Do you want to Reimagine the British Museum?
March 8 2021
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Well, here's your chance it seems. The British Museum in London are hiring a Lead Curator - Reimagining the British Museum Project.
As the job description explains:
The British Museum is seeking an innovative and critical thinker to lead curatorial and research teams in the delivery of an exciting and complex new project to place global collaboration at the heart of the Museum’s new masterplan. The Reimagining the British Museum project will develop new curatorial approaches to interpreting the collection and developing the narratives that will underpin a comprehensive redisplay of the galleries.
In this role you will manage a dedicated curatorial team who will work with curators and other specialists across the organisation as well as individuals and groups around the world to develop curatorial briefs for new suites of permanent galleries. You will deliver pilot projects such as displays, and digital or other public programmes to test and evaluate different collaborative methods and narrative approaches, producing a clear plan and framework for how the Museum will collaborate globally in the development and delivery of its masterplan. Working beyond your own area of expertise or scholarly discipline, you will provide the right environment to stimulate new thinking and debate while balancing the need to meet challenging deadlines.
The salary on offer is £48,169 per annum and applications must be in by 19th March 2021.
Good luck if you're applying!
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As a side note, it is intriguing that despite the general shedding of staff experienced in the museums sector at the moment, there are an increasing number of jobs appearing such as the one above. Is this a sign perhaps that object based study and expertise is on the way out? Curators who can harness ideas with 'new thinking and debate' are clearly in demand, but will this 'reimagining' of museums make them any better?
