Summary

The Whitney Museum is seeking a full-time Curatorial Fellow, reporting jointly to the Museum’s Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings and Prints and the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography. The Fellow will be hired for a term of two years. The primary role of the incumbent is to support the Sondra Gilman Study Center—a storage, research, and display facility for the majority of the Museum’s collection of over 18,000 drawings, prints, and photographs. The Fellow will work closely with members of the Conservation and Exhibitions & Collections Management departments in managing the day-to-day operations of the Study Center, and with the Curatorial team on various tasks related to the research, stewardship, and display of the collection.

Key Details

• Duration: 2 years (starts September 2026)
• Schedule: Full-time

Deadline: June 12, 2026

Eligibility

• B.A. Required
• 1-2 years’ professional experience in a museum, gallery or academic setting
• Demonstrated knowledge of and interest in 20th- and 21st-century art history, specifically in drawings, prints, or photography
• Demonstrated interest in a career in curatorial, collections management, conservation or a related field
• Excellent writing, research and communication skills, with sharp attention to detail
• Experience with TMS preferred
• Ability to handle works on paper and lift moderately heavy boxes
• The demonstrated ability to take initiative, work thoughtfully, quickly, thoroughly, and collegially, and respect the day-to-day process as much as the end result

Compensation

$31–$32 per hour

About

The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for 86 years.

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