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ADVOCACY

With the current issues facing cultural institutions, it’s important to make sure our voices are heard. One way to speak out is through contacting your elected officials. Find contact information for the White House and your Senators, Congressmen, and state and local officials here.

Save the Date: Museum Advocacy Day is February 26-27, 2018.

CALL FOR PAPERS & PROPOSALS

The Museum Association of New York invites conference session proposals on the theme “Visioning Change” for the 2018 annual conference. Deadline: October 31, 2017

PA Museums invites conference session proposals on the theme “Find Your Centre: Cultivating Community Connections” for the Annual Statewide Museum Conference. Deadline: November 1, 2017.

The Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware invites submissions for papers to be given at the Fifteenth Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars. Deadline: November 10, 2017.

WORKSHOPS, INSTITUTES, & WEBINARS

The Texas Historical Commission is hosting a live webinar “How Do We Pay For It?: Grants and Grant Writing for Collections” on October 18, 2017.

LYRASIS is hosting a live webinar “Free Tools for Digital Preservation: An Introduction” on October 18, 2017.

LYRASIS is hosting a live webinar “Free Tools for Digital Preservation: Metadata Manipulation” on October 20, 2017.

The Delaware Association of Volunteer Administrators will be hosting a workshop on “Take the Leap/Embrace Change Al!ve Hybrid Conference for Managers, Leaders, Organizers of Volunteers” on Oct. 24, 2017 at Hagley Museum & Library, in Wilmington DE. Contact Angela Williamson with questions at awilliamson@hagley.org

Fallon & Wilkinson LLC in Baltic, CT will be hosting a two-day Wood Identification Class on October 28-29, 2017 including a hands-on session at the Yale University Art Gallery Furniture Study.

The American Association of Museums will be hosting a session, “LGBTQ Welcoming Guidelines for Museums: Overview, Issues, and Action”. Sessions will be held at various locations between November 6-9, 2017.

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, Rutgers University-Camden will be hosting a workshop on “Architecture in Color: Historic Paints and Finishes, Their Investigation and Reproduction” on November 11, 2017 at the Rutgers-Camden Campus.

The Virginia Association of Museums is hosting a workshop on “Creative Exhibit Development” in Manassas, VA on December 6, 2017. Deadline for Registration: November 30, 2017.

The Center for Oral History at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, PA is hosting  an “Oral History Training Winter Institute,” on January 2-5, 2018.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

PA Museums in Harrisburg, PA invites nominations for the 2018 Special Achievement Awards. Nominees must be a member of PA Museums. Deadline: November 1, 2017.

FELLOWSHIPS

The Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute in Washington, D.C. invites applications for the Spring On-site Graduate Research Fellowships. Deadline: October 31, 2017.

The Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography Charlottesville, VA invites applications for its inaugural fellowship cohort (2018–19). Deadline: November 1, 2017.

The University of Delaware Library, in Newark, DE, and the Delaware Art Museum, in Wilmington, DE invite applications for the Fellowship in Pre-Raphaelite studies, funded by the Amy P. Goldman Foundation. Deadline: November 1, 2017.

The Historic New Orleans Collection in New Orleans, LA invites applications for The Dianne Woest Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities. Deadline: November 1, 2017.

The American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, PA invites applications for its two-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship. Deadline: November 27, 2017.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY invites applications from scholars of art history, archaeology, conservation and related sciences. Deadline (Art History, Museum Education and Public Practice Fellowships, Curatorial Research Fellowships, Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowships, and Leonard A. Lauder Fellowships in Modern Art): November 3, 2017. Deadline (Conservation and Scientific Research Fellowships): December 1, 2017

The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. invites applications for the 2018 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program. Deadline: December 1, 2017.

The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. invites applications for the Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program. Deadline: December 1, 2017.

LancasterHistory.org in Lancaster, PA invites applications for Pre- & Post-Dissertation Fellowships. Deadline: December 31, 2017.

The New York Historical Society Museum & Library in New York, NY invites applications for the following fellowships:  Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Women's History; National Endowment for the Humanities; Bernard and Irene Schwartz Fellowships; Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship; and Short-Term Fellowships.  Deadline for all: January 8, 2018.

The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry (Chemical Heritage Foundation) in Philadelphia, PA invites applications for the Beckman Center Fellowship. Deadline: January 16, 2018.

The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute in Storrs, CT invites applications for the Humanities Fellowships. Deadline: February 1, 2018.

The Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, ME invites applications for the Mirken Family Postbaccalaureate Fellowship in Museum Practice.  

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston invites applications for the Education Fellowship Teen Conference.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston, MA invites applications for the Digital Humanities Fellowship.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston, MA invites applications for the Visitor Experience and Prototyping Fellowship.

INTERNSHIPS (Paid)

The George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX seeks a 2018 Spring Intern. Deadline: October 20, 2017.

VOLUNTEER/INTERNSHIPS (Unpaid)

The Curator’s Office at the Supreme Court of the United States seeks Spring Interns in Visitor Programs, Collections Management/Archives, and Digital Assets Management/Photography. Deadline: October 15, 2017.

The Delaware Museum of Natural History in Wilmington, DE seeks volunteers for the Collection and Research Division's two transcription parties coinciding with the Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (WeDigBio) event on October 20 and 21, 2017.

JOBS

Interdisciplinary

The University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI seeks a Curator of Collections. Deadline: October 20, 2017.

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Harrisburg, PA seeks a Chief of Architecture and Conservation. Deadline: October 21, 2017.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Denton, TX seeks a Historic Preservation Specialist. Deadline: October 22, 2017.

The National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. seeks a Conservator. Deadline: November 2, 2017.

The Judd Foundation in Marfa, TX seeks a Conservator.

Historic New England in Dresden, ME seeks a Preservation Manager, Mid-Coast Maine.

The Department of Aquariums and Museums in Virginia Beach, VA seeks a Director of Aquariums and Museums.

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello in Charlottesville, VA seeks an Architectural Conservator.

The Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, MA seeks a Preservation Specialist.

Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK seeks a Director of Digital Curation.

Art

The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. seeks a Curator of African-American Art. Deadline: October 17, 2017.

The Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, NC seeks a Director of Development. Deadline: October 18, 2017.

The Lunder Conservation Center of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. seeks a Program Coordinator. Deadline: October 18, 2017.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN seeks a Curator of Contemporary Art. Deadline: October 22, 2017.

Misericordia University in Dallas, PA seeks a Director of Art Galleries. Deadline: October 23, 2017.

Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, MA seeks a Curator of Chinese Art. Deadline: October 31, 2017.

The Art Futures Program of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA seeks an Artist-in-Residence. Deadline: November 8, 2017.

The Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia, PA seeks an Artistic Director. Deadline: November 10, 2017.

The Walters Museum of Art in Baltimore, MD seeks an Assistant Curator of East Asian Art. Deadline: January 1, 2018.

The Department of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL seeks a Faculty Member. Deadline: January 8, 2018.

The Department of Contemporary Practices at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL seeks a Faculty Member. Deadline: January 8, 2018.

The Department of Ceramics at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL seeks a  Faculty Member. Deadline: January 6, 2018.

The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, LA seeks a Curator.

The UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, TX seeks a Part-time Collections Assistant.

The James A. Mitchner Art Museum in Doylestown, PA seeks a Curator of Photography and New Media.

The Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, NC seeks a Curator of American Art.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. seeks a Curatorial Assistant.

The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA seeks a Director of Development.

The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA seeks a Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer.

The Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, CA seeks a Membership Manager.

The Cincinnati Art Museum in Cincinnati, OH seeks a Decorative Arts and Design Curatorial Assistant.

The Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, AL seeks a Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM seeks a Curator of Education.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Conservation Records Coordinator.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Coordinator, Interns and Departmental Volunteers.

The Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoake, VA seeks a Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Collections.

The Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoake, VA seeks an Executive Director.

The Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoake, VA seeks a Development Manager.

The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, VA seeks a Curator of Glass.

The Pérez Art Museum Miami in Miami, FL seek a Deputy Director of Development.

The Pérez Art Museum Miami in Miami, FL seek a Membership Manager.

The Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, WI seeks a Conservation Assistant.  

The Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, WI seeks a Deputy Director of Operation.

The Glenstone Museum in Potomac, MD seeks a Chief Archivist and Librarian.

The Glenstone Museum in Potomac, MD seeks a Guide, Emerging Professionals Program.

The American University Museum at the Katzen in  Washington, D.C. seeks a Museum Registrar.

Libraries/Archives

The Chevy Chase Historical Society in Chevy Chase, MD seeks a Part-time Director, Archive and Research Center. Deadline: October 16, 2017.

UCLA Library Special Collections in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Head of Processing. Deadline: October 16, 2017.

Harvard College Library in Cambridge, MA seeks a Head of the Rare Books Section. Deadline: October 18, 2017.

History Colorado in Denver, CO seeks a Curator of Archives. Deadline: October 19, 2017.

The Division of Archives and Records of the Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources in Raleigh, NC seeks a Records Description Archivist. Deadline: October 20, 2017.

The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. seeks a Collections Management Technician. Deadline: October 20, 2017.

The Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, MN seeks a Digitization Assistant, Newspaper. Deadline: October 25, 2017.

Binghamton University Libraries in Binghamton, NY seeks a Head of Collection Development Librarian. Deadline: October 26, 2017.

The Library of Congress’s  Conservation Division of Library Services in Washington, D.C. seeks a Library Technician. Deadline: October 30, 2017.

The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO seeks an Associate Dean and Library Director. Deadline: October 31, 2017.

Temple University’s Paley Library in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Project Archivist.

Caldwell University in Caldwell, NJ seeks a Reference Services/Archives Librarian.

The Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA seeks a Preservation and Digital Collections Specialist.

The Atlanta University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta, GA seeks a Department Head of the Archives Research Center.

The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY seeks a Manuscripts Archivist.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, D.C. seeks a Reference Services Librarian.

Emory University Libraries in Atlanta, GA seeks a Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian.

History Associates seeks a Processing Archivist for a project in Alexandria, VA.

The Thomas & Katherine Detre Library & Archives at the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA seeks a Project Archivist.

History

The Silver City Museum in Silver City, NM seeks an Assistant Curator of History and Exhibitions. Deadline: October 16, 2017.

The Architect of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. seeks an Exhibits Curator. Deadline: October 16, 2017.

The National Museum of American History’s Lemelson Center in Washington, D.C. seeks a Part-time Spark!Lab Facilitator. Deadline: October 19, 2017.

The  Collections Processing Unit of the National Air and Space Museum in Suitland, MD seeks Museum Specialists. Deadline: October 20, 2017.

The Calloway Plantation in Washington, GA seeks a Director. Deadline: October 20, 2017.

The Newport Restoration Foundation in Newport, RI seeks an Interpretation and Visitor Experience Manager. Deadline: October 22, 2017.

The National Army Museum in London, UK seeks a Head of Exhibitions Development. Deadline: October 22, 2017.

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in Washington, D.C. seeks a Registrar. Deadline: October 24, 2017.

The Historic Albany Foundation in Albany, NY seeks an Executive Director. Deadline: October 27, 2017.

The Keats House in Hampstead, London, UK seeks a Principal Curator. Deadline: October 31, 2017.

The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg, NS seeks an Assistant Curator. October 31, 2017.

Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum in Calvert, MD seeks an Education Coordinator. Deadline October 31, 2017.

The North Vancouver Museum & Archives in Vancouver, BC seeks a temporary Museum and Collection Technician. Deadline: November 3, 2017.

The Bandy Heritage Center at Dalton State College in Dalton, GA seeks a Director.  November 6, 2017.

Plimouth Plantation in Plymouth, MA seeks an Exhibit Carpenter. Deadline: November 7, 2017.

The North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, NC seeks a Chief Curator. Deadline: November 7, 2017.

The Aviation Museum of Kentucky in Lexington, KY seeks a Museum Director. Deadline: November 15, 2017.

The Silver City Museum in Silver City, NM seeks a Museum Education and Programs Coordinator. Deadline: November 17, 2017.

The Oakland Museum of California in Oakland, CA seeks an Assistant Museum Educator. Deadline: October 17, 2017.

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Director of Major Giving. Deadline: November 30, 2017.

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Director of Corporate and Foundation Giving. Deadline: November 30, 2017.

The Farmington Museum in Farmington, NM seeks an Exhibits Designer.  Deadline: December 1, 2017.

The Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation at Angola in Angola, LA seeks a Collections Manager.

The Dallas Heritage Village in Dallas, TX seeks a Part-time Curatorial Assistant.

The Townsend Historical Society in Townsend, MA seeks a Part-time Site Administrator.

The Sacramento History Museum in Sacramento, CA seeks a Public Program Coordinator.

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Hinds County, MS seeks a Historic Resources Specialist.

The Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center in Johns Creek, GA seeks a Heritage Curator.

The Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA seeks a Director of Development.

The Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA seeks an Executive Director.

The Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA seeks a Museum Educator.

The History Department of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL seeks an Assistant Professor of Public History.

The Historic Wilmington Foundation in Wilmington, NC seeks an Executive Director.

The Fairfield County Heritage Association in Lancaster, OH seeks an Executive Director.

Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites in Indianapolis, IN seeks a Vice President of Exhibits.

The National 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York, NY seeks an Interpretive Guide.

The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Museum Director.

The Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Museum Curator.  

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello in Charlottesville, VA seeks a Collections and Exhibitions Manager.

SEARCH, Inc. in Richmond, VA seeks a Collections Technician.

The Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, GA seeks a Historic House Manager.

The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Manager of Family Programs.

The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Vice President and Director of Public Programs.

Science & Nature

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, CO seeks an Integrative Collections Director. Deadline: October 15, 2017.

The National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. seeks a Manager, Insect Zoo and Butterfly Pavilion. Deadline:  October 16, 2017.

The NC Museum of Natural History in Raleigh, NC seeks a Chief of Community Engagement. Deadline: October 20, 2017

George Mason’s Gunston Hall in Mason Neck, VA seeks a Horticulturalist. Deadline: October 20, 2017.

Plimouth Plantation in Plymouth, MA seeks a Museum Gardener. Deadline: October 31, 2017.

The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum in Golden, CO seeks a Museum Operation Manager. Deadline: November 15, 2017.

The University of Arizona’s Tree Ring Laboratory in Tucson, AZ seeks an Assistant Curator.

The Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito, CA seeks a Communications Manager.

The Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito, CA seeks a Fab Lab Specialist.

The Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito, CA seeks a Development Coordinator.

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Lead Gallery Interpreter.

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, CA seeks an Assistant Registrar.

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Head Gardener.

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