Jobs
Search here for jobs across the UK’s national and major regional museums, libraries and archives.
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National Library of Scotland
Full time (35 hours per week), salary £77,843 per annum, civil service pension and based in Edinburgh.
Date posted: 10/07/2026
Deadline: 02/08/2026
Location:
EdinburghCategory:
ConservationCuratorial
Senior management
Salary:
77,843Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0131 623 3718
Imperial War Museums
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a major preservation project across IWM's five sites. As Preventive Conservator (EMS), you'll help implement a new Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) that will provide the data, tools and processes needed to manage environmental risks and protect our collections for years to come.
Date posted: 13/07/2026
Deadline: 29/07/2026
Location:
IWM London/IWM DuxfordCategory:
ConservationSalary:
£32,000 - £35,000Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/a
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
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/a
National Library of Scotland
Full time (35 hours per week), fixed term for 6 months, salary £33,268 per annum, civil service pension and based in Edinburgh.
Date posted: 14/07/2026
Deadline: 02/08/2026
Location:
EdinburghCategory:
ArchivistCuratorial
Other
Salary:
33,268Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0131 623 3718
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 Early Medieval European collections.
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 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
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
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
Royal Museums Greenwich
Our Technology team are seeking a permanent Cyber Security Lead who wants to take an active role in shaping, influencing, and improving on Royal Museum Greenwich's cyber security landscape.
Date posted: 15/07/2026
Deadline: 28/07/2026
Location:
Greenwich, LondonCategory:
ITSalary:
£55,000 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02083128565
Imperial War Museums
Join IWM's research team and help deliver ambitious research and knowledge exchange activity. You'll develop academic partnerships, secure external funding, build research capability, and support impactful projects that strengthen IWM's position as a leading Independent Research Organisation.
Date posted: 15/07/2026
Deadline: 16/08/2026
Location:
IWM LondonCategory:
ResearchSalary:
£42,500 - £45,000Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
N/A
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:
02082052266Royal 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: 05/08/2026
Location:
MidlandsCategory:
MarketingSalary:
£28,000 - £29,000Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02082052266Location:
LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
28939Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02078145792
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
Sir John Soane's Museum
The post will play an important part in generating and maintaining business across all revenue strands of SME, including reactive and proactive sales, marketing the Museum’s various products, the planning, execution and follow up of events and tours, identifying new potential commercial partners and additional administrative tasks related to commercial activities.
Date posted: 20/07/2026
Deadline: 10/08/2026
Location:
LondonCategory:
EventsSalary:
£30,260Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02074404273
National Gallery
The National Gallery has an exciting opportunity for a Communications Executive (Marketing and Campaigns) to join the Communications Team. The Gallery has ambitious goals for the growth and engagement of its audiences for the next five years, and this role will play a vital part of helping deliver projects which respond to the Audience Strategy.
Date posted: 20/07/2026
Deadline: 02/08/2026
Location:
The National GalleryCategory:
MarketingSalary:
£36,950.00 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
044 20 7747 5136