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Assistant Curator - Church History Museum
Salt Lake City, UT, United States (No Local)
To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
Job Description The Church History Museum is seeking an assistant curator to join its staff. The mission of the museum is to provide opportunities for our patrons to connect to the history of the Church and the growing spiritual, artistic, and cultural legacies of the Latter-day Saints throughout the world.
This position reports to the museum director and will take assignments from the curators responsible for art, artifacts, and history. The assistant curator will work closely with other staff members to create both permanent and temporary exhibitions and to research objects and topics in Latter-day Saint art and history. The assistant curator will be accountable to senior-level colleagues for carrying out responsibilities in an effective and timely manner, meeting agreed upon schedules, subjecting work to vigorous peer review, accepting and incorporating feedback, and producing quality work.
We seek candidates who are creative thinkers, willing to learn new skills and master new fields of historical study.
Responsibilities Work may include but is not limited to:
- Conducting in-depth historical research to support exhibition narratives and publications
- Compiling reports and conducting research in primary and secondary sources
- Managing and tracking digital assets for use in exhibitions and publications
- Assisting with intellectual property and licensing processes, including rights research, contract coordination, and collaboration with others to ensure compliance for exhibitions, publications, and digital media
- Identifying, organizing, and interpreting artifacts, documents, and multimedia materials
- Assisting with acquisitions, processing, and cataloging tasks
- Writing exhibition text and other interpretive materials
- Developing deep knowledge of the museum collection and acting as an advocate for object-based history and material culture approaches
- Contributing to other Church History Department products or assignments as requested
Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in history, religious studies, museum studies, or a related field.
- 3 years of experience in creating publications, exhibits, historic sites, websites, audio visual materials, public programs, etc.
- Background in and understanding of Church history and Church history resources
- Demonstrated ability to conduct original research in primary and secondary sources
- Demonstrated skill in writing for both public and academic audiences
- Ability to work independently in a rigorous, production-oriented setting and also to work effectively as a collaborator in a team environment, where values of community, respect, and integrity inform the culture
- Ability to define and meet productivity goals
Preferred - Master's in history, religious studies, museum studies, or a related field.
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Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
- Job Identification 371974
- Job Category AO - Administration/Operations
- Posting Date 11/21/2025, 03:31 PM
- Locations 45 N West Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT, 84103, US (No Local)
- Apply Before 12/05/2025, 06:55 AM
- Job Schedule Full time
- Regular or Temporary Regular
- Worker Type Employee
- Number of Openings 1
- Qualificação de dignidade Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
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