Museum Studies Blog at Tufts University

Here’s our weekly roundup of new jobs. Happy hunting!

New England

• Education Program Assistant [Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA]
• Historical Role Player [Strawberry Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH]
• Adult ESL Instructor [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]
• Public Programs Coordinator [EMK Institute for the United States Senate, Boston, MA]
• Assistant to the Executive Director [Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, MA]
• Event and Rental Director [Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, MA]
• Coordinator of Marketing and Communication [Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, MA]
• External Affairs Director [Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, MA]
• Developing and Marketing Associate [Cyrus Dallin Art Museum, Arlington, MA]
• Chief Development Officer [Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA]
• Internal Events Coordinator [Museum of Science, Boston, MA]
• Exhibit Content Developer [Museum of Science, Boston, MA]
• Assistant Researcher [Museum of Science, Boston, MA]

Mid-Atlantic     

• Manager of School Programs [National Law Enforcement Museum, Washington, DC]
• Exhibits Designer [Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA]
• Director of Development [Tudor Place Foundation, Washington, DC]
• Director of Collections and Research [Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY]
• Director of Exhibitions [Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY]
• Editor [Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA]

Midwest

• Executive Director [Legacy of the Lakes Museum [Alexandria, MN]
• Chief Development Officer [University of MN Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, MN]
• Curatorial Associate [Terra Foundation of American Art, Chicago, IL]
• Director of the Museum of Art [University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA]

South

• Curator of Asian Art [Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC]
• Director of Exhibits and Operations [The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, Greenville, SC]
• The Andrew W. Mellon Fellow [Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM]
• Associate Director [Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM]
• Sheldon Peck Curator for European and American Art before 1950 [Ackland Art Museum, Ackland, NC]

West

• Director of External Affairs [Friends of the Chinese American Museum. Los Angeles, CA]
• Data Services Manager [TRG Arts, CO]

The Coordinator of School Partnerships and Teacher Programs will have the opportunity to help build and foster relationships with schools, teachers, students and their families by connecting them with the MFA’s global art collection and the education and enrichment possibilities that it can support through partnerships, workshops, and community-building events.  This position is responsible for coordinating the administrative aspects of the Museum’s partnerships with area schools, including the Visual Thinking Strategies/Boston Public Schools Partnership program and partnerships with independent schools.  This position is also responsible for handling logistics and assisting with implementation of teacher programs including evening workshops, customized workshops, and teacher professional development initiatives. Key Qualifications:  Bachelor Degree; 1-3 years professional working experience, preferably in an urban public school system, previous training in Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) a plus; availability 2-3 evenings a month.

For a full job description and details on how to apply, visit http://www.mfa.org/employment