Short Description:
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the principal museum of the University of Cambridge and the largest cultural venue in the region, welcoming around 500,000 visitors a year, it acts as a bridge between the University, the City and the rest of the world, with a vision to ‘open up the past to transform our future’. Founded in 1816, the Museum houses over half a million works of art and material culture spanning from 10,000BCE to the present day, principally from Europe, North Africa and Asia. This includes sculpture, ceramics and decorative arts, paintings, drawings, prints, illuminated manuscripts, money, literary and musical autographs and the archives of artists and others. The Museum contributes to the University’s mission in delivering research and teaching grounded in and inspired by the collection, using curatorial, conservation, science and practice-based methodologies.
The museum holds significant Italian paintings of the 13th to 18th centuries, 18th-early 20th century French and British paintings, Flemish and Dutch paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries, and an internationally renowned collection of Italian, French and British drawings and watercolours.
The Senior Curator: Historic & Modern Paintings will be the Museum’s curatorial and research lead around those collections.
Eligibility:
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Program Benefits or Awards:
Salary: £46,735–£59,139 per annum
we offer an encouraging and supportive environment within the Museum, Faculty and the wider University, generous holiday allowance, an attractive pension scheme and many employee benefits.
Entry Fee: none
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Deadline: 1 June 2025
Website link: https://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/
