Do you have experience of working with museum collections and the research skills to uncover interesting stories related to our collection? Do you want to explore the history of photography and photographic technologies and help create opportunities to engage with our visitors?
About us
The Science Museum Group (SMG) is here to inspire futures. As part of this world-leading collective, the National Science and Media Museum explores the culture of image and sound technologies and their impact on our lives. It holds internationally significant collections of film, television, photographic and sound technologies as well as extensive library and archive collections. As well as maintaining and developing its historic collections, the museum has ambitions to collect more contemporary and digital material, as well as developing innovative, collaborative modes of collecting.
We are now looking for a Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology to join our expanding Curatorial team at the National Science and Media Museum in the heart of Bradford – the new City of Culture for 2025! This role is a permanent contract, working 35 hours per week.
About the role
As the Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology you will take a leading role on championing and raising the profile of our world class collections of photography and photographic technology.
This is a highly collaborative role which will involve working alongside other specialist Archivists and Curators and fostering links with internal and external stakeholders in photography and photographic technology communities. Working closely with the masterplan team, exhibitions team and digital content teams you will develop the content and interpretation for our new permanent galleries, Sound & Vision, as well as our temporary exhibition programme.
As a Curator you will research and explore the history and current practice of photography and photographic technologies. You will help to create opportunities for engaging visitors with media, technology and engineering-related content across a variety of public programmes, creating new ways of understanding and presenting the collections, particularly focusing on local community engagement. Crucially you will look to embed an ‘Open for All’ approach in the development of the collections, ensuring that diversity, inclusion and access are core to the ways of working.
This is a fantastic opportunity to become a key part of the team at the National Science and Media Museum at an exciting time for both the museum and the city of Bradford as a whole.