Chief, Curatorial Affairs and Conservation – Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston
Listing Start Date: June 11, 2025Expires: August 11, 2025n
The Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Conservation (CAC) reports to the Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum and is a member of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s leadership team. As such, the Chief shares accountability for planning, prioritizing, integrating, and stewarding a forward-looking and financially sustainable institution. Responsible for the MFA’s global collections, ambitious exhibition program, and curatorial activities, the Chief oversees the Museum’s curatorial, conservation, registration, collections, provenance, exhibitions, gallery reinstallation and rotations, design, and intellectual property departments. The Chief plays a key role in developing and implementing strategies for the institution, working closely with the Director and the leadership team.
The Chief is responsible for the strategic planning, coordination, and implementation of the Museum’s long-range exhibition schedule and touring program. Additionally, the Chief oversees the permanent collection gallery displays, including rotating spaces and renovations. They ensure that exhibition and gallery planning aligns with and supports institutional strategies and priorities, delivering an outstanding visitor experience.
The Chief builds upon the MFA’s world-renowned global collection through intentional, systematic care and management of collections, rigorous provenance research, and strategic acquisitions and deaccessions. They recommend and approve collections management policies and procedures, as well as requests for loans to the collection. As part of this work, they handle all claims to objects in the collection and oversee both proactive and reactive provenance research, approving or recommending to the Director changes in attribution, requests for loans from the collection, and other related matters. The Chief provides overall guidance on legal and policy issues related to collections for the Museum, as well as within national and international professional groups.
The Chief participates in Museum programs and events, presents public talks, engages with the press, and represents the Director and the Museum in professional associations and in other appropriate forums, locally, nationally, and internationally, to further the MFA’s mission.
More information and application instructions are available on the museum’s posting.