Summary

The Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation will be part of a two-year, full-time fellowship in the conservation of textile collections. The museum continues its focus on textile art and fashion throughout its galleries and is poised to offer excellent advanced-level training in textile and fashion conservation.

As a Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation, your responsibilities will include:

• Performing examination, conservation treatment, and exhibit preparation of museum objects from the Textile Art and Fashion, Arts of Asia, Indigenous Arts of North America, Arts of Ancient Americas, Arts of Africa, Arts of Oceania, and Modern and Contemporary Art collections.
• Reviewing of objects for acquisition and loan purposes.
• Assuring accuracy and completeness of records and reports.
• Collaborating with team members in project planning.
• Sharing general laboratory duties as assigned.
• Undertaking a research project and participate in symposia, conferences, publications, as well as public programs.
• Supporting DAM’s Racial Equity Roadmap initiatives through goal setting and applying a racial equity lens in daily work.

Key Details

Schedule: This is a full-time, two-year fellowship position with a start date of September 2, 2026.

Deadline: February 17, 2026

Eligibility

• Advanced graduate-level conservation training.
• High level of manual dexterity, excellent color matching, and familiarity with hand tools are required.
• Familiarity with stabilization techniques, dyeing of support fabrics, preventive conservation methodologies including IPM practices, mount design and preparation, and aqueous treatment is preferred.
• Sound work habits, personal initiative and organizational skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Ability to uphold collegial and collaborative working relationships with conservation staff and other museum departments.

Compensation

$48,900 per year, paid on an hourly basis, based on experience. An additional $2,000 per year is allocated for research and travel.

About

Founded in 1893 as the Denver Artists’ Club, the Denver Art Museum today is one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast. The museum’s global art collections represent cultures around the world, with more than 80,000 works of art in 13 collections.

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