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Assistant Curator: Photographs (Art Fund)

Reference: JUL20180374
Expiry date: 17:30, 22 July 2018
Location: South Kensington
Salary: £22,227 Per Annum
Benefits: Group Personal Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, and other great benefits

With support from Art Fund, the Victoria and Albert Museum runs a programme to help the development of curatorial expertise in the art and culture of photography, working with regional museum partners. The programme has been in place since 2014, and has resulted in collaborations with Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery and Museums Sheffield. The curatorial training post provides practical training in photographs curatorship and equips a Curator with specialist knowledge of photography and the ability to care for and develop photography collections.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract. You will spend six months in the Photographs Section of the Word and Image Department at the V&A with a V&A Curator as mentor. This will be followed by a six months’ placement at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter working on an agreed project. The post-holder will report to the Curator, Photographs at the V&A.

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.vam.ac.uk/vacancies