Working with the Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and European Art, the Assistant Curator is responsible for overseeing an encyclopedic collection of more than 17,000 works on paper in the Blanton's collection, including managing a very active study room, and cataloguing, care, research and storage.

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Wesleyan University's Special Collections is made up of over 45,000 volumes of rare books ranging from medieval manuscript codices and early printed books to 21st-century fine press books. It holds materials in multiple formats, including books, pamphlets, broadsides, and maps. It also maintains a strong collection of over 1,000 artists’ books with one highlight being those on social justice and related issues.

Wesleyan’s Special Collections is part of the newly formed Unique Collections department that includes the: University Archives, Archaeology & Anthropology Collections, Center for East Asian Studies Art & Archival Collections, and the World Music Archives.

Reporting to the Dietrich Family Associate University Librarian for Unique Collections, the Head of Special Collections will lead in developing collaborative, sustainable approaches to managing a complex portfolio of Special Collections services, projects, and programs. Additionally, they will work to strengthen the department’s focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in collections practices.

The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor seeks candidates for the position of Curator of Maps and Graphics to help build on the strengths of collections of national significance and expand the discoverability of and access to those collections. Including materials that span the 16th to the 20th centuries, our holdings offer rich resources for researchers, students, and the general public.

Reporting to the Director of the Clements Library, you will be responsible for collection development, conservation, and access for maps and graphic arts materials in the Clements collections. You will serve scholarship and creative research, encouraging imaginative approaches to visual culture as part of our mission to emphasize in-person, direct examination of original primary source materials.

The genres housed in the Graphics & Map Division include:

- Prints, engravings, lithographs from the 16th to 20th centuries
- Atlases and maps (printed and manuscript) from the 15th to 20th centuries
- Photographs from 1840s into the 20th century
- Original drawings, watercolors, oil paintings
- Printed ephemera
- Three-dimensional objects (realia)
- American popular sheet music from the 19th and early 20th centuries

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is seeking a contract Senior Research Cataloguer to conduct research and create robust catalogue entries for approx. 2,035 drawings by American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) in the museum’s collection.

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POSITION SUMMARY
The Office Manager provides administrative support to the Executive Administrative Director, Officers, and the museum board of directors to meet day-to-day needs as well as strategic objectives. This individual will enjoy work that is varied in nature while organizing and working on multiple projects at one time. The ideal candidate will have a natural flexibility in handling day-to-day routines as well as surprises, along with excellent organizational skills and a personable disposition to keep us thriving. The office manager will provide strong, reliable support for operations by creating and communicating museum procedures and maintaining employee safety.

We strive to provide an exceptional experience to all visitors. The person in this position will be responsible for modeling great customer service, a can-do attitude, and creative problem-solving skills. This individual will possess a strong desire to help the museum grow, work collaboratively, and approach change with enthusiasm.

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Houghton Library seeks an Assistant Curator to support managing, building and sharing the Library's Printing and Graphic Arts (P&GA) collection. Reporting to the Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts, the Assistant Curator performs a range of administrative, outreach, collection-development, and book-arts functions. Part of a highly visible and active department, the Assistant Curator collaborates with all areas of the Library including Public Services, Technical Services, Public and Scholarly Programs, and other curatorial departments.

The successful candidate will possess strong subject knowledge in at least one area of strength in the P&GA collection, and will, ideally, also bring expertise in an area of printing and graphic arts outside of the collection's current strengths. The successful candidate will also possess the capacity to master over time the broad range of formats, subjects, and time periods represented in the P&GA collection, and the flexibility required to develop facility in the numerous skillsets used in curatorial work.

The Department of Printing and Graphic Arts was founded in 1938 by legendary curator, collector, and connoisseur Philip Hofer. The department holds original artifacts from all periods illustrating the book arts and the materiality and historical development of the book, whether manuscript or printed. Its strengths reside mainly in European and American traditions of manuscript and printed book illustration, printing technologies, typography, calligraphy, book design, and early photography. In addition to facilitating teaching and research based in the collection, the department administers a vibrant set of programs including the Frances and Philip Hofer lecture series, the Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art, workshops on letterpress printing, and other activities core to the department's mission and spirit.

The V&A is currently recruiting a Curator of Prints, with expertise in either early or early modern prints. Please do circulate/forward to anyone you think might be interested. The deadline is 23:59, Tuesday the 30th of May. Please visit the link below for more information.

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking a committed, proactive person to support the work of the Library in the critical area of collection conservation and preservation. This is an opportunity for an experienced conservator to undertake condition assessments and conservation treatment of paper and book material from the remarkable collections of Maynooth University Library.

The conservator will work closely with staff in Special Collections and Archives, and also other departments of the Library and will report to the Assistant Librarian with Responsibility for Special Collections and Archives. They will be expected have the skills and knowledge to plan, manage and track their work to ensure that deadlines are met in support of the overall objectives of the University Library. They must be able to communicate effectively with people at all levels, and be able to keep clear, consistent and accurate records of all activities undertaken.

The Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings heads the division comprising all graphic art collections and curatorial staff, under the Chief Curatorial and Conservation Executive Officer, and is responsible for the study, documentation, display, development, use, and care of the National Gallery’s world-class collection of some 120,000 works–prints, drawings, artists’ books, and ephemera–from Europe, America, and other parts of the world, dating from the 11th century to the present day.

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The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) is seeking applicants for the position of Assistant/Associate Paper Conservator. The successful candidate will join a dedicated conservation team who work collaboratively with BMA staff across multiple departments including curatorial, registration, installation, and exhibitions to examine, research, and care for works in the BMA collection and on loan to the Museum. The Assistant/Associate Paper Conservator will also engage in other conservation and preservation activities across the Museum, while helping to care for the almost 70,000 works on paper- including prints, drawings, photographs, parchment, and books- in the collection. The BMA holds a world-class collection of more than 100,000 works of art spanning the ancient world to the present. The BMA has recently renovated and opened the Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs and the Ruth M. Marder Center for Matisse Studies.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Examine, document, and perform conservation treatments on the wide range of works on paper in the Museum’s collection.
• Examine, assess, and document the condition of works on paper requested for exhibition and loan.
• Examine and evaluate the condition and media of works on paper that are being considered for acquisition, collaborating closely with curatorial staff.
• Work closely with the Preparator for Works on Paper and the Director of Conservation/Paper Conservator to ensure the safe housing, handling, transit, and display of works on paper.
• Collaborate with other members of the Conservation Department to perform preservation and collection maintenance activities, including monitoring the museum climate and assisting in integrated pest management.
• Identify media, perform analytical analysis, and conduct and disseminate research on works of art on paper.
• Assist in the training and oversight of conservation interns, technicians, and contractors as needed.
• Act as a courier for loans to other institutions.
• Engage in conservation outreach to visitors, staff and other professionals while striving to advance the Museum’s commitment to equity and inclusion.
• Maintain and acquire skills and knowledge of current conservation techniques and principles through participation in professional conferences, lectures, and workshops.

This full-time, exempt position reports to the Director of Conservation.

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