Project Curator: Cuneiform Tablets
The contract is full time for a fixed term, and the annual salary is £30,775. The employer, British Museum, is a Non-Departmental Public Body, which means it is part of central government accountable to the public through Parliament. You will be based at British Museum. It is located in Greater London.
Closing date 27-08-2026
The British Museum is seeking a Project Curator to join the department of Middle East. Supporting the Museum's Digitisation and Documentation programme and a University of Oxford research project, you will play a key role in documenting, researching and digitising the Museum’s collection of Cuneiform Tablets.
Working closely with curatorial colleagues, collections managers and imaging specialists, you will help improve access to the Museum's collections by ensuring collection records are accurate, accessible and meet professional documentation standards. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a major strategic programme supporting the Museum Masterplan and the long-term preservation and accessibility of internationally significant collections.
About the Documentation & Digitisation Programme
The British Museum’s Documentation and Digitisation Programme is creating and enriching digital collection records; providing images, and enhancing metadata above our nationally recognised standards. Working across the collection this ambitious programme plays a strategically vital role in enabling the Museum’s vision for greater access, scholarship and long-term collection stewardship.
It is delivering research-ready collection information that is transforming how the collection is understood, used and shared.
About you
You will be a proactive and detail-oriented museum or heritage professional with experience working with collections and collection management systems, alongside a strong interest in the archaeology, history and material culture of the ancient Near East and cuneiform collections.
You will bring a meticulous approach to research and cataloguing, a commitment to improving access to collections, and the ability to maintain accuracy and consistency while working on a large-scale digitisation project.
Key areas of responsibility
- Document, research and digitise the Museum's collection of Cuneiform Tablets.
- Work collaboratively with Imaging Assistants, Assistant Collections Managers and curatorial colleagues to catalogue collection material and improve the quality and accessibility of collection records.
- Consult object registers, archives and historical documentation to support research, registration and digitisation activity.
- Ensure that documentation outputs and publicly accessible collection information are accurate, consistent and fit for purpose.
- Manage priorities effectively to deliver project objectives, monitor progress against targets and contribute to the successful delivery of the Museum's wider digitisation programme.
The British Museum is undertaking its biggest transformation since its founding nearly 300 years ago. This physical and intellectual transformation includes large scale building and gallery transformation, new ways of connecting with audiences and different ways of working. As we look towards this exciting future, we remain guided by the words of our founder Hans Sloane - who dreamed of a museum connecting all arts and sciences, which would be accessible to everyone, everywhere.