Jobs
Search here for jobs across the UK’s national and major regional museums, libraries and archives.
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National Gallery
Step into the heart of one of the world’s most celebrated art galleries and shape the guest journey — from a warm welcome to a lasting farewell. As a Guest Experience Host, you’ll ensure every guest feels informed, inspired, and cared for throughout their time at the Gallery.
Date posted: 14/07/2026
Deadline: 24/07/2026
Location:
LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£11,669.20 (FTE £29,173)Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
n/aRoyal Pavilion and Museums
Would you like the opportunity to start a career in IT and digital support while gaining practical experience in a unique museum setting?
Brighton & Hove Museums has an exciting opportunity for a Level 3 Digital Support Technician Apprentice to work with the Head of IT across our museum sites, historic buildings and public-facing services, including the Royal Pavilion.
Date posted: 16/07/2026
Deadline: 14/08/2026
Location:
BrightonCategory:
ITSalary:
£15,392Contract type:
OtherHours:
Full timeTelephone:
03000290900
Royal Air Force Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum is as a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity.
We have two public sites in the Midlands and London and a stored collection at Stafford. Our purpose is to share the RAF story - past, present and future - using the stories of its people and our collections to engage, inform and inspire.
Date posted: 16/07/2026
Deadline: 02/08/2026
Location:
LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£18,500Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
02082052266
Royal Air Force Museum
The Museum is looking to recruit a Collections Care and Conservation Supervisor.
Date posted: 20/07/2026
Deadline: 09/08/2026
Location:
StaffordCategory:
Collections CareConservation
Salary:
£29,497.50 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02082052266
The National Archives
This post enables The National Archives to remain compliant with information rights legislation by undertaking work on Reclosure at The National Archives.
Date posted: 15/07/2026
Deadline: 29/07/2026
Location:
Kew, Richmond, TW9 4DUCategory:
AdministrationOther
Salary:
£29,258 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02039855979
University of Oxford Gardens, Libraries & Museums
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Oxford University Herbaria are working together as part of the Central England Digitisation Co-Hub, a major collaborative initiative that is transforming access to natural history collections across the UK. This exciting programme will digitise nationally significant specimens, making them accessible to researchers and the public worldwide.
Date posted: 07/07/2026
Deadline: 27/07/2026
Location:
Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW and Oxford University Herbaria, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3ELCategory:
DigitalSalary:
£28,437 - £29,761 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/aRoyal Pavilion and Museums
Brighton & Hove Museums Trust is a leading cultural charity responsible for caring for over one million objects and some of the city’s most iconic buildings, including the Royal Pavilion. Alongside preserving our collections and heritage, we operate a diverse and commercially active organisation with admissions, events, retail, catering, fundraising and venue hire across multiple sites.
Date posted: 07/07/2026
Deadline: 03/08/2026
Location:
BrightonCategory:
FinancialSalary:
£29,064 – £31,022Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
03000290900Location:
LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
28939Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02078145792
Royal Air Force Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum is as a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity.
We have two public sites in the Midlands and London and a stored collection at Stafford. Our purpose is to share the RAF story - past, present and future - using the stories of its people and our collections to engage, inform and inspire.
Date posted: 16/07/2026
Deadline: 05/08/2026
Location:
MidlandsCategory:
MarketingSalary:
£28,000 - £29,000Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02082052266
Science Museum Group
Do you have a commitment to research and a curator's eye for what makes an object matter?
Date posted: 15/07/2026
Deadline: 29/07/2026
Location:
Bradford, West YorkshireCategory:
Collections CareSalary:
Up to £28878 per annum + 12-month fixed termContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
01904 685795
National Library of Scotland
Part time (21 hours per week), fixed term for 23 months, salary £48,646 (£29,185 pro-rata) per annum, civil service pension, based in Edinburgh.
Date posted: 10/07/2026
Deadline: 23/07/2026
Location:
EdinburghCategory:
DesignEducation
Events
Salary:
29,185Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
0131 623 3718
National Gallery
Step into the heart of one of the world’s most celebrated art galleries and shape the guest journey — from a warm welcome to a lasting farewell. As a Guest Experience Host, you’ll ensure every guest feels informed, inspired, and cared for throughout their time at the Gallery.
Date posted: 14/07/2026
Deadline: 24/07/2026
Location:
LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£29,173 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/a
Horniman Museum and Gardens
We are looking for a Horticulturalist to work with the Head of Horticulture and a small, dedicated team of gardeners to create innovative new displays and planting schemes which are linked to the collections and exhibitions inside the museum.
Date posted: 21/07/2026
Deadline: 10/08/2026
Location:
South East LondonCategory:
OtherSalary:
£29,355 pro rata per annum (actual salary £23,484 per annum)Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
02086991872
Royal Air Force Museum
The Museum is looking to recruit an Assistant Curator- Visual Media and Archives.
Date posted: 22/06/2026
Deadline: 26/07/2026
Location:
LondonCategory:
ArchivistCuratorial
Salary:
£26,851.50Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02082052266
British Museum
This new role supports the design, coordination, and delivery of the British Museum's talent development initiatives!
Date posted: 14/07/2026
Deadline: 28/07/2026
Location:
LondonCategory:
HRSalary:
£31979 - £32979 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
British Museum
The British Museum is seeking a Project Curator to join the Britain, Europe and Prehistory Department. Working as part of the Museum's Digitisation and Documentation programme, you will play a key role in documenting, researching and digitising collections relating to the European Iron Age, Romano-British period, Late Antiquity and Byzantium.
Date posted: 14/07/2026
Deadline: 02/08/2026
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£36,396 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 73238396
British Museum
The British Museum is seeking a Project Curator to join the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory. Working as part of the Museum's Digitisation and Documentation programme, you will play a key role in documenting, researching and digitising collections relating to Renaissance Britain & Europe.
Date posted: 22/07/2026
Deadline: 12/08/2026
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£36,396 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 73238396
University of Oxford Gardens, Libraries & Museums
EMLO is an Oxford-hosted catalogue of early modern correspondence, now managed within the Bodleian Libraries. You will work with the editorial team to add and improve metadata for letters in the Bodleian’s manuscript collections, identify items of research interest, and support the ongoing development of the database.
Date posted: 16/07/2026
Deadline: 27/07/2026
Location:
OxfordCategory:
EducationOther
Salary:
Grade 6
Science Museum Group
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Date posted: 17/07/2026
Deadline: 24/07/2026
Location:
EnglandCategory:
AdministrationSalary:
£28500 - £32000 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01904 685795
National Army Museum
We're seeking an enthusiastic Librarian to help care for these nationally significant collections and make them accessible to everyone including curators, academics, family historians, students and military researchers.
Date posted: 20/07/2026
Deadline: 24/08/2026
Location:
Chelsea, LondonCategory:
LibrarianSalary:
£34,040Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02078812442