Category: Museum Director / President

Director and Full Curator of the Integrative Research Center

Published: June 23, 2018    Curator, Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Field Museum seeks a dynamic leader and researcher with museum experience to serve as Director of its Integrative Research Center and Full Curator. The Field Museum is one of the world’s leading natural history museums with globally important research in Natural History, including Anthropology, Botany, Geology, and Zoology. The Museum’s Integrative Research Center (IRC) is comprised…

Deputy Director

Published: April 12, 2018    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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This position serves as Deputy Director, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution. The National Museum of Natural History is a science-based museum within the Smithsonian Institution’s complex of museums and research organizations. The NMNH is dedicated to understanding and explaining the natural world and is the most visited natural history museum in the world.…

Executive Director, University Collections

Published: April 10, 2018    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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Indiana University seeks an experienced Executive Director of University Collections who will have broad responsibility for ensuring the appropriate stewardship of Indiana University’s collections, consistent with the university’s teaching, research, and service missions. The incumbent will establish close partnerships with directors and managers of all IU collections and will facilitate collaborative relationships among collections and…

Paleontology Department Director and Curator

Published: February 6, 2018    Curator, Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Science Museum of Minnesota seeks a paleontologist for the Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology, the department director and curator, for the Paleontology Department in our Science Division, to grow its scholarship, to curate and expand its fossil collections, and to help inspire public understanding of, and involvement in, science. The museum is growing and spans the scientific fields of anthropology,…

Director/Curator – Fundy Geological Museum 

Published: November 21, 2017    Curator, Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Fundy Geological Museum is situated adjacent to the world-renowned Bay of Fundy in the town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. It is one of Nova Scotia’s 28 provincial museum sites and has been operated by the Cumberland Geological Society (CGS) since its opening in 1993. Its mandate is to present the history of geological time…

Director Evaluation and Museum Impact

Published: October 26, 2017    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Natural History Family of Museums shares over 35 million objects representing 4.5 billion years of Earth’s history with millions of visitors each year. The Family is comprised of three iconic Los Angeles-area locations, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLA) in Exposition Park, the La…

Integrative Collections Director

Published: September 18, 2017    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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Description: The Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) seeks a motivated individual with a background and passion for natural history and the management of collections to fill a new and exciting position, Director of Integrative Collections. The Museum’s research, education, archives, and library collections have been consolidated under one functional area, and we are in search…

Museum Director

Published: June 16, 2017    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Illinois State Museum, an Office of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, seeks candidates for the position of Museum Director.  Founded in 1877, the Illinois State Museum is the steward of 13.5 million objects that document the natural and cultural heritage of Illinois. The Museum has a long and distinguished history of scientific research,…

PROGRAM MANAGER – DIRECTOR OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Published: May 17, 2017    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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Under general administrative direction of the Dean of Sciences and Math, plans, directs, manages, oversees and provides leadership for Sierra College Natural History Museum.  This position will also be responsible for establishing connections with the community via public outreach, through the coordination, marketing, event planning and general facilitation of museum tours, and lectures, including teacher-training…

Assistant Director (Collections Management)

Published: January 6, 2017    Collections Manager, Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The University of Alberta is seeking a qualified dynamic museum professional for the leadership position of Assistant Director (Collections Management), University of Alberta Museums. The University of Alberta located in Edmonton, Alberta, is one of the largest research collecting institutions in Canada with millions of objects and specimens primarily in natural science, contemporary and historical art, and humanities…

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITS

Published: December 6, 2016    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Manitoba Museum, a not-for-profit and charitable organization, is Manitoba’s largest heritage and science centre. We are unique in our combination of human and natural history themes, multi-dimensional interpretation, immersive dioramas, science and astronomy education, with quality school and public programs and exhibits. The Museum is currently embarking on a multi-phased capital campaign, which will…

Director of Collections

Published: October 6, 2016    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) seeks a Director of Collections, an individual with a Ph.D. degree or equivalent experience, and the ability to provide a vision for the development, growth, enhancement, direction, and management of the Museum’s vast and diverse natural and cultural collections. NHM is the largest natural history museum…

Assistant Director Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Published: August 5, 2016    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology invites applications for an Assistant Director. The Museum of Geology consists of two distinct but interrelated components: the public museum, and the James E. Martin Paleontology Research Lab. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall administrative duties associated with the…

DIRECTOR, GANTZ FAMILY COLLECTIONS CENTER

Published: August 5, 2016    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Field Museum Director, Gantz Family Collections Center Chicago, Illinois The Field Museum, one of the world’s preeminent natural history museums, seeks a dynamic, imaginative, and collaborative science professional as its next Director of the Gantz Family Collections Center. The Director will provide strategic vision and direction for the Museum’s collections and programs, overseeing maintenance,…

Museum Executive Director

Published: July 14, 2016    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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POSITION:  Museum Executive Director, St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, St. George, Utah, United States   SUPERVISOR:  Foundation Board President and other Board members as assigned   QUALIFICATIONS: The Director must have a Bachelors or higher degree in either museum services, a relevant scientific field, or other as determined by the Board The…

Executive Director Bell Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Published: February 29, 2016    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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University of Minnesota Minneapolis/St Paul The University of Minnesota has an exciting opportunity for an Executive Director who will oversee the Bell Museum of Natural History and Planetarium’s (BMNHP) mission through its personnel, research/programs and facilities. The BMNHP mission is to ignite curiosity and wonder, explore our connections to nature and the universe, and create a better future…

Assistant Director for Horticulture and Collections

Published: November 18, 2015    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden – UCLA Reporting to the Director of the Botanical Garden, the Assistant Director will work with the Garden Director and staff to (i) develop and oversee the horticultural plan for Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden (MEMBG); (ii) administer and curate the complex collection of gardens and plant collections that make…

Director, Gantz Family Collections Center, The Field Museum

Published: November 13, 2015    Jobs, Museum Director / President

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The Field Museum collections are among the top natural history collections in the world for their breadth, scope, and quality. The Field is one of the few institutions with collections that cover planetary origins and the full history of life on Earth with botanical, zoological, geological, and anthropological specimens and artifacts. The Museum’s strategy in…