Curator of Collections and Exhibitions

About the Role

The Curator of Collections and Exhibitions oversees the Global Village Museum’s collections and exhibitions programs, leading the Museum in following best practices to provide high-quality educational and cultural programming to the community.

Responsibilities

Collections Management and Curation

• Curates the Museum’s permanent collections and permanent collection galleries, researching the current collections and prospective gifts to ensure alignment with the Museum’s mission.
• Acts as collections manager for the Museum’s permanent collections, maintaining proficiency in current best practices and laws for collections care and collections issues, training staff, interns, and volunteers accordingly.
• Facilitates access to the Museum’s collections for guest curators, student researchers, and the public, both physically and digitally.
• Collaborates to write grants supporting collections and exhibition needs, such as conservation, facilities updates, and supplies.
• Serves as the museum’s public-facing representative for collections, acquisitions, and conservation.

Exhibitions Program Management

• Manages the Museum’s Special Exhibitions program, soliciting exhibition proposals from volunteer guest curators across the community that prioritize first-person perspectives.
• Trains guest curators in curatorial practice, ensuring that exhibition subject matter is mission-centered and aligns with best practices for museums while providing a valuable and organized experience for the curators.
• Leads installation for exhibitions, ensuring that all collections objects and loaned objects are handled and installed safely.
• Works towards aligning the Museum’s exhibitions program with all current AAM standards.

Requirements

• College-level education or equivalent work experience in Art History, History, Anthropology, Museum Studies, or a related field.
• A passion for promoting cultural heritage and diversity.
• Ability to work with a diverse range of individuals in a collaborative capacity.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Detail-oriented and ability to work independently.
• Experience in museum collections care, including storage, documentation, object research, accessioning/deaccessioning, cataloging, and database administration.
• Experience in curating and installing exhibitions.
• Comfortable working over one year in advance with ability to accommodate unexpected opportunities for exhibitions and other programming.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Art History, History, Anthropology, Museum Studies, or a related field.
• First adopter of new technologies and approaches, always looking for new solutions to recurring issues.
• Experience recruiting and managing volunteers and interns.

We encourage you to apply, even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every requirement in this job post. We are looking for a diverse and broad range of talents that reflect the community that we serve.