The perfect art history job?
October 4 2011
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Fancy being paid to drive around the UK visiting stately homes and looking at paintings? Then here's the job for you: Curator of Pictures and Sculptures at the National Trust. Covering the whole of the UK, the curator is responsible for 12,000 oil paintings, 42,000 works on paper, 1000 miniatures, and 3,000 sculptures. From the National Trust site:
A curatorial expert, and a specialist in British portraiture and/or Old Masters and European painting, you’ll be the Trust’s authority on pictures and sculpture. We want you to share your expertise with colleagues across the organisation, with the Trust’s supporters and with your peers in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. You’ll help the Trust to research, understand, catalogue, display and interpret its collections and celebrate their individual, distinctive history for public benefit.
About you
You’ll have an insatiable curiosity and a wide-ranging knowledge of art, history and the history of collecting and display, with a specialism in British portraiture and/or Old Masters and European painting. You will be confident and charismatic, and enjoy sharing your knowledge and insight with a variety of audiences, through lectures and publications. You’ll have established contacts and be influential with other scholars and institutions around the world. You should also hold a full driving licence. A car lease scheme or mileage allowance is available.
The salary is £40-43k. You need a full driving licence. Closing date 27th October.
