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ABOUT THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM 

The Walters Art Museum is among America's most distinctive museums, forging connections between people and art from cultures around the world and spanning seven millennia. Located in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood, the Walters is free for all. The museum’s campus includes five historic buildings and 36,000 art objects. 

Today, the Walters serves Baltimore and Maryland by embracing its role as educator and storyteller, using the collection as a vehicle of knowledge and cultural expression to support learning, dialogue, and community engagement. The museum is committed to public education, offering essential programs that help people to connect art to their lives. The Walters Visitor Promise aligns staff and volunteers across the museum to preserve and share the works in our care for future generations, partner with communities, and create welcoming, accessible experiences for visitors. The museum offers challenging and creative work opportunities by promoting collaboration and teamwork. 

OVERVIEW OF FELLOWSHIP

The Zanvyl Krieger Curatorial Fellowship at the Walters Art Museum is designed to provide curatorial and museum training for an advanced graduate student (a Ph.D. candidate in good standing) in the Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University. It will support halftime work on the fellow’s dissertation and halftime work as a curatorial assistant through an arrangement in which the fellow spends 30 hours a week in the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books (ten of which can be used for dissertation work).

Fellows may have the opportunity to assist with researching and cataloging the collection, work on online or print publications related to the collections and installations, as well as assist with exhibition research, and will play a part in the day-to-day running of the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books. The museum’s extraordinarily rich collection of books provides a range of possible projects, as it includes over 900 illuminated manuscripts, 1,300 incunabula, and over 2,000 rare books printed after 1501 and covering every time period up through the early 20th century.

Candidates must have completed their qualifying exams, must have an approved dissertation prospectus on file in the History of Art Department, and must have begun dissertation research at the starting date of the fellowship.

Initially the Fellowship will be for two years, commencing in January 2027. If the fellow’s dissertation is completed within that timeframe, the Fellowship may be extended to encompass a third year of full-time work in the department of Manuscripts and Rare Books (this extension must be cleared with the fellow’s primary academic supervisor).

Krieger Fellows will maintain non-resident status in the department at Johns Hopkins up to the time of graduation.

SCHEDULED SHIFT

Monday through Friday; 9 am to 5 pm 

ANNUAL SALARY $58,768

HOW TO APPLY:

Students wishing to be considered for nomination should submit a signed letter of interest, a current CV, the names of two faculty references, and a copy of the approved dissertation abstract (if approval of the dissertation prospectus is pending, please indicate that in the letter of interest and state clearly when this is anticipated). These materials should be assembled into a single PDF and submitted directly to 

Lauren Crabtree

Academic Program Administrator

Department of the History of Art

Johns Hopkins University

410-516-7117 (office)

lcrabtr3@jh.edu

Materials must be received no later than September 5, 2026. The History of Art faculty’s nomination will then be forwarded to the Walters for consideration. 

The Walters Art Museum provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, prescription, vision, subsidized transportation and parking, museum membership, short term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, FSA (flexible spending account), 457b retirement, and free professional financial management counseling. This is a 100% onsite position and is part of the AFSCME-WWU collective bargaining unit. All employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The museum does not sponsor work visas.