The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art seeks to appoint two outstanding scholars to endowed curatorial positions in Chinese Art. These appointments represent the investment in the museum’s world-renowned Chinese collections and its commitment to advancing research, exhibitions, public engagement, publications, provenance research, and ethical stewardship as it enters its second century.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art is committed to preserving, exhibiting, researching, and interpreting art in ways that deepen the public and scholarly understandings of Asia and the world. Opening in 1923, the museum stewards one of the world’s most important collections of Asian art, with works dating from antiquity to the present, from China, Japan, Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the pre-Islamic Near East, and the Islamic world (inclusive of Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa). The museum’s galleries, laboratories, archives, and library are located on the National Mall in Washington, DC, and are part of the world’s largest museum complex, which welcomes twenty to thirty million visitors each year. The museum is free and open to the public 364 days a year, making its exhibitions, programs, learning opportunities, and digital initiatives accessible to global audiences.
CLOSING DATE: October 23, 2026
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