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Head of Creative Studios

National Museums Liverpool

Lead our Creative Studios team, shaping exhibitions, gallery experiences, print and digital projects. You'll inspire multidisciplinary teams, champion innovation and help bring stories to life across National Museums Liverpool.

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Date posted: 03/07/2026

Deadline: 29/07/2026

Location:

Liverpool (Hybrid)

Category:

Design
Exhibitions
Other
Senior management
Digital

Salary:

£48,402 per annum

Contract type:

Temporary

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

01514784444

Shipwright (Heritage Carpenter)

National Museum of the Royal Navy

The Royal Navy Museums at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard are undertaking a once-in-a-lifetime repair on HMS Victory: The Big Repair.

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Date posted: 01/07/2026

Deadline: 02/08/2026

Location:

Portsmouth

Category:

Conservation

Salary:

Salary (Grade 5) – £31,064 – £34,535 per annum (dependent upon experience)

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

023928 94170

Scottish Bookbindings Project Cataloguer

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.

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Date posted: 14/07/2026

Deadline: 02/08/2026

Location:

Edinburgh

Category:

Archivist
Curatorial
Other

Salary:

33,268

Contract type:

Temporary

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

0131 623 3718

Programme Manager: Collection Management Operations

British Museum

We are seeking an exceptional Collection Management Operations professional to lead a team of collection management specialists delivering a programme of collection care activities across the British Museum.

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Date posted: 06/07/2026

Deadline: 02/08/2026

Location:

Bloomsbury, London

Category:

Collections Care

Salary:

£58,162 per annum

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

020 73238396

Project Curator: Early Medieval European Collection (Documentation)

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.

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Date posted: 14/07/2026

Deadline: 02/08/2026

Location:

Bloomsbury

Category:

Curatorial

Salary:

£36,396 per annum

Contract type:

Contract

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

020 73238396

Project Curator (Documentation): First Millennium European to late Antiquity

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.

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Date posted: 14/07/2026

Deadline: 02/08/2026

Location:

Bloomsbury

Category:

Curatorial

Salary:

£36,396 per annum

Contract type:

Contract

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

020 73238396

Director of Collections Management

National Library of Scotland

Full time (35 hours per week), salary £77,843 per annum, civil service pension and based in Edinburgh.

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Date posted: 10/07/2026

Deadline: 02/08/2026

Location:

Edinburgh

Category:

Conservation
Curatorial
Senior management

Salary:

77,843

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

0131 623 3718

Visitor Experience Assistant (Annualised: 1250 hours)

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.

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Date posted: 16/07/2026

Deadline: 02/08/2026

Location:

London

Category:

Front of house/visitor services

Salary:

£18,500

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Part time

Telephone:

02082052266

Finance Assistant

Royal 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.

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Date posted: 07/07/2026

Deadline: 03/08/2026

Location:

Brighton

Category:

Financial

Salary:

£29,064 – £31,022

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

03000290900

Conservator

Birmingham Museums Trust

The Conservation Team at Birmingham Museums Trust (BMT) is looking for an experienced conservator to carry out preventive conservation tasks and some object conservation.

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Date posted: 01/07/2026

Deadline: 03/08/2026

Location:

Birmingham

Category:

Conservation

Salary:

£32,401 per annum

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

N.A

Assistant Accountant

Tullie

Tullie is looking for an AAT-qualified Assistant Accountant to join our Finance team at an exciting time in our development as we deliver Project Tullie - an ambitious capital programme transforming the museum and its role at the heart of Carlisle.

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Date posted: 06/07/2026

Deadline: 03/08/2026

Location:

Carlisle

Category:

Financial

Salary:

£28,496 – £31,569 per annum

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

01228618719

Integrated Pest Management Manager

British Museum

We are seeking an experienced Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Manager to play a vital role in safeguarding one of the world's most important cultural and heritage environments.

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Date posted: 08/07/2026

Deadline: 04/08/2026

Location:

Bloomsbury, London

Category:

Buildings and facilities

Salary:

£43,317 - £48,756 per annum

Contract type:

Contract

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

020 73238396

Social media and Content Executive

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.

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Date posted: 16/07/2026

Deadline: 05/08/2026

Location:

Midlands

Category:

Marketing

Salary:

£28,000 - £29,000

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

02082052266

Projects Coordinator- Masterplan Projects

National Gallery

We are seeking a Project Coordinator to support the delivery of a major New Wing project at the Gallery (Project Domani).

£38,475.00 per annum
Full-time
Fixed term till 30 March 2032

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Date posted: 06/07/2026

Deadline: 07/08/2026

Location:

London

Category:

Other

Salary:

£38,475.00 per annum

Contract type:

Temporary

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

020 7747 2885

Senior Art Conservator

Imperial War Museums

As a Senior Art Conservator, you’ll help preserve and care for paintings and related items across IWM’s collections. Supporting exhibitions, loans, research, acquisitions and public engagement, you’ll use specialist conservation expertise to keep nationally significant collections stable, and accessible.

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Date posted: 09/07/2026

Deadline: 10/08/2026

Location:

IWM London

Category:

Conservation

Salary:

£38,000 to £42,500 per annum

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

n/a

Events Assistant - Venue Hire

National Army Museum

Are you passionate, dedicated and interested in a career in events? We are seeking an Events Assistant to join our team in this broad and rewarding role

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Date posted: 07/07/2026

Deadline: 10/08/2026

Location:

London, Chelsea

Category:

Administration
Events

Salary:

£30,950

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

02078812456

Apprentice Digital Support Technician

Royal 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.

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Date posted: 16/07/2026

Deadline: 14/08/2026

Location:

Brighton

Category:

IT

Salary:

£15,392

Contract type:

Other

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

03000290900

Research and Knowledge Exchange Manager

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.

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Date posted: 15/07/2026

Deadline: 16/08/2026

Location:

IWM London

Category:

Research

Salary:

£42,500 - £45,000

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

N/A

Experience Host, Smithfield

Museum of London

£28,939 per annum plus benefits (pro rata’d depending on hours)
Variable – 10-35 hours per week available
Permanent

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Date posted: 16/07/2026

Deadline: 16/08/2026

Location:

London

Category:

Front of house/visitor services

Salary:

28939

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Telephone:

02078145792