Chief Curator 

The Princeton University Art Museum invites nominations and applications for the new position of Chief Curator.

This is a high level position at one of the world’s finest university museums. We seek a highly accomplished curator, scholar, or educator, with a firmly established reputation in the museum field and a clear curatorial/academic perspective on the value and meanings of great museums in academic settings. Preference will be given to candidates with academic training or equivalent work experience in one or more fields of art history, social history, or material culture appropriate to the Museum’s mission and five or more years of progressively responsible experience in a museum, ideally in an academic setting.

Under the leadership of the Art Museum’s Director, and reporting to the Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions, the Chief Curator advances the Museum’s commitment to merging scholarship and accessibility by providing intellectual leadership to its curatorial team. The Chief Curator is a thought leader, advocate for, and partner to the curatorial team who shapes discussion across curatorial areas, and positions the Museum as a leader in the field. The Chief Curator builds a culture of collaboration across areas of diverse curatorial expertise, privileging cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary exhibitions, thinking, and activities that build from Princeton’s uniquely wide-ranging collections. In so doing, the Chief Curator helps to link these to the Museum’s educational activities, including publishing and interpretation.