Ednah Root Curator-in-Charge of American Art

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

The Ednah Root Curator-in-Charge of American Art oversees a permanent collection of more than 5,000 American art objects spanning the 17th century to the present and serves as Department Head of the American Art Department. In this capacity, the department head has primary responsibility for managing all exhibition, research, publication, acquisition, installation, donor and patron relations, personnel and budgetary matters within the department.

Assumes overall responsibility for the installation, interpretation, classification documentation, and publication of the Museum's American art collections to a broad and diverse audience.

Conducts research in connection with identifying and publicizing objects in the collections, makes recommendations for acquisitions and deaccessioning, and makes recommendations regarding the loan of the Museum's objects requested by other institutions.

The estimated annual salary range for this position is $130,000-150,000.

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