Research Fellow: Missouri Remembers Project
Know before you apply
- Art historians with graduate research experience
- Recent PhDs in American art history
- Researchers skilled in archives and metadata
- Full time onsite, 35 hours per week
- One-year fellowship starting May 2027
- Published writing sample and transcripts required
Research Fellow, Missouri Remembers Project
Full Time Temporary - 35 hours per week, onsite
Fellowship Period & Funding:
One-year fellowship, starting in early May 2027.
Help Bring Missouri's Art History to Life
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is seeking a curious, rigorous, and collaborative researcher to help expand Missouri Remembers, a digital portal dedicated to the artists, institutions, schools, and exhibitions that have shaped the state's visual culture.
In this 12-month fellowship, you will conduct original research, write accessible and engaging scholarly content, organize research data and digital assets, coordinate image permissions, and work with Museum colleagues and partners across Missouri. Your work will make meaningful stories and resources available to general audiences, scholars, educators, and students.
What You'll Do
Research Missouri artists, cultural institutions, schools, and exhibitions using archival collections, artist files, scholarly resources, and community-based sources.
Write and revise accurate, engaging artist biographies and contextual histories for general, scholarly, and K-12 audiences.
Apply the project's style guide and incorporate feedback through a collaborative editorial process.
Enter and maintain research, metadata, citations, and digital assets in Airtable and related systems, ensuring records are complete, consistent, and properly sourced.
Identify appropriate images, document permissions, and coordinate image-rights requests and records in accordance with Museum procedures.
Partner with Library & Archives staff and the technical developer to test and document improvements to portal content, usability, and functionality.
Build productive relationships with collection stewards, artist families, scholars, advisory members, and community partners throughout Missouri.
Share project research through presentations, articles, conferences, public programs, or educational resources, as assigned.