unique time and place, building on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and the international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.
Conservation at M+ focuses on the preservation and long-term care of a diverse and unparallel collection of twentieth- and twenty-first-century visual culture, including design, architecture, moving image, and visual art. The team employs contemporary conservation approaches to address the challenges of diverse materials and media, technology integration, and artist intent. This includes detailed documentation of materials, techniques, and practices; addressing ephemeral and live elements; implementing preventive measures to mitigate deterioration; and developing customized methods that respect the artist's vision. Central to their work are interdisciplinary and interdepartmental collaborations, engagement with living artists or pertinent stakeholders, collaboration with external colleagues and institutions, and the use of up-to-date technology for digital preservation.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 5th, 2025
Assistant Manager (Assistant Curator, Museum Archives) Singapore
National University of Singapore
The NUS Museum and Baba House are the only University Museums in Singapore. The NUS Museum's collections include Southeast Asian, Chinese, Indian materials including modern and contemporary art. Alongside the Museum's artefact and artwork collections are archival materials pertaining to exhibitions, artist documents, the institution's histories and pedagogical documents. These records are stored in the Museum's Resource Library, current in limited access for individual scholarship pertaining to the collections. They have integral sources for Singapore studies, curatorship and contemporary practices for research clusters, curators and students studying the region.
While the Museum archives are managed as a distinct collection, they serve the institution's curatorial research and have been a subject for numerous display. They are a significant resource for interdisciplinary inquiry and collaborations through an archive centred approach to collections and exhibitions.
The role of Assistant Curator (Museums Archives) is important to support ways in which archival materials are instituted as museum collections that interprets and learns across various discipline. In this role, the Assistant Curator participates in initiatives to preserve, manage, interpret, curate and promote the records to meet the research needs of the NUS community and Singapore industry.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Marketing Coordinator Perth, WA, Australia
The Motor Museum of WA
Full time
$75,000 – $85,000 per year
Closing date for applications: January 27th
Are you ready to join one of the best motor museums in the country?
The Motor Museum of WA is seeking a Marketing Coordinator to help elevate our brand, expand our reach, and engage with our passionate community of car enthusiasts and visitors. We seek to appoint a Marketing Coordinator, who is creative, driven, and ready to make a significant impact. If this describes you, then we want you to be part of our dynamic team!
Located in beautiful Whiteman Park, the Motor Museum of WA is a world-class destination dedicated to preserving and showcasing the rich history of automobiles.
With an incredible collection of iconic vehicles and a growing reputation as the best motor museum in the country, we are committed to delivering extraordinary experiences for our visitors.
As Marketing Coordinator, you will report to the Motor Museum Manager with your key responsibilities to include:
Development and execution of marketing campaigns across digital, social media, email, and traditional channels.
Coordinate and manage content creation, including blog posts, social media updates, and website content.
Analyse and report on campaign performance, providing insights to optimise future strategies.
Support the creation of promotional materials and coordinate events.
Collaborate with the Manager to ensure alignment on marketing goals and deliverables.
Help manage social media accounts, engage with the community, and grow brand presence.
Maintain and update the marketing calendar to ensure deadlines and targets are met.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Collections Access Coordinator Carlisle, UK
Tullie
Salary: £27,612 - £29,029 Per annum
Closing date: 27.01.2025
Job description:
Join the dedicated Tullie team as the Active Gallery Producer working on Breaking Down Barriers - Phase 3 of Project Tullie, the museum’s major capital development programme which celebrates our roots as Carlisle’s centre for learning and creativity and reimagines them for 21st century audiences.
This fixed-term post will support the curatorial team with essential collections management throughout the duration of the project. If you're a details person with an enthusiasm for collections management and who thrives as part of a team, we'd love to hear from you.
Working in close collaboration with colleagues across the Museum, as well as designers, external partners and our community, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in the delivery of this transformational project for Carlisle and Cumbria.
This role is made possible with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.
Purpose of the Role
The role will support the curatorial team with essential collections management during the decant and recant of collections, as part of the development of the Active Gallery - an innovative new visitor experience that will bring 100,000 artefacts out of stores and into public galleries, in response to audience demand to access more of our collections.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Senior Mechanical Services Coordinator Sydney, Australia
Powerhouse Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Total remuneration package: $131,847 Package includes base salary ($106,025 - $117,363), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
Temporary full-time up to 4 years
The Senior Mechanical Services Coordinator is responsible for providing a high degree of technical support to monitor and control all mechanical services plant within the museum best practice. The role will be a key collaborator in planning a safe and accessible environment for visitors and the workforce and contribute to the conservation of the Powerhouse collections and exhibitions.
About Powerhouse:
Through the renewal and across its platforms, Powerhouse will redefine museums in the 21st century by renegotiating the terms of engagement with communities, radically returning to and reckoning with its legacy as a museum of industry and fortifying its vital role in the cultural and economic ecosystems of NSW, Australia and the world. In 2023 the Powerhouse, one of Australia’s oldest and most important cultural institutions, continues the delivery of its renewal program across its five platforms, Powerhouse Parramatta, Powerhouse Ultimo, Powerhouse Castle Hill, Sydney Observatory and Powerhouse Digital, our space to tell stories and provide new levels of access to the Powerhouse Collection of over 500,000 objects.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Art Loans Manager Auckland, New Zealand
The Arts House Trust
Closing date: 24 January 2025
The Arts House Trust (TAHT) is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented Art Loans Manager to lead our external Art Loans Programme and contribute to the dynamic operations of our renowned art collection. The ideal candidate possesses a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude, expertise in contemporary art, and a capacity to thrive within this multifaceted role. This role focuses on managing both incoming and outgoing loans, coordinating long-term loans and facilitating short-term loans within public and corporate environments.
As Art Loans Manager, you will plan and manage all aspects of the TAHT Art Loans Programme, ensuring the safe transport, handling, and installation of artworks while coordinating with partners including government buildings, universities, public/private hospitals, corporates and other external stakeholders. You’ll also support exhibitions, oversee logistics and maintain exceptional records for the collection, insurance, and valuations.
You will work closely with our Curator & Collections Manager handling loan logistics, and ensuring thorough documentation and record-keeping. This permanent position plays a key role in TAHT’s broader mission to preserve and share its exceptional collection.
The Arts House Trust is a charitable trust that supports and promotes contemporary art and artists in Aotearoa, located at the Pah Homestead in Hillsborough. We oversee a collection of over 9,500 artworks – more information via our website.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Closes 14 February 2025
This role is responsible for client-side project management, from feasibility to delivery and building services and construction projects.
About the role:
This role is responsible for:
client-side project management, from feasibility to delivery
building services and construction projects, mainly fit-out in nature
consultancy management including procurement and through design phases including design coordination
stakeholder management including but not limited to construction impact mitigation
written reports, papers, and presentations for or to executive and governance levels
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Head of Finance Oxford, UK
The Story Museum
Salary: £40,000 pro rata
Hours: Part-time 0.6 FTE
Terms: Permanent
Closing date: 10:00 am, 17 Feb 2025
We are appointing a new part time Head of Finance to manage the Museum’s financial and reporting cycle and to provide accurate and timely data and analysis in support of our dynamic, sustainable business model. As an active member of the Senior Management Team, the Head of Finance will contribute to strategic discussion and planning around the charity’s ongoing impact evaluation and organisation-wide projects to deliver its mission to enrich lives through stories.
Key responsibilities include driving the creation of the annual operational budget and financial forecasting for the charity and its subsidiary trading company, providing timely management accounts and managing restricted project funds and capital budgets as required. The postholder will help continue to develop the Museum’s data-led analysis to inform ongoing business planning and options appraisals, as well as maintaining the necessary systems, policies and procedures to ensure an effective and efficient finance function. This includes active management of the museum’s cash flow, responsibility for payroll and VAT returns and all aspects of the charity’s statutory tax and financial regulatory reporting.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Assistant Collection Curator Grade 2 Sydney, Australia
Temporary full-time up to 3 years
Powerhouse Museum
The Assistant Curator works collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, providing curatorial and project support for research and writing, collection development, content development, exhibition development and administrative outputs for various curatorial disciplines within the Powerhouse Collection or Program Directorates.
About Powerhouse:
Through the renewal and across its platforms, Powerhouse will redefine museums in the 21st century by renegotiating the terms of engagement with communities, radically returning to and reckoning with its legacy as a museum of industry and fortifying its vital role in the cultural and economic ecosystems of NSW, Australia and the world. The Powerhouse, one of Australia’s oldest and most important cultural institutions, continues the delivery of its renewal program across its five platforms, Powerhouse Parramatta, Powerhouse Ultimo, Powerhouse Castle Hill, Sydney Observatory and Powerhouse Digital, our space to tell stories and provide new levels of access to the Powerhouse Collection of over 500,000 objects.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
BIM Coordinator London, UK
The British Museum
Estates and Capital Projects
Full-time
Permanent
£40,312 - £44,045 per annum
About the role:
The British Museum’s Estates and Capital Projects Department (ECPD) has started implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) with the development of a BIM Strategy for the next 5 years and the Museum’s Exchange Information Requirements in key projects, as well as the launch of an internal Common Data Environment (CDE). The BIM Coordinator will play a crucial role supporting the implementation of the BIM Strategy, manage the Information Requirements and lead the management of survey, project and asset information models.
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 07 February 2025.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Future Observatory Head of Curatorial Programme London, UK
The Design Museum
The Design Museum, in partnership with UKRI’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), is appointing a Head of Curatorial Programme to help lead Future Observatory, the national design research programme for the green transition.
Salary: Up to £52,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Overview:
The primary purpose of this role is to translate cutting-edge research into displays, publications and programming, making it engaging for a broad audience. The Head of Curatorial Programme will develop effective interpretive frameworks and display strategies, creating bridges with the public and bringing new audiences into a relationship with design research.
The successful candidate will have a deep knowledge of contemporary design and architecture and a commitment to the green transition. They will be an excellent communicator and be able to demonstrate that they have the ability and commitment to engage a wide range of audiences. They will have varied curatorial and programming experience and an understanding of the research landscape.
The Head of Curatorial Programme will have overall responsibility for the curatorial and engagement aspects of Future Observatory, including the Design Researchers in Residence, research-in-progress displays within the Museum and convening regular symposia and roundtables. They will also support the Future Observatory Director in the development and evolution of the FO programme, including the growth of the Future Observatory-led research and curatorial portfolio.
Applicants should note that this role will be embedded at the Design Museum and will involve working closely with other museum departments and the executive team.
Full job posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Assistant Manager (Assistant Curator, Museum Archives) Singapore
National University of Singapore
The NUS Museum and Baba House are the only University Museums in Singapore. The NUS Museum's collections include Southeast Asian, Chinese, Indian materials including modern and contemporary art. Alongside the Museum's artefact and artwork collections are archival materials pertaining to exhibitions, artist documents, the institution's histories and pedagogical documents. These records are stored in the Museum's Resource Library, current in limited access for individual scholarship pertaining to the collections. They have integral sources for Singapore studies, curatorship and contemporary practices for research clusters, curators and students studying the region.
While the Museum archives are managed as a distinct collection, they serve the institution's curatorial research and have been a subject for numerous display. They are a significant resource for interdisciplinary inquiry and collaborations through an archive centred approach to collections and exhibitions.
The role of Assistant Curator (Museums Archives) is important to support ways in which archival materials are instituted as museum collections that interprets and learns across various discipline. In this role, the Assistant Curator participates in initiatives to preserve, manage, interpret, curate and promote the records to meet the research needs of the NUS community and Singapore industry.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Associate Curator, HKPM Hong Kong
Hong Kong Palace Museum
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
You will be responsible for:
working closely with the Curatorial Affairs team on planning and implementation of exhibitions, and contributing to the development of the curatorial strategies, programmes and collections of the HKPM;
planning and overseeing the configuration, organisation and management of the exhibition galleries of the HKPM under his/her purview;
assisting in coordinating with the Palace Museum on all matters related to the arrangement of displaying its collection in the HKPM’s exhibitions, as well as other collaborations on research and curatorial matters;
developing content and conducting academic research for preparation of write-ups for museum exhibitions, publications and other programmes;
reviewing editorial, translation and transcript of all exhibition related materials and publications; and
performing any other ad hoc duties as assigned.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 18th, 2025
Conservator, Preventive Hong Kong
M+ Museum
Closing date: 31 Jan 2025
M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Located in Hong Kong’s WestK, we are one of the leading museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world. The museum reflects our unique time and place, building on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and the international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.
Conservation at M+ focuses on the preservation and long-term care of a diverse and unparallel collection of twentieth- and twenty-first-century visual culture, including design, architecture, moving image, and visual art. The team employs contemporary conservation approaches to address the challenges of diverse materials and media, technology integration, and artist intent. This includes detailed documentation of materials, techniques, and practices; addressing ephemeral and live elements; implementing preventive measures to mitigate deterioration; and developing customized methods that respect the artist's vision. Central to their work are interdisciplinary and interdepartmental collaborations, engagement with living artists or pertinent stakeholders, collaboration with external colleagues and institutions, and the use of up-to-date technology for digital preservation.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 5th, 2025
Assistant Manager (Assistant Curator, Museum Archives) Singapore
National University of Singapore
The NUS Museum and Baba House are the only University Museums in Singapore. The NUS Museum's collections include Southeast Asian, Chinese, Indian materials including modern and contemporary art. Alongside the Museum's artefact and artwork collections are archival materials pertaining to exhibitions, artist documents, the institution's histories and pedagogical documents. These records are stored in the Museum's Resource Library, current in limited access for individual scholarship pertaining to the collections. They have integral sources for Singapore studies, curatorship and contemporary practices for research clusters, curators and students studying the region.
While the Museum archives are managed as a distinct collection, they serve the institution's curatorial research and have been a subject for numerous display. They are a significant resource for interdisciplinary inquiry and collaborations through an archive centred approach to collections and exhibitions.
The role of Assistant Curator (Museums Archives) is important to support ways in which archival materials are instituted as museum collections that interprets and learns across various discipline. In this role, the Assistant Curator participates in initiatives to preserve, manage, interpret, curate and promote the records to meet the research needs of the NUS community and Singapore industry.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Marketing Coordinator Perth, WA, Australia
The Motor Museum of WA
Full time
$75,000 – $85,000 per year
Closing date for applications: January 27th
Are you ready to join one of the best motor museums in the country?
The Motor Museum of WA is seeking a Marketing Coordinator to help elevate our brand, expand our reach, and engage with our passionate community of car enthusiasts and visitors. We seek to appoint a Marketing Coordinator, who is creative, driven, and ready to make a significant impact. If this describes you, then we want you to be part of our dynamic team!
Located in beautiful Whiteman Park, the Motor Museum of WA is a world-class destination dedicated to preserving and showcasing the rich history of automobiles.
With an incredible collection of iconic vehicles and a growing reputation as the best motor museum in the country, we are committed to delivering extraordinary experiences for our visitors.
As Marketing Coordinator, you will report to the Motor Museum Manager with your key responsibilities to include:
Development and execution of marketing campaigns across digital, social media, email, and traditional channels.
Coordinate and manage content creation, including blog posts, social media updates, and website content.
Analyse and report on campaign performance, providing insights to optimise future strategies.
Support the creation of promotional materials and coordinate events.
Collaborate with the Manager to ensure alignment on marketing goals and deliverables.
Help manage social media accounts, engage with the community, and grow brand presence.
Maintain and update the marketing calendar to ensure deadlines and targets are met.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Collections Access Coordinator Carlisle, UK
Tullie
Salary: £27,612 - £29,029 Per annum
Closing date: 27.01.2025
Job description:
Join the dedicated Tullie team as the Active Gallery Producer working on Breaking Down Barriers - Phase 3 of Project Tullie, the museum’s major capital development programme which celebrates our roots as Carlisle’s centre for learning and creativity and reimagines them for 21st century audiences.
This fixed-term post will support the curatorial team with essential collections management throughout the duration of the project. If you're a details person with an enthusiasm for collections management and who thrives as part of a team, we'd love to hear from you.
Working in close collaboration with colleagues across the Museum, as well as designers, external partners and our community, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in the delivery of this transformational project for Carlisle and Cumbria.
This role is made possible with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.
Purpose of the Role
The role will support the curatorial team with essential collections management during the decant and recant of collections, as part of the development of the Active Gallery - an innovative new visitor experience that will bring 100,000 artefacts out of stores and into public galleries, in response to audience demand to access more of our collections.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Senior Mechanical Services Coordinator Sydney, Australia
Powerhouse Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Total remuneration package: $131,847 Package includes base salary ($106,025 - $117,363), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
Temporary full-time up to 4 years
The Senior Mechanical Services Coordinator is responsible for providing a high degree of technical support to monitor and control all mechanical services plant within the museum best practice. The role will be a key collaborator in planning a safe and accessible environment for visitors and the workforce and contribute to the conservation of the Powerhouse collections and exhibitions.
About Powerhouse:
Through the renewal and across its platforms, Powerhouse will redefine museums in the 21st century by renegotiating the terms of engagement with communities, radically returning to and reckoning with its legacy as a museum of industry and fortifying its vital role in the cultural and economic ecosystems of NSW, Australia and the world. In 2023 the Powerhouse, one of Australia’s oldest and most important cultural institutions, continues the delivery of its renewal program across its five platforms, Powerhouse Parramatta, Powerhouse Ultimo, Powerhouse Castle Hill, Sydney Observatory and Powerhouse Digital, our space to tell stories and provide new levels of access to the Powerhouse Collection of over 500,000 objects.
Full posting here.
Please quote Global Museum Jobs in your application. Posted January 1st, 2025
Art Loans Manager Auckland, New Zealand
The Arts House Trust
Closing date: 24 January 2025
The Arts House Trust (TAHT) is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented Art Loans Manager to lead our external Art Loans Programme and contribute to the dynamic operations of our renowned art collection. The ideal candidate possesses a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude, expertise in contemporary art, and a capacity to thrive within this multifaceted role. This role focuses on managing both incoming and outgoing loans, coordinating long-term loans and facilitating short-term loans within public and corporate environments.
As Art Loans Manager, you will plan and manage all aspects of the TAHT Art Loans Programme, ensuring the safe transport, handling, and installation of artworks while coordinating with partners including government buildings, universities, public/private hospitals, corporates and other external stakeholders. You’ll also support exhibitions, oversee logistics and maintain exceptional records for the collection, insurance, and valuations.
You will work closely with our Curator & Collections Manager handling loan logistics, and ensuring thorough documentation and record-keeping. This permanent position plays a key role in TAHT’s broader mission to preserve and share its exceptional collection.
The Arts House Trust is a charitable trust that supports and promotes contemporary art and artists in Aotearoa, located at the Pah Homestead in Hillsborough. We oversee a collection of over 9,500 artworks – more information via our website.
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