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Principal Museum Preparator (3524) - SFO - 163632

San Francisco, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a team of museum preparators to design, construct, and install approximately 25 exhibitions annually in public airport terminals, handling valuable art objects and managing shop operations.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC museum preparator with team leadership responsibilities

Builds

Exhibition fixtures, showcases, mounts, temporary walls, and partitions for public art installations

Domain

Museum curation and physical installation in airport terminals

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Design and construct museum fixtures, handle and store valuable art objects, lead preparation staff, draft shop drawings, order and inventory shop materials, utilize museum conservation techniques

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Serve as team leader for museum preparation staff, oversee installation and deinstallation of exhibitions, confer with curatorial and conservation staff, design and construct display mounts and fixtures, manage shop materials inventory, protect and handle art objects

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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