Senior Curator, American Revolution Exhibits

Jamestown--yorktown-Foundation; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation seeks a Curator to lead curatorial research and interpretation for the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. You will oversee galleries, create content for refreshes, and help develop exhibitions with scholarly rigor.

Responsibilities include research, writing, and producing educational resources, while collaborating across departments and partners to broaden access to our collections and history.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of History, American Studies, Archaeology, or a related field— preferably with focus on the 18th century and the American Revolution.
• Experience using material culture to interpret Revolutionary history.

Responsibilities

• Lead curatorial research, scholarship, and interpretation for the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
• Provide curatorial oversight of permanent galleries and content for gallery refreshes.
• Support exhibitions through research, exhibit writing, image/artifact identification, and educational resources.
• Participate in collections development including acquisitions, deaccessions, loans, and proper use of artifacts.
• Develop lectures, staff training, and public programming to expand access to collections and history.
• Collaborate with internal/external partners on exhibitions and research initiatives.
• Support digitization and responsible stewardship of artifacts in the permanent collection and loans.
• Contribute to peer review of public content and educational materials.

Skills

History knowledge

Archaeology knowledge

Research and writing

Exhibition development

Team collaboration

Diversity and inclusion

Project delivery

MS Office / databases

Museum best practices

Tools

Collections management systems

Job description

Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation seeks a Curator to lead curatorial research and interpretation for the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. You will oversee galleries, create content for refreshes, and help develop exhibitions with scholarly rigor.

Responsibilities include research, writing, and producing educational resources, while collaborating across departments and partners to broaden access to our collections and history.