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.

The Iowa State University Library seeks an engaging leader to serve as Head of Preservation. The Head of Preservation provides vision and leadership for a well-established preservation program for the Library’s collections across formats, facilities, and functional areas. The Head is responsible for overseeing staff who ensure immediate and long-term access to a wide variety of resources in a manner that both safeguards materials and promotes their use through collections care, preventive and interventive conservation of Special Collections and University Archives materials….

General Collections Conservator/Preservation Coordinator
University of Kansas Libraries, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Position Overview

The General Collections Conservator/Preservation Coordinator has primary responsibility for general collections, but also directs the housing and cleaning projects for special collections.