Lead Curator: Reimagining the British Museum Project
Collection Projects and Resources
Full-Time
Fixed-Term (24 Months, end date 21 June 2023)
£48,169 per annum
Application Deadline: 12pm on 22 March 2021
The British Museum is seeking an innovative and critical thinker to lead curatorial and research teams in the delivery of an exciting and complex new project to place global collaboration at the heart of the Museum’s new masterplan. The Reimagining the British Museum project will develop new curatorial approaches to interpreting the collection and developing the narratives that will underpin a comprehensive redisplay of the galleries.
In this role you will manage a dedicated curatorial team who will work with curators and other specialists across the organisation as well as individuals and groups around the world to develop curatorial briefs for new suites of permanent galleries. You will deliver pilot projects such as displays, and digital or other public programmes to test and evaluate different collaborative methods and narrative approaches, producing a clear plan and framework for how the Museum will collaborate globally in the development and delivery of its masterplan. Working beyond your own area of expertise or scholarly discipline, you will provide the right environment to stimulate new thinking and debate while balancing the need to meet challenging deadlines.
The start date for the project and this post is planned for late June 2021.
Person specification
You will have delivered significant display or interpretation projects and have substantial experience of co-curation, co-creation or other methods of collaboration with both academic and non-academic partners, ideally internationally. You will be excellent at developing and sustaining relationships, comfortable leading diverse and multi-disciplinary teams drawn from across the organisation, and adept at communicating complex stories through display, digital and public programmes.
