Wereldmuseum NL is looking for Head of Research and Collections Sector

The sector, Research and Collection has approximately 30 employees including curators, provenance researchers and registrars. The library and archives also fall within this sector. The sector represents the scientific backbone of the museum.

This includes core knowledge of the collection, the archives and library, and the documentation of the collection.

The head of R&C, work for all museum locations and falls directly under the supervision of the content director.

The sector also plays an integral role in the development of temporary and permanent exhibitions and other offers of the museum.

Who are you:

  • You are an excellent manager and communicator, with knowledge and experience in curatorship and you are a specialist in the field of (ethnographic) collections (taken broadly to include its diverse fields). You hold a PhD or comparable research experience in anthropology, history, art history, museology or archaeology. You maintain a good (inter)national network, both academically and curatorially, and is very comfortable in the English language.

Etc.

In Dutch above.

English, below.