Myojin Nadar Curatorial Assistant, 1600 – 1800

Deadline: June 11,  2015
Interviews: June 22, 2015 (TBC)

This post provides 22 months of curatorial training and experience. The successful candidate will have undertaken postgraduate research in Art History in an area relevant to National Gallery collections and be able to demonstrate an interest in pursuing a museum career. They will be expected to assist in a broad range of curatorial work. Assisting with the care, display, research, management and interpretation of the National Gallery’s collection. The Curatorial Assistant will be assigned to the 1600-1800 section of the curatorial team and receive training in the care, display, research and interpretation of the collection, in dealing with acquisitions, loans, rehangs and redisplays, in curating exhibitions and the delivery of public programmes, in dealing with public enquiries and ensuring collection information is up to date, in liaising with an essential range of museum functions such as art handling, framing, conservation and scientific research, as well as communications, exhibitions and education teams, in working with national and international partners, and in acting as a Gallery courier when accompanying paintings in the UK and abroad.

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