The museum is delivering a programme Reimagining the British Museum which will explore and develop new curatorial approaches, with global collaboration at its heart, to interpret the collection and inform a future comprehensive redisplay of its galleries.” Photo: Brian Tomlinson
The British Museum is seeking an experienced curator able to oversee “a comprehensive redisplay of the galleries” as part of a radical curatorial initiative known as “Reimagining the British Museum”. The salary for the post of lead curator on the project is £48,169 (fixed term period of 24 months).
According to an online job advertisement, the role involves “establishing working groups to develop curatorial briefs for new permanent galleries”. Other requirements include evaluating “sustainable and effective models for collaborating with and engaging people from around the world in the development of plans for the redisplay of the collection”. There is also an open
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British Museum hires curator to research history of its collection, including the Parthenon Sculptures
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The British Museum has hired a curator to delve into the history of its 267-year-old collection.
Historian Dr Isobel MacDonald was appointed to the post last March, however her work was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Several items in the museum’s collection are subject to restitution claims including the Parthenon Sculptures, the Benin Bronzes, the Rosetta Stone and the Hoa Hakananai’a statue.
A museum spokesman told MailOnline: “The primary purpose of this curatorial role is to carry out a high level analysis of the history of the Museum’s collection.
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