Museums

Gravers Lane Gallery is seeking a Gallery Manager to join our small, passionate team. This full-time leadership position involves overseeing daily gallery operations, curation, sales, artist and client relations, and marketing.

The ideal candidate has significant and relevant experience working with artwork and clients in a professional gallery, museum, or high-end retail setting. They are creative, organized, design-minded, and invested in the world of Contemporary Craft.

The Franklin Institute, the most visited museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, strives to be the world leader in promoting science and technology education and literacy through inspiring and engaging experiences that cultivate curiosity, critical thinking, and an understanding of the crucial role science plays in our lives.

The Grants Manager assists in the implementation of a comprehensive institutional fundraising program, securing restricted and unrestricted support from new and returning institutional donors, including foundations, corporate foundations, and government entities. Alongside the Director of Foundation Relations and Government Grants, this position works from an approved set of organizational fundraising priorities, including a wide range of education, exhibition, program, strategic priority, and endowment opportunities, among others. This position is responsible for the timely preparation and submission of successful grant proposals, with equal emphasis on the stewardship of foundation relationships and meeting all reporting requirements. In addition to overseeing a portfolio of assigned prospects, the Manager is responsible to identify and cultivate new funders to help the program fulfill its ambitious annual financial objectives. In addition, the Manager builds and maintains cross-departmental relationships to stay current with internal program developments and identifies viable institutional prospects to fund approved new initiatives. 

The Museum of the American Revolution seeks voice actors to narrate the Patriots of Color Archive online interactive, which draws from a collection of military documents to explore the lives of seven Black and Native American soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War. These voiceovers will create an engaging, dynamic way of experiencing the first-person stories for digital explorers of any age or background. Black and Native American voice actors are strongly preferred, given the identities of the historical figures. There are seven male roles and one female role available.

The Franklin Institute, the most visited museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, strives to be the world leader in promoting science and technology education and literacy through inspiring and engaging experiences that cultivate curiosity, critical thinking, and an understanding of the crucial role science plays in our lives.

The Box Office and Call Center Specialist is responsible for serving as the first point of contact with guests to the Barnes Foundation, the Box Office and Call Center Specialist is responsible for consistently providing superior customer service to guests: selling tickets, tours, memberships, classes, and other Barnes programs. The Specialist ensures an efficient and welcoming entry through our ticketing process and a best-in-class experience to every person who interacts with our institution. The Specialist makes the “customer centered” concept a daily reality in all interactions, decisions, and exchanges with guests. The Specialist works both on the phone and in-person, stationed in a call center, at the box office, member desk, or other locations depending on the needs of the day. Specialists use a digital point-of-sale system to process financial transactions and are responsible for accuracy. 

The Digital Asset Management (DAM) Fellow will support the museum’s efforts to organize, preserve, and make accessible its growing body of digital assets. This includes cataloging and standardizing digital files related to the museum’s collections (such as object photography and scans) as well as marketing and communications assets (such as press images, exhibition photography, video, and social media content).

Working under the supervision of the Collections Manager and Registrar as part of the Museum’s Collections and Exhibitions team, the Collections Management Fellow is a temporary, one-year, full-time position to assist with exporting collections records to the Museum’s new CMS database from the Museum’s previous database. The position will work to make database records consistent, following the Museum’s database style guide. The Collections Management Fellow will also enhance the Museum’s digital object files. 

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The Delaware Art Museum is seeking a Manager of Learning and Interpretation who is responsible for management of gallery learning and interpretation including creating, planning, and implementing a broad range of programs that draw on the power of art to improve the lives of all in Delaware as well as developing and coordinating strategies that support learning in the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions. This is a full-time exempt position reporting to the Head Curator.

The Wharton Esherick Museum (WEM) seeks a Manager of Visitor Experience & Interpretation to manage our tour programs and advance the visitor experience across all aspects of museum engagement. This position combines hands-on interpretive work with the management of visitor services and educational programming. The Manager of Visitor Experience and Interpretation will lead tours of the museum complex and will manage the museum’s tour program, including overseeing the online reservation system and assisting the public with making reservations.

As part of WEM’s small, collaborative team, the Manager of Visitor Experience and Interpretation will work closely with staff and volunteers to deliver high-quality tours and programs, oversee daily visitor operations, and contribute to the continued development of interpretive and educational initiatives during an exciting time of institutional growth.