Our Mission: Discovering and describing life and earth - with people, through dialogue.
The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) is an excellent and integrated research museum of the Leibniz Association with an international reputation and globally networked research infrastructure. It is active in three closely interlinked fields: collection-based research, collection development and cataloguing, and research-based public and educational work. Over the next ten years, the Museum für Naturkunde will realise its plan for the future. New laboratories and jobs for cutting-edge research will be created. At the same time, one of the world's most comprehensive natural history collections with over 30 million objects will be housed in modern collection buildings and completely digitised in the process. The implementation of the Future Plan, funded with a total of 660 million euros from the Federal Government and the State of Berlin, will only succeed with strong interdisciplinary national and international partners.
Become part of our team as
Position: | Curator TheMuseumsLab (f/m/d) |
Work schedule: | Full time (39 h 24 min per week) |
Duration: | at the earliest possible date until 31.12.2026 |
Salary Level: | E 13 TV-L |
Code: |
08/ 2024 |
TheMuseumsLab is a collaborative project designed to offer African and European museum professionals a platform for continuous joint learning, unlearning, networking, career development and perspective exchange on the future of museums in both Africa and Europe. Its primary objective is to facilitate connections that bridge individuals, institutions, and nations across two continents, fostering engaged discussions on how museums can confront their colonial past, meet the present societal, global challenges and work together to actively shape a more equitable future.
The thematic focus of TheMuseumsLab encompasses critical areas such as digitization, provenance research, decolonization, and the presence of objects from colonial contexts in European museums. Moreover, the programme aims at sparking a joint reflection on a new ethical framework for international cooperation.
Each year 25 Fellows from Africa and 25 Fellows from Europe are selected by an international commission. In the project years 2021 to 2023, 145 Fellows representing museums and cultural institutions from 21 African and 15 European countries participated.
TheMuseumsLab comprises three Modules, taking place online and on-site in Africa and Europe. Furthermore, each Fellow participates in a one-week Residency in Africa or Europe in one of the institutions from TheMuseumsLab Partner Museum Network.
In support of equal rights applications from qualified women are particularly welcome. Handicapped individuals will be given preference in cases of identical qualifications.
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin offers the option of flexible working hours and mobile working by arrangement.
We look forward to receiving your application with the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, certificates) by 07.05.2024, preferably via our online application portal.
For information on the application procedure, please contact recruiting@mfn.berlin.
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