Art Handler & Museum Technician Jobs
21 open roles · 71 on record · checked 31 October 2026
Art handlers, preparators and technicians: installing, packing, moving and mounting the work.
Art handlers, preparators and technicians install and take down exhibitions, and pack, mount, crate and move the work. The job combines object handling with practical trades -- carpentry, rigging, lighting, mount-making -- and is how exhibitions physically happen. It is advertised both as permanent museum staff and as per-exhibition or call-out work.
Also advertised as Art Handler, Preparator, Art Technician, Installer, Exhibition Technician, Depotverwalter:in, Kunsttransport.
On record: Art Handler 42 · Preparator 27 · Installer 4 · Art Technician 2 · Kunsttransport 2
Every art handler role on CuratorSearch, gathered daily from institutions' own careers pages and kept on record after the role closes.
- Advertised pay
- median about €53,664 a year, annualised, across 60 postings that stated it · middle half €48,968–€59,860
- Hiring now
- ArtLink4Boxart2MASS MoCA2Aiston Fine Art ServicesAlessandro Berni GalleryARNOLD Rahmenmanufaktur GmbHConnect Art InternationalMaquette Fine Art Services, LLCMCA Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art ChicagoMUDAMParrish Art MuseumPaul Thiebaud GalleryRemai Modern (Saskatoon)Whatcom Museum FoundationYerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)Zuiderzeemuseum
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- Pay archive
- Production salariesCollections salaries
- Art Handler Chelsea Gallery
Alessandro Berni Gallery · New York, USA · pay: $18 – $20
- depotbeheerder/medewerker collectiebeheer
Zuiderzeemuseum
- Art Handler:in mind. 40 % – Region Basel
ARNOLD Rahmenmanufaktur GmbH · Switzerland
- Lead Preparator
Parrish Art Museum · Water Mill, USA · pay: $36.00 – $40.00 / hour
- Art Preparator
Paul Thiebaud Gallery · San Francisco, USA · pay: $30 / hour
- Lead Preparator and Print Shop Technician
Whatcom Museum Foundation · Bellingham · pay: $29.11 / hour
- Freelance Art Handlers, Preparators, Crate Builders & Fabricators — San Francisco
ArtLink · San Francisco · pay: $40 – $65 / hour
- Freelance Art Handlers, Preparators, Crate Builders & Fabricators — New York City
ArtLink · New York City · pay: $40 – $65 / hour
- Freelance Art Handlers, Preparators, Crate Builders & Fabricators — Miami, Palm Beach, South Florida ArtLink Miami October 14
ArtLink · Miami · pay: $40 / hour
- Freelance Art Handlers, Preparators, Crate Builders & Fabricators — Los Angeles
ArtLink · Los Angeles · pay: $40 – $65 / hour
- Preparator Assistant
MCA Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago, USA
- Part-Time Art Handler
Aiston Fine Art Services · New York, USA · pay: $26 – $38 / hour
- Freelance Art Handler and Fabricator
Boxart · Brooklyn, USA · pay: $30 – $45 / hour
- Art Handler and Fabricator: Packing Department
Boxart · Brooklyn, USA · pay: $25 – $33 / hour
- Preparator (Casual)
Remai Modern (Saskatoon) · Canada · pay: $37.95 – $41.84 / hour
- Preparator/Fabricator
MASS MoCA · North Adams, USA · pay: $25 / hour
- Preparator (On-Call)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) · San Francisco, USA · pay: $28 – $31 / hour
- Driver/Art Handler Position - DC Office - Full Time & P/T
Maquette Fine Art Services, LLC · Washington, USA · pay: $28 – $45
- Art Handler
Connect Art International · San Francisco, USA · pay: $28 – $38 / hour
- Preparator/Fabricator
MASS MoCA · North Adams, USA · pay: $25.00 / hour
- Art Handler (Installateur-trice/Monteur d'œuvres d'art)
MUDAM · Luxembourg
What art handler roles have advertised as pay
The most recent of 60 figures on record, exactly as each employer stated them, never estimated. The whole archive is free under CC BY on the salaries page.
- Art Handler Chelsea Gallery · Alessandro Berni Gallery$18 – $20 / hour
- PT Seasonal Art Handler · Phillips Auctioneers$25 – $35 / hour
- Art handler for exhibition installation in Chelsea loft October 29 · Henrik Langsdorf Studio (Doppelganger Design LLC)$25 – $35 / hour
- Art Preparator / Art Handler · Paul Thiebaud Gallery$30 / hour
- Head Preparator · The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum$38,000 – $44,000 / year
- Art Preparator · Paul Thiebaud Gallery$30 / hour
- Lead Preparator and Print Shop Technician · Whatcom Museum Foundation$29 / hour
- Art Handler · Pocahontas Zarathustra FAS LLC$25 – $32 / hour
- Art Handler · Connect Art International$28 – $38 / hour
- Depotmanager (w/m/d) · Deutsches Museum, München€4,038 – €5,644 / month, gross
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