Organization: Victoria & Albert Museum
Location: London, UK
Salary: £35,561-£41,488 Pro rata
Deadline: 20 July, 2025
The Role
The V&A is looking for a Digital Art Curator to join the Art, Architecture, Photography and Design Department.
The postholder will share responsibility for the development, care, documentation, research, presentation, and interpretation of the V&A’s digital art collection alongside a fellow part time curator. The museum holds one of the world’s largest and most important collections of computer-generated and digital art and the postholder will be expected to represent the V&A and play an active role in the field of digital art, its scholarship and collecting, nationally and internationally.
The V&A
The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK’s national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
Our mission is to be recognised as the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people’s lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience. We strive to make the V&A matter to more people and in that context we work to the following six strategic objectives:
- To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
- Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
- Expand the V&A’s international reach, reputation and impact.
- To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
- Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
- Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.
