The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation is funding an exceptional opportunity for an early career curator to gain curatorial experience and expertise in photography.

The purpose of the Fellowship is to develop further expertise in the history of photography by researching the collections of the V&A while gaining vital curatorial experience working in a museum. The fellow will be fully integrated into the Photographs Section and will divide their time between key curatorial duties (including cataloguing, collections care, display, exhibition and publication preparation and researching potential acquisitions) and pursuing an independent research project based on the V&A’s photography collection, which will culminate in a tangible output such as a conference, publication and/or web project.

This is a 2 year fixed term position.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm 27 May 2019

Interviews will be held on w/c 10 June 2019

Start date for the role is 16 September 2019