British Museum Recruiting Conservator for Eastern Paintings on Paper and Silk
The British Museum in London is recruiting a Conservator: Eastern Art on Paper & Silk to work within its Pictorial Art Conservation team. The specialist will help conserve and study Chinese, East Asian and South Asian pictorial art and undertake training in the museum's Hirayama Studio, combining museum care with research and professional conservation development.
Role, location, salary and deadlines
Organisation: The British Museum. Location: Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom. Employment: permanent, part time, four days or 31.3 hours each week. Annual salary for the actual part-time appointment: £30,467.94, equivalent to a £35,043 full-time annual salary. Application deadline: Sunday 22 November 2026 at 11:59 pm UK time. This is a pictorial-art preservation role, not the separate British Museum Conservator: Storage vacancy already featured previously on the site.
Professional duties and activities
Undertake practical conservation assessment and treatment of paintings and other artworks on paper or silk, contribute to preventive conservation and monitoring, advise on safe storage and handling, support loans and exhibition preparation, and document interventions. Contribute to professional research, public engagement and new conservation knowledge while developing specialist expertise in East Asian mounting and treatment techniques.
Requirements and candidate profile
The employer seeks a qualified paper conservator with practical conservation experience, knowledge of materials and deterioration, understanding of professional ethics and preventive treatments, and a strong interest in Chinese and South Asian pictorial art. Applicants must be able to organise precise treatment records, communicate effectively and work with curators, researchers and other conservators.
Application instructions
Apply through the British Museum's authorised careers website, following the official link supplied on the Institute of Conservation job page. The application must be received by 11:59 pm UK time on 22 November 2026. Confirm the exact person specification, right-to-work conditions and application attachments on the museum's original vacancy before submission.
Original recruitment sources and official employer information
About the organisation
The British Museum, founded in 1753, preserves collections documenting world cultures and histories. Its Pictorial Art Conservation team and Hirayama Studio support professional research and the care of Chinese and other Asian paintings and related works on paper.
Editorial verification and official-source priority
Research and cross-site historic-post duplicate review completed 12 November 2026. Confirm the latest information with the employer before applying.
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