Collections Management Jobs

9 open roles · 30 on record · checked 30 October 2026

Collections managers and collections care staff look after the physical collection day to day: storage, movement, condition.

Collections managers look after the physical collection day to day: storage, environmental conditions, object handling, inventory and the movement of objects inside the building. Where a museum has both posts, the registrar owns the records and the legal paperwork while the collections manager owns the objects and the store; in smaller museums one person does both.

Also advertised as Collections Manager, Collections Care Officer, Collections Specialist, Collections Coordinator, Collections Assistant, Sammlungsverwaltung, Collectiebeheer.

On record: Collections Manager 7 · Collectiebeheer 4 · Collections Assistant 1 · Collections Care Officer 1

Every collections manager role on CuratorSearch, gathered daily from institutions' own careers pages and kept on record after the role closes.

Advertised pay

median about €57,018 a year, annualised, across 16 postings that stated it · middle half €49,709–€70,088

Hiring now

Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam2Museum am Rothenbaum Hamburg (MARKK), HamburgSFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtT.R.R. Cobb House MuseumThe Mercers CompanyTiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H., Hall i. Tirol (Österreich)Zaha Hadid FoundationZuiderzeemuseum

Where

London2Potsdam2Hall i. TirolHamburgSouth San Francisco

Fields

Collections7Curatorial2

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