Imperial War Museums Recruiting Exhibition Display Technician for Museum Installations
Imperial War Museums (IWM) is recruiting an Exhibition Display Technician to help mount, protect and present original objects and works of art in its London exhibitions. The vacancy is requisition 717, a fee-based casual display-specialist role, and must not be confused with the separately advertised permanent Exhibitions Workshop & Display Technician role 718, which has already been covered previously.
Role, location, remuneration and deadlines
Employer: Imperial War Museums. Official vacancy number 717. Location: IWM London, United Kingdom, fully on site; occasional movement to other IWM locations. Division: Exhibition Production & Delivery. Appointment: casual, engaged for project working days, not a guaranteed permanent salary. Fee: £274.31 per 7.25-hour working day when engaged. Original application closing time: Monday 16 November 2026 at 11:55 pm UK local time. The museum forecasts interviews during the week commencing 30 November 2026.
Professional duties
Install and dismantle temporary and permanent exhibitions; position display furniture, plinths, cases and other gallery elements; hang works of art and arrange objects appropriately. Design and fabricate conservation-quality object mounts using materials such as brass and acrylic, follow lenders' handling standards, safely pack and move collections and loans, photograph and document objects, use workshop tools and maintain safe galleries and construction spaces.
Experience and eligibility
Applicants need recent museum-standard object-mount making experience, competent collection handling, painting or artwork hanging experience, careful packing and documentation, safe woodworking and the ability to use workshop tools. The employer also requests relevant education or vocational skills, collaborative work with conservation teams, IT competence and readiness for a basic DBS check.
How to apply
Apply only to the official Imperial War Museums Tal.net vacancy 717, using its job-description PDF and person specification, by 11:55 pm UK time on 16 November 2026. Compare its fee-based contract with the separate full-time 718 position to select the correct employer form.
Original recruitment notice and employer sources
About the organisation
Imperial War Museums is a UK national museum group interpreting war and its impact on people through exhibitions, collections and archives. Exhibition production specialists work alongside conservators and curators to keep objects safe while enabling public access.
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