Senior Curator

ABOUT MUSEUM OF THE HOME

We’re the only Museum of the Home in the world – revealing home as an emotional, psychological, socio-political and economic space – as well as the bricks and mortar. Museum of the Home is a movement as much as a museum – seeing home as a lens through which many of the vital issues impacting the world can be viewed and solutions found.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Curator plays a key role in developing and delivering the Museum’s work across collections, research and galleries. This role will lead the delivery of research and curatorial content for galleries, gardens, exhibitions, and programmes ensuring that the Museum’s collections are interpreted, cared for and activated for audiences.

They will manage the collections team day -to day and support sector -standard practice in collections care, documentation, access and engagement. The postholder will contribute to developing research areas connected to the home, supporting partnerships and projects, and ensuring insights feed into exhibitions, programming and interpretation.

They will champion community -centred curatorial work, embedding ethical, equitable and environmentally responsible practice. The role requires a familiarity with, or a willingness to develop expertise in, the creation and interpretation of period room sets to bring the Museum’s spaces to life for diverse audiences.

This is a delivery -focused role for an experienced curator looking to develop leadership skills, helping to shape how the Museum shares research, stories and collections with diverse audiences.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE

Research & content development

• Support the development of research themes relating to the Museum’s mission and audiences.
• Manage the Museum’s CDP scheme “Hidden Histories of Home” and support 9 PhD students in collaboration with the internal and external supervisors (including acting as a supervisor)
• Deliver research projects that feed directly into gallery interpretation, exhibitions and collections.
• Contribute to national and international research partnerships with universities, community groups and sector organisations.
• Disseminate and publicise the Museum’s research, practice and learnings across sectors, communicating via submitting papers to publications, convening conferences, presenting at conferences and sector events.
• Serve as a recognised subject specialist on the theme of home, acting as a spokesperson for the Museum, contributing to press engagement, delivering public talks, and ensuring all curatorial content and interpretation is accurate, rigorous and accessible.
• Champion the Museum’s practices of decolonisation, nature -positive and trauma -informed working, fostering a team culture that translates these principles into meaningful curatorial practice and organisational learning.

Collections

• Support the planning and delivery of collections rationalisation and documentation projects.
• Coordinate community -centred collecting and cataloguing activities.
• Ensure the collections are accessible for research, exhibitions and programming needs.
• Champion decolonisation, trauma -informed, nature -positive and inclusive collecting methodologies.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Essential

• Curatorial experience working with museum collections.
• Specialist knowledge of topics related to the Museum’s collections and galleries.
• Experience with co -creation and collaborative collecting.
• Good working knowledge of collections care, documentation and interpretation.
• Experience developing exhibitions, displays or research -led content.
• Commitment to decolonising practice and inclusive community engagement.
• Experience line -managing staff, volunteers or project teams.
• Excellent organisational and project delivery skills.
• Strong communication skills, confidence in writing, interpretation and public speaking.
• Ability to build relationships internally and externally, particularly with higher education and research organisations.
• Experience managing budgets or project resources.

Desirable

• Experience contributing to or delivering research partnerships.
• Evaluation or impact measurement experience.
• Experience contributing to fundraising or grant -funded projects.
• Experience with touring exhibitions or loans.

Closing date: 5pm Monday 6th April 2026

To view the full job description, please click here – > Museum of The Home – Community Producer – 2026 JD

Interviews: Museum of the Home aims to shortlist and let candidates know by 10th April.

Interviews will be held in person at the Museum on Thursday 16th April. You will need to prepare a presentation/task ahead of interview, and this will form part of your interview discussion. If there is need for a second interview, we’ll let you know.