We have been made aware of an exciting opportunity – a Call for Papers from Julia Courtney, who is editing together on a book about deaccessioning. She is currently seeking abstracts for the book, which will be published in 2017. If you are interested in submitting an essay, please see the information presented below. Good luck, and happy writing!
Author: Colleen Sutherland (Page 2 of 18)
Here’s our weekly roundup of new jobs. As always, they go up immediately on their own page. Happy hunting!
- Registrar’s Office Internship [Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA]
- Collections Management Internship [Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA]
- Assistant Curator [Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO]
- Collections Cataloguer [Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, TN]
- Collections Registrar [Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, TN]
- Grants Manager [Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, MI]
- Finance Manager [The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long Island City, NY]
- Director of Information Technology [Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ]
- Helga Wall-Apelt Associate Curator of Asian Art [The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL]
- Senior Publicist [The Jewish Museum, New York, NY]
- Cataloging and Metadata Coordinator [Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA]
- Director [John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI]
- President [Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH]
- Chief Operating Officer [Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA]
- SENIOR DIRECTOR–Guest Experience and Education Services [Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul, MN]
- SENIOR DIRECTOR–Earned Income, Guest Services, and Sales [Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul, MN]
- Museum Education Specialist [Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO]
- Director of Collections [Oakland Museum of California, CA]
- Associate Director of Evaluation and Visitor Insights [Oakland Museum of California, CA]
- Associate Director of Experience Development [Oakland Museum of California, CA]
- Senior Project Manager [Oakland Museum of California, CA]
- Director of Technology [Oakland Museum of California, CA]
- Head of Installation [Glenstone Foundation, Potomac, MD]
- Exhibitions Registrar and Installations Manager [Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, NY] …
- Director of Development [The Bryan Museum, Galveston, TX]
- Education Assistant [Concord Museum, Concord, MA]
- Museum Educator [Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY]
- Project Manager [Architectural Heritage Foundation, Inc, Boston, MA]
- Illinois State Historian [Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL]
- Director [Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico]
- Assistant Director [Louis Armstrong House Museum, New York, NY]
- Associate Curator/Full Curator of Asian Art with Focus on Chinese or Japanese Art [Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA]
- Associate Curator or Curator of Pre-19th Century European Art [Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA]
- Online Fundraising Manager [Smithsonian Office of Advancement, Washington, DC]
- Director [MAK Center for Art and Architecture, West Hollywood, CA]
- Director of Exhibits [Portland Children’s Museum, Portland, OR]
- Security & Facilities Administrator [KY Historical Society, Frankfort, KY]
- Director of Membership [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH]
- Director of Development [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH]
- Chief Advancement Officer [The New Museum, New York, NY]
- Assistant Manager of Membership and Admission [Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, CA]
- Exhibit Specialist [Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN]
- Resident Curatorial Fellowship [Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, MI]
- Exhibition Curator [Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, TX]
- Director of Development [Art & History Museums – Maitland, FL]
- Records Management Intern [Artis-Naples, Naples, FL]
- Special Events Assistant [Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC]
- Marketing Manager [Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA]
- Director of Education [HistoryMiami Museum, Miami, FL]
- Director of Philanthropy [Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, FL]
- Content Editor/Writer [Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD]
- Museum Preparator [The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS]
- Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications [National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC]
- Associate Curator (Latino Design) [Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY]
- Associate Curator [Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY]
- Principal Preparator [Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA]
- Museum Technician [Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe, MI]
- Curator [Charles M. Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa, CA]
- Director of Curatorial Strategies [Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Chicago, IL]
Here’s our weekly roundup of new jobs. As always, they go up immediately on their own page. Happy hunting!
- Executive Director [Museum of Danish America, Elk Horn, IA]
- Mid-America Air Museum Director [City of Liberal, KS]
- Director of Design [Anchorage Museum Association, Anchorage, AK]
- Major Gifts & Planned Giving Officer [Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA]
- Development Director [Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA]
- Woman’s Board Fellow [Art Institute of Chicago, IL]
- Senior Exhibit Designer [California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA]
- Exhibit Graphic Design and Media Coordinator [The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, CO]
- General Manager – Fruitlands Museum & Old Manse [The Trustees, Harvard, MA]
- Chief Preprator [Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL]
- Communications Manager [Glenstone Foundation, Potomac, MD]
- Chief Philanthropy Officer [The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA]
- Exhibits Registrar [Missouri Historical Society, St Louis, MO]
- Development Director [Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL]
- Associate Director of Corporate Giving [Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA]
- Associate Director for Exhibitions [The J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA]
- Development Associate [Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA]
- Exhibit Researcher and Content Developer [Virtual Science Center, Sunnyvale, CA]
- Registrar [Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO]
- Vice President [Slover Linett Audience Research, Chicago, IL]
- Director of Annual Fund [Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT]
- Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow [Yale University, New Haven, CT]
- Bilingual Program Specialist [Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA]
- Director [The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA]
- Adult Engagement Manager [Field Museum, Chicago, IL]
- Membership Manager [Saint Louis Art Museum, MO]
- Major Gift Officer [Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN]
- Manager of Education [Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA]
- Executive Director [Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, Washington, DC]
- Associate Preparator [Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, PA]
- Associate Vice President of Travel & Conference Sales [National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA]
- Collections Information Specialist [Princeton University, Princeton, NJ]
- Executive Director [Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX]
- Museum Marketing Manager [National Law Enforcement Museum, Washington, DC]
- Director [The Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA]
- Deputy Director [Sarasota Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL]
- Associate Director, Security and Building Maintenance [San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA]
- Program Assistant [Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY]
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum [Exhibit Project Manager, Nashville, TN]
- Senior Director of Development, Major Gifts [Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, Davis, CA]
- Director of Curatorial Affairs [Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA]
- Learning & Engagement Programs Leader (Curator) [Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada]
- Executive Director [Robert Russa Moton Museum, Farmville, VA]
- Director of Development [William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA]
- Exhibitions Manager [Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada]
- DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY [The Frick Collection, New York, NY]
- Frederick and Jan Mayer Curator of Pre-Columbian Art [Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO]
- President and Chief Executive Officer [Center of Science and Industry , Columbus, OH]
- Collections Manager [National Law Enforcement Museum, Washington, DC]
- Manager of Community Engagement [Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH]
- Membership Assistant [Smithsonian Institution, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC]
- Public Programs Associate [Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA]
- Operations Coordinator (Part Time) [Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey House Historic Site, Alexandria, VA]
- Curatorial Assistant [Holocaust Museum Houston, TX]
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