The Winterthur Research Fellowship Program announces that it is accepting applicants for the 2024-2025 cohort, offering financial support to scholars, including conservators and conservation scientists at all stages of their careers through short-term, dissertation, and postdoctoral awards. Maker-Creator Fellowships also enable artists and creatives from a breadth of disciplines to find new inspiration for their work.

The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields seeks a full-time Conservation Technician, to join a multi-discipline team in care of a superb collection spanning 5,000 years of history. The Conservation Technician supports the activities of the conservators and the general operation of the Conservation Department towards the care and preservation of the art and artifacts held by Newfields.

The Preservation Lab, a partnership to preserve and conserve the collections of the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library and the University of Cincinnati Libraries, seeks applicants for a Conservation Assistant position. The Conservation Assistant is a technician level position with on-the-job training that may appeal to emerging conservation professionals. This position will join a collaborative team of 7 full-time staff members, including conservators, a preservation librarian, technicians, student workers and volunteers to preserve collections from both institutions.

The Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center is looking for a dynamic conservator to run its paintings conservation lab. As the leader of the painting's conservation lab, the conservator will treat works from a broad range of public and private clients throughout the region. The conservator will examine paintings, prepare treatment proposals - including time and cost estimates - and conserve artifacts and collections. The conservator will provide preservation expertise and outreach, participate in the Center's educational activities, and supervise technicians, interns and volunteers on painting conservation projects.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is seeking a Conservator of Objects to join its conservation team. Working closely with curatorial and collections staff, the Conservator of Objects will oversee all activities associated with museum’s collection of over 25,000 objects. Leading a staff of two conservators and a pre-program outdoor sculpture technician, the Conservator of Objects will manage and participate in a wide range of activities, including treatment, loan preparations, exhibition activity, research, grant projects, preventive initiatives, courier trips, and outreach.

The Museum Studies Program at the University of Kansas (KU) invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level expected to commence on August 18, 2024. The program seeks a scholar whose research and teaching examine the politics, ethics, and epistemologies of museum collections, exhibits, and pedagogy. We are particularly interested in Asian/Black/Indigenous/Latinx topics and/or museum politics, ethics, and epistemologies in a global context.

The Art Institute of Chicago is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time position of Book Conservation Technician to join its dynamic Conservation and Science Department. Reporting to the Senior Book Conservator, the Book Conservation Technician prepares book and archival collections for exhibition, installation, loans, storage, committee meetings and conservation examination.  The Technician is responsible for providing basic care for the collection including maintenance, proper handling, the construction of protective enclosures for book and archival collection materials, and environmental control in storage and exhibition. 

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is seeking an Assistant Conservator of Paintings to join its conservation team. Working closely with curatorial and collections staff, the Assistant Conservator of Paintings will participate in a wide range of department activities, including examination, treatment, catalogue research, loan preparations, exhibition activity, courier trips, preventive maintenance, and outreach.