Organizer Information
The mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna is the largest museum for modern and contemporary art in Austria, with a comprehensive collection of international art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded on September 21, 1962, as the Museum of the Twentieth Century, the institution was originally housed in the Austrian Pavilion built for Expo 58 in Brussels, before relocating to the Palais Liechtenstein in 1979. In 1981, the Austrian Ludwig Foundation was established by Herta Firnberg and Peter and Irene Ludwig, transferring a significant part of the Ludwig collection into permanent loan to the museum, which was subsequently renamed Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien. Since 2001, the museum has been based in its purpose-built home in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier, designed by Ortner & Ortner. Today mumok holds around 10,000 works by roughly 1,600 artists, with particular strength in Pop Art, Nouveau Réalisme, Fluxus, and Viennese Actionism, alongside classical modernism and an actively growing contemporary collection. As the source states, in its exhibition, collecting, and research activities, mumok thinks and acts internationally, seeing itself as a place of lively engagement with art of the 20th century and the present.
Title & Description
Head of Department Art Education (m/f/d) (40 hours per week)
The mumok is filling the position of Head of Department Art Education, a leadership role responsible for the museum's art education and outreach activities. The position carries overall responsibility for the art education department, spanning personnel management, team development, resource management, strategic planning of education and outreach processes, and the initiation and oversight of research and funding projects aimed at the future-oriented development of education and mediation work at the museum. The role also involves building and developing the department's research infrastructure — including processes, governance, and data and knowledge management — in coordination with internal and external stakeholders, as well as representing the museum's education and mediation work in public and professional discourse.
The Role Overview
- Position Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week
- Salary: Guideline gross monthly salary of €4,500, with willingness to overpay depending on qualifications and experience
- Department / Programme: Art Education Department
- Working Hours: 40 hours per week; flexible working hours, with home office possible
- Start of Work: As soon as possible
Position & Tasks
- Overall responsibility for the art education department, including personnel management, team development, and resource management
- Strategic conception and planning of all processes of education, outreach, and outreach programs
- Initiation, planning, and implementation of research and funding projects for the future-oriented further development of education and mediation
- Establishment and further development of the research infrastructure (including processes, governance, data, and knowledge management) in close coordination with internal and external stakeholders
- Development and supervision of research projects
- Publications, lectures, guided tours
- Participation in public discourse on art and cultural policy, and representation of the sector in committees, conferences, and public formats
Categories
- Art Education
- Museum Studies
- Arts Administration
- Curatorial Practice
- Cultural Programming
- Public Engagement & Outreach
Eligibility
- Several years of experience in a management position in an exhibition company
- Ideally, a university degree and additional training in the field of art history
- Ideally, expertise in modern and contemporary art
- Leadership and social skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
Program Benefits
- Guideline gross monthly salary of €4,500 (with possibility of a higher salary depending on qualifications and experience)
- Varied field of activity in a collegial environment
- Respectful and open working atmosphere with many creative possibilities
- Active promotion of further training
- Very good public accessibility due to central location
- Flexible working hours, with home office possible
- Occupational health care
- Other numerous benefits (unspecified in the source)
Application Fee
None
How to Apply?
By email to: bewerbung@mumok.at — Attn: Mr. Danijel Woynar
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 9 August 2026
Location
Vienna, Austria