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Assistant Collections Manager - Part Time | George Washington's Mount Vernon posted Jan 5, 2026
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
United States
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Salary: $20/hour
The Assistant Collections Manager (ACM) is a part-time, non-exempt position that shares with the other Assistant Collections Managers the responsibility for the cleaning and monitoring of George Washington's Mansion and the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center outside of public hours. These responsibilities include the general cleaning of exhibition spaces and the specialized handling of collections objects, many of which belonged to George Washington and his family. The ACM also assists in maintaining collection documentation and assi sts members of the collections department with special projects, such as object inventories, exhibition installation, and movement of the collections. This position reports directly to the Collections Manager.
For more info: Assistant Collections Manager - Part Time
How to apply:
To apply: https://www.mountvernon.org/about/employment/open-positions-at-mount-vernon
Contact:
Human Resources
hr@mountvernon.org
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Associate Registrar - Full-Time | Santa Barbara Museum of Art posted Dec 12, 2025
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
United States
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Salary: $29.87/hour
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is one of the finest museums on the West Coast and is celebrated for the superb quality of its permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. Its mission is to integrate art into the lives of people through internationally recognized exhibitions special programs, as well as the thoughtful presentation of its permanent collection. Nestled between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara is about 90 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, and the city has a vibrant, walkable downtown with concert venues, restaurants, live theater, dance, classical music, and a farmer's market close to the museum. Three local universities, including the University of California, Santa Barbara, contribute to the cultural richness and energy.
The Registration Department takes pride in being a collaborative and positive environment that aims to give staff opportunities to learn and grow. We are seeking assistance for our Collection Areas: 19th and Early 20th European Art, Asian Art, Contemporary Art, and Photography & New Media. The Associate Registrar helps to manage documenting and cataloguing permanent collection and loan artworks, including tracking and documenting locations, and updating Registration files. Works on the museum's art collection database (TMS) to create and update artwork records. This position works on permanent collection exhibitions and gallery rotations as assigned and supports department in managing exhibition loans, traveling exhibitions, short term and long term loans (including opportunities for courier trips), and permanent collection acquisitions. Works on projects designated by the Registrar which may include physical inventory and monitoring storage and environmental conditions of loans and permanent collection. Substantial art handling may be required for completion of some duties.
For more info: Associate Registrar
How to apply:
To apply: https://www.sbma.net/about/careers/associate-registrar-full-time
Contact:
Margot Dement
mdement@sbma.net
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Associate Registrar of Exhibitions | Peabody Essex Museum posted Jan 15, 2026
161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970
United States
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Salary: $60,000 - $63,000
The Associate Registrar of Exhibitions is responsible for the coordination of registration activities surrounding the Peabody Essex Museum's exhibition program, including changing exhibitions and PEM-organized touring exhibitions. The Associate Registrar of Exhibitions supports all registration aspects of changing and traveling exhibitions from the early planning phase through implementation including the coordination of artwork loans to exhibitions. Reporting to the Registrar of Exhibitions, this position is a key member of the Registration department, working in close coordination with the exhibition registration team, the collection registrars, and the Head Registrar on department and institutional initiatives. Additionally, the Associate Registrar of Exhibitions works closely with Exhibition Planning, Preparation, Conservation, Curatorial, and Exhibition Design, participating on cross-departmental teams, collaborating with colleagues across the mus eum, and representing PEM with external stakeholders including lenders, partner institutions, and vendors.
For more info: Associate Registrar of Exhibitions
How to apply:
To apply, please use the following link: https://secure5.entertimeonline.com/ta/CBIZ20793.careers?TrackId=[ARCS]&ApplyToJob=470097935&full_apply=&jobid=470097935
Contact:
Kimberly Maas
kimbery_maas@pem.org
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Associate Registrar, Temporary (6 months) | SFMOMA posted Jan 22, 2026
151 3rd Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
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Salary: $36.94/hour (starting rate) - $$44.32/hour (position rate)
Schedule: Full Time, 35 hours/week, Temporary (6 months), fully onsite
This position has a tentative start date of July 1, 2026
The Associate Registrar, Exhibitions has a central role in advancing registration methods, policies, and procedures for the museum's exhibitions program, in ways that are aligned with the museum's strategic priorities and the goals of the Registration department and the Collections, Exhibitions and Design (CED) division. Working independently and with minimal supervision, they a re responsible for successfully planning, managing, and documenting registration activities for assigned projects related to the museum's exhibitions program, including temporary and touring exhibitions. The Associate Registrar, Exhibitions is a subject matter expert and has the breadth of experience and expertise to manage assigned registration activities for the fullest range of modern and contemporary artwork types and exhibition complexities.
For more info: Associate Registrar, Temporary (6 months)
How to apply:
For more information and to apply, please visit our job site: https://jobs.lever.co/sfmoma/33ebd27d-94dc-4e21-910b-b59cdbe64df0
Contact:
Nina Manno
nmanno@sfmoma.org
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Collections and Office Manager | Historic Stranahan House Museum posted Dec 22, 2025
335 SE 6th Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
United States
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Salary: $40-45,000
The Historic Stranahan House Museum seeks a versatile, organized, and detail-oriented professional to serve as Collections and Office Manager. This full-time role combines responsibilities across collections management, office operations, marketing, and general administrative support. The successful candidate thrives in a dynamic environment, is comfortable being responsible for multiple tasks, and is committed to supporting the museum's mission to preserve and share Fort Lauderdale's history.
For more info: Collections and Office Manager
How to apply:
To apply: https://stranahanhouse.org/jobs/
Contact:
Jennifer Belt
director@stranahanhouse.org
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Collections Move Assistant Registrar | The Bruce Museum posted Jan 15, 2026
1 Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
United States
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Salary: $50,000 - $58,000/year
Full-Time, 18-month contract with possibility of extension
The Bruce Museum seeks a skilled museum professional for a contract role in the Collections Management and Registration Department. The Collections Move Assistant Registrar will be a supporting member of the Collections Move team during a major relocation and rehousing initiative of the Bruce's permanent collection. The successful candidate will have experience using databases, will demonstrate an understanding of informational systems and organization, and will be responsible for location trackin g and record reconciliation for collection objects as they are moved into permanent storage.
For more info: Collections Move Assistant
How to apply:
To apply: submit a cover letter and CV to jobs@brucemuseum.org with the subject line applicant's last name and "Collections Move Assistant Registrar".
Contact:
Kathryn Brous
kbrous@brucemuseum.org
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Collections Specialist | Intrepid Museum posted Jan 8, 2026
One Intrepid Square
12th Avenue & 46th Street
New York, NY 10036
United States
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Salary: $55,000
The Intrepid Museum seeks a highly skilled, detail oriented and motivated individual to fill the full-time position of Collections Specialist. This person will report to the Senior Archivist, and work closely with the Director of Collections and larger Exhibitions Department to ensure the thoughtful care and preservation of the Intrepid Museum's collections. The Collections Specialist will support all aspects of the Museum's collecting activities, with special focus on the artifact collection. Major responsibilities include processing and cataloging new acquisitions, documentary photog raphy of artifacts, scanning photographs and other media, rehousing artifacts, inventorying and maintaining item's storage location, and assisting with exhibit install and artifact display. The Collections Specialist will also take an active role in other departmental projects and activities as assigned.
For more info: Collections Specialist
How to apply:
Please include a cover letter and resume when applying through the provided link.
Contact:
Danielle Swanson
dswanson@intrepidmuseum.org
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Collections Systems Administrator | Lucas Museum of Narrative Art posted Dec 30, 2025
700 So. Flower St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
United States
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Salary: $67,000 - $80,000
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art seeks a Collections Systems Administrator to manage all aspects of maintaining the museum’s collections management database (The Museum System (TMS) and digital asset management system (NetX), while providing back-end and front-end user support for staff across the museum. This position sits within the Registration Department and serves as lead liaison with multiple stakeholders across the institution, interfacing with art and image data, establishing workflows to improve both access to and the quality of data and assets, e.g. completeness, accuracy, inclusivity, etc. and underscore TMS and NetX as the central repositories for the most current institutional information and assets. Collaborating with the entire Registration team, the Collections Systems Administrator is the point person on collection systems functionality, standards, and protocols, and will coordinate logistics of larger TMS and DAMs-related projects such as database upgrades, collection inventories, and interdepartmental system workflows. This role will collaboratively develop and monitor systems and metadata standards for a range of media to ensure they are aligned with national cultural object documentation standards.
For more info: Collections Systems Administrator
How to apply:
To apply: https://jobs.lever.co/lucasmuseum/8fdae721-d2d1-43c0-9fa6-340f844e197f
Contact:
Talent Acquisition
recruiting@lucasmuseum.org
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Head of Collections & Registration | The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza posted Jan 22, 2026
411 Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75202
United States
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Salary: $70,000-84,000
The Head of Collections and Registration supports the Museum's goals of preservation, intellectual control, expanded discoverability and enhanced public access to its collection by stewarding the Collections team. This role provides critical leadership to ensure best practices for collection stewardship, preservation and documentation are implemented and maintained. The incumbent provides mentorship to the Collections team in the care, preservation and manageme nt of diverse collections and loans. This position oversees all aspects of collections operations and registration-including accession, documentation, data management, rights and reproductions, preservation and care, installation, object movement and processing, storage both onsite and offsite, digital preservation and risk management and serves as the senior administrator for the Museum's collection management and digital preservation systems (TMS and Preservica).
The Museum's historical collection is large, actively growing and represents a diverse repositor y of materials ranging from three-dimensional artifacts of all sizes, still and moving images, documents, audio and visual recordings, oral histories and other important documentation related to the assassination and legacy of President Kennedy, the cultural legacy and continuing impact of the events of November 22, 1963, the social history of mid-twentieth century Dallas both before and after the assassination, and the history of Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository building.
For more info: Head of Collections & Registration
How to apply:
Learn more and apply at https://www.jfk.org/carrers/.
Contact:
Amanda Rutland
amandar@jfk.org
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Head Preparator | Speed Art Museum posted Jan 8, 2026
2035 South Third Street
Louisville, KY 40208
United States
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Salary: $60,000-$65,000
The Head Preparator oversees exhibition preparation, installation, art handling, safe storage, and gallery maintenance for both temporary exhibitions and the permanent collection. This role leads the preparation team and works collaboratively with registrars, curators, conservators, the exhibition manager, designers, facilities, security, visiting museum professionals, and external vendors to ensure artworks are installed, maintained, and presented according to professional museum standards.
The Head Preparator serves as the primary technical decision-maker for exhibition installation methods, materials, and workflows, exercising professional judgment and escalating decisions only when required by institutional policy, budgetary constraints, or conservation considerations. The position provides hands-on technical expertise while guiding workflows, schedules, and priorities across multiple projects and plays a critical role in translating curatorial and design concepts into safe, practical, and visually compelling exhibitions.
For more info: Head Preparator
How to apply:
Apply directly through the following link: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/3820531
Contact:
Hannah McAulay
hmcaulay@speedmuseum.org
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Manager of Collection Services | Yale University posted Dec 22, 2025
1111 Chapel St
New Haven, CT 06520
United States
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Salary: $65,000.00 - $101,000.00
The Manager of Collection Services oversees the physical storage, packing and movement of all collection objects and manages the staffing, operation, and maintenance of all collection storage spaces. Housed in a West Haven, Connecticut research and storage location with total facility storage square footage of over 60,000 square feet, the Yale University Art Gallery collection is comprised of over 300,000 objects in media ranging from painting and textiles to coins, works on paper, and sculpture and overseen by 11 curatorial/collection departments. Over 40,000 of the collection's small three-dimensional objects and 1,300 of the collection's furniture examples are housed in dedicated collection-study centers, allowing direct curatorial and visitor interaction with collection objects.
For more info: Manager of Collection Services
How to apply:
To apply: https://careers.yale.edu/us/en/job/131173WD/Manager-of-Collection-Services
Contact:
Human Resources
noemails@jobelephant.com
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Museum Registrar | The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures posted Dec 22, 2025
5235 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
United States
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Salary: $18.87-$21.63
Working closely with the collections manager and the curator / senior manager of collections, the museum registrar has an integral role in ensuring that the actively growing collection is properly documented and well maintained. They create and maintain appropriate collection documentation, including legal documents, files, and retrieval systems associated with collections, acquisitions, accessions, deaccessions, cataloging, loans, packing, shipping, customs, inventory, insurance, and stora ge. The registrar interfaces with potential donors, collectors, lenders, volunteers, and interns.
For more info: Museum Registrar
How to apply:
To apply: https://erecruit.umsystem.edu/psc/tamext/KCITY/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&SiteId=7&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=7&JobOpeningId=58233&PostingSeq=1&
Contact:
Amy McKune
mckunea@toyandminiaturemuseum.org
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Preparator | New Museum of Contemporary Art posted Jan 15, 2026
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
United States
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Salary: $72,340.39
The New Museum of Contemporary Art seeks a skilled professional for the position of Preparator. The successful candidate will report to the Chief Preparator and Director of Exhibitions Management and will partner with two fellow full-time Preparators and the entire Exhibitions Department to complete the needs of an exhibition from the planning stages through installation and dispersal. The Preparator will work closely with the Chief Preparator, Registrars, Installation Crew, Curatorial Department, and Operations Staff.
The position frequently requires work on weekends and evenings aligned with the Museum's exhibitions calendar. The position is eligible for the Museum's employee benefits programs.
For more info: Preparator
How to apply:
To apply: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=1f6b9d4e-d9c9-4a65-9886-3ae2bc274c25&ccId=19000101_000001&source=CC2&lang=en_US&selectedMenuKey=CurrentOpenings&jobId=510636
Contact:
Shawn Campell
scampbell@newmuseum.org
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Registrar | The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza posted Jan 22, 2026
411 Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75202
United States
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Salary: $50,500-$70,000
A vital member of the Collections department, the Registrar plays an essential role in documentation and logistics of the preservation, care, and day-to-day stewardship of the collection. Works closely with the Collections team to ensure standard museum practices are followed and work is documented appropriately. The position will also collaborate with other departments to make collections accessible for the purpose of exhibition, digitization, publication, and research.
The Museum's historical collection is large, actively growing and represents a diverse repository of materials ranging from t hree-dimensional artifacts of all sizes, still and moving images, documents, audio and visual recordings, oral histories and other important documentation related to the assassination and legacy of President Kennedy, the cultural legacy and continuing impact of the events of November 22, 1963, the social history of mid-twentieth century Dallas both before and after the assassination, and the history of Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository building.
For more info: Registrar
How to apply:
Learn more and apply at http://www.jfk.org/careers/.
Contact:
Amanda Rutland
amandar@jfk.org
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Registration Assistant | Perez Art Museum Miami posted Dec 4, 2025
1103 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132
United States
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Salary: $21.00 to $22.00 per hour
Reporting to the Associate Director of Registration, the Registration Assistant supports the daily operations of the Registration Department by providing essential administrative and logistical assistance to the Registration team. This role is crucial for maintaining organized records, coordinating departmental operations, and supporting collections stewardship and exhibition preparation. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, proactive, and demonstrates a strong interest in museum registration practices and standards.
For more info: Registration Assistant
How to apply:
To apply: https://www.pamm.org/en/jobs/
Contact:
Human Resources
hr@pamm.org
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