The Pitt Rivers and Ashmolean Museums are looking for a specialist textile Assistant Curator to work on their extensive textile collections. This is a three-year post, funded by the Clothworkers' Company. The post holder will work closely with a textile conservation specialist to assess and document the collections, working collaboratively with originating communities where possible. The Clothworkers' Assistant Curator of Textiles will be based mainly in Oxford mainly off-site, in the new Collections Teaching and Research Centre (CTRC) though one of the initial projects will be assessments of textiles on display at the Pitt Rivers. The role is not suitable for remote working.
We're looking for a curator with experience of working on global textiles with communities and a commitment and to co-curation and cultural care.