Jobs
Search here for jobs across the UK’s national and major regional museums, libraries and archives.
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The Wallace Collection
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Wallace Collection as a Head of Communications.
Date posted: 18/11/2025
Deadline: 14/12/2025
Location:
W1U 3BNCategory:
MarketingDigital
Salary:
The salary for this post is between £50,000 to £55,000 per annum dependent on skills and experience.Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02075639544
The Wallace Collection
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Wallace Collection as a Head of Learning and Participation.
Date posted: 20/11/2025
Deadline: 14/12/2025
Location:
W1U 3BNCategory:
EducationEvents
Salary:
The salary for this post is between £46,000 to £51,000 per annum dependent on skills and experience.Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02075639544
University of Oxford Gardens, Libraries & Museums
Bodleian Libraries are looking for a talented preventive conservator to lead our team!
Date posted: 17/11/2025
Deadline: 15/12/2025
Location:
Oxford (OX1 3BG)Category:
ConservationSalary:
£49,119 - £58,265 per annum
The National Archives
The post holder will be responsible for executing a programme of work on poverty and the poor law in Wales from 1834 to 1930 as agreed with the funder, The Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Date posted: 02/12/2025
Deadline: 16/12/2025
Location:
London (Kew), WalesCategory:
OtherResearch
Salary:
£39,567 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02039855979
University of Oxford Gardens, Libraries & Museums
Are you our next Head of Audience and Engagement Support? Oxford Gardens, Libraries, and Museums (GLAM) is looking for a collaborative leader who will shape our audience and engagement strategies.
Date posted: 21/11/2025
Deadline: 17/12/2025
Location:
Central Oxford (OX1)Category:
OtherOutreach
Senior management
Salary:
£49,119 - £58,265 per annum (with a discretionary range to £63,489 per annum)
Imperial War Museums
Seeking a Movement & Storage Manager to lead documentation, object movement, and storage projects. Based at Duxford with weekly London travel, you’ll manage staff, improve access and standards, and support exhibitions, digitisation, and IWM’s Storage Programme.
Date posted: 24/11/2025
Deadline: 19/12/2025
Location:
IWM DuxfordCategory:
Collections CareSalary:
£42,738 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/a
British Museum
We're looking for a senior professional to lead our approach to collaboration and consultation, ensuring diverse voices are embedded.
Date posted: 02/12/2025
Deadline: 23/12/2025
Location:
City of London, LondonCategory:
OutreachSalary:
Up to £43317 per annum + Civil Service Pension, ICOM, ExhibitionsContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
British Museum
Join the British Museum's Energy Centre Programme as their Director and Senior Responsible Owner.
Date posted: 01/12/2025
Deadline: 29/12/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
Senior managementSalary:
Up to £77186 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
Sir John Soane's Museum
The Management Accountant is responsible for ensuring that the staff and Trustees are supplied with timely, accurate and relevant financial information. This includes budgets for the Museum, trading subsidiary, individual departments and capital and revenue projects as necessary, as well as
quarterly management accounts, cash flow and forecast, with additional analyses and reports as necessary.
Date posted: 02/12/2025
Deadline: 31/12/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
FinancialSalary:
23,735Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
02074404273
National Gallery
We are now recruiting for a new role, a Research Centre Manager, to support in the creative planning and daily delivery of an exceptional experience at the Research Centre.
Date posted: 26/11/2025
Deadline: 02/01/2026
Location:
LondonCategory:
ResearchSalary:
£36,950Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/a
Victoria & Albert Museum
We have a 12 month fixed term opportunity within the Exhibitions Department at the V&A for an Exhibitions Manager.
As an Exhibitions Manager you will have responsibility for delivery of exhibitions either at V&A sites across London or touring, working across numerous projects at any one time, depending on scale and complexity. You will work closely with internal and external project teams.
Date posted: 26/11/2025
Deadline: 04/01/2026
Location:
SW7 2RLCategory:
ExhibitionsSalary:
£35,561 - £40,309 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
British Library
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Curator of Tibetan Collections to join a team of specialist curators in the Asian and African Collections Department at the British Library.
Date posted: 27/11/2025
Deadline: 04/01/2026
Location:
St PancrasCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0113Royal Pavilion and Museums
Are you a visionary exhibition maker with a passion for storytelling and audience engagement? Brighton & Hove Museums (B&HM) is looking for a Creative Programme Manager to lead the creation of inspiring exhibitions, gallery displays, and experiences that captivate diverse audiences and advance our commercial and strategic goals.
Date posted: 27/11/2025
Deadline: 04/01/2026
Location:
BrightonCategory:
ExhibitionsSalary:
£34,434 – £39,152Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
03000290900
National Portrait Gallery
The NPG is looking for a dynamic and commercially minded Interim Finance Business Partner to support the delivery of our ambitious 10-year plan.
Date posted: 02/12/2025
Deadline: 05/01/2026
Location:
St Martin's Place, LondonCategory:
FinancialSalary:
£40,000.00 - £45,000.00Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7306 0055
Glasgow Museums
Glasgow Life’s vision is to improve the lives of everyone in our city. To help us achieve that, we’re looking for a Paper Conservator to join our Museums & Collections Conservation team.
Date posted: 28/11/2025
Deadline: 01/02/2026
Location:
GlasgowCategory:
ConservationSalary:
£36,272.27 - £42,116.92Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0141 287 0928