Museum Conservator Jobs

21 open roles · 51 on record · checked 30 October 2026

Conservators examine and treat objects, and conservation technicians support that work. Usually needs a conservation degree.

Conservators examine, stabilise and treat objects, and document everything they do to them. Most posts specialise by material -- paintings, paper, textiles, objects, photographs, time-based media -- and ask for a conservation degree plus supervised practice. Conservation technicians and preventive-conservation posts support the same work without carrying out treatments.

Also advertised as Conservator, Paintings Conservator, Paper Conservator, Objects Conservator, Conservation Technician, Restaurator:in, Restaurateur.

On record: Conservator 35 · Objects Conservator 2 · Paintings Conservator 2 · Restaurator:in 1

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

Advertised pay

median about €61,648 a year, annualised, across 24 postings that stated it · middle half €55,463–€72,778

Hiring now

The Museum of Modern Art2Art Gallery of OntarioBaltimore Museum of ArtDeutsches Museum, IngolstadtFondation BeyelerHerinneringscentrum Kamp WesterborkLACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of ArtMAK - Museum für angewandte Kunst (Wien)Moderna galerija / MG+MSUM (Ljubljana)Mola MolencentrumMuseum van Bommel van DamNederlands SteendrukmuseumNetwerk Aalst (NW Aalst)Rijksmuseum AmsterdamSCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, SindelfingenStadt Karlsruhe, Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, KarlsruheStedelijk Museum KampenStiftsMuseum Xanten, Xanten

Where

New York2AalstBaltimoreIngolstadtKarlsruheLjubljanaLos AngelesSindelfingen

Fields

Conservation17Intern & Fellowship3Leadership1

Pay archive

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