Summary:   The National Urban League is seeking a Manager, Collections for The Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem (UCRM).  The Manager, Collections  helps UCRM build a new collection. The museum plans to acquire artifacts, artworks and primary source material, which will be displayed in permanent and temporary museum exhibitions onsite and, potentially, loaned to other cultural institutions. The Manager, Collections is charged with properly building, conserving, and creating proper access to the collection to ensure careful and consistent collections care. S/he is responsible for the acquisition, care, storage and management of the collection under the supervision of the Director of Exhibitions. The Manager, Collections catalogs and processes all collection items, manages incoming and outgoing loans, helps with research requests and with other tasks associated with the collection, creates collection and acquisition policies, processes acquisitions, obtains permissions and licenses, and manages the collection database.  S/he is responsible for ensuring high standards of collections care and making recommendations for conservation. S/he will assist the staff and public, as needed, with tasks related to the museum’s collection.   The National Urban League will open the Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem, New York, (UCRM) in 2025/2026.  As New York’s first museum dedicated to civil rights – and one of the first in the nation to focus on the history of civil rights in the North. The Urban Civil Rights Museum will tell the story of the struggle for civil and human rights in urban environments across America. It will empower people to continue to struggle to improve their lives and the lives of all Americans. It will be a place where you can see and feel the work of the many people who fought for justice in urban centers in the North, a place to reflect on past civil rights efforts, to imagine new possibilities of collective work and to inspire future action.  

Summary: The National Urban League seeks an experienced and creative Director, Exhibitions for The Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem. The  Director, Exhibitions will assist the Executive Director and Chief Curator with developing and executing the long-term exhibition slate for the permanent and rotating galleries. While the Executive Director sets the curatorial vision, the Director, Exhibitions helps to research and develop specific exhibition directions, develops strategies, implements logistics, arranges and oversees the fabrication and installation and coordinates all exhibitions-related work. The Director,Exhibitions is responsible for maintaining the permanent exhibition, incorporating updates and improvements and working with the staff to support any exhibition-related education and public programs. The Director of Exhibitions manages the Collections Manager.   The National Urban League will open the Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem, New York, (UCRM) in 2025/2026.  As New York’s first museum dedicated to civil rights – and one of the first in the nation to focus on the history of civil rights in the North. The Urban Civil Rights Museum will tell the story of the struggle for civil and human rights in urban environments across America. It will empower people to continue to struggle to improve their lives and the lives of all Americans. It will be a place where you can see and feel the work of the many people who fought for justice in urban centers in the North, a place to reflect on past civil rights efforts, to imagine new possibilities of collective work and to inspire future action.