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Art Handler - Seasonal

CompanyPhilbrook Museum of Art Inc
LocationTulsa
Work ModeOn Site
PostedOctober 1, 2026
About The Company
Rooted in the beauty and architecture of an historic home gifted by the Phillips family in 1938, Philbrook Museum of Art has grown to become one of the preeminent art museums across the central United States. Highlights of the Museum’s permanent collection include Renaissance and Baroque paintings from the Kress Foundation, one of the greatest surveys of Native American art anywhere, and growing modern and contemporary collections. The Philbrook main campus spans 25 acres of grounds and formal gardens, and features an historic home displaying the museum’s permanent collection, as well as a modern museum complex. The satellite location in downtown Tulsa showcases Philbrook’s modern and contemporary art collections, as well as the Eugene B. Adkins Collection and Study Center of Native American art.
About the Role

Description

*This is a seasonal/temporary position.


Nestled in 25 acres of beautiful gardens, Philbrook Museum of Art is a 1920s Italianate Villa featuring a dynamic and ambitious program of rotating exhibitions and galleries with selections from an actively growing collection of approximately 16,000 objects. With artworks from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe dating from 3,000 BCE to today, Philbrook is Oklahoma’s most comprehensive art museum and offers visitors a glimpse into a broad range of cultures, time periods, and perspectives. The diverse collection supports a vision of Philbrook as central to the lives of our community as a place for learning, inspiration, and fun. Through bold action and strategic investment, we create a space for new ideas, diverse perspectives, and social connection.

Philbrook Museum of Art is seeking a pool of careful, conscientious, and hard-working Temporary Art Handlers for periodic employment assisting with exhibitions, installations, and gallery rotations.


Essential Job Duties may include, but are not limited to:

  • Packing, unpacking, moving, and installing artwork
  • Hanging wall graphics, signage, and labels
  • Installing interpretive components
  • Matting, framing, mounting, storing, and caring for artworks
  • Assisting with fabrication of pedestals, plinths, boxes, walls, mounts, and other items
  • Building walls, painting, wall patching
  • Lighting galleries and changing lights
  • Cleaning gallery and shop areas
  • Performing general repairs
  • Construction, carpentry, painting, and using wood shop tools
  • Metalsmithing
  • Rigging or moving heavy objects


Qualifications:

Team members must be collaborative, reliable, and safety focused. Must follow policies related to art handling as well as proper use and care of tools and equipment and always wear appropriate personal protective equipment.

The ideal candidates must have prior experience handling art in a museum or gallery setting, an aptitude for learning and problem solving, and the ability to handle constantly shifting priorities.

Requirements

Requirements

  • Excellent manual dexterity
  • Attentive to detail
  • Able to safely lift at least fifty pounds, with frequent bending, kneeling, twisting, crouching, and standing
  • General mobility throughout the museum grounds
  • Comfortable working at elevated heights when required
  • Able to listen to and follow verbal directions
  • High school diploma or equivalent

Hours

Short-term assignments may be full or part-time and last for periods ranging from a half day to several weeks.

Typical hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm, with occasional weekend and evening hours as needed. Projects are generally scheduled one month in advance although some exceptions may occur.

This position is filled as needed throughout the year.


For consideration, please submit an application and resume here.

Key Skills
Art handlingPackingInstallationCarpentryConstructionPaintingWall patchingLightingRiggingMetalsmithingManual dexterityProblem solvingSafety complianceTool maintenanceAttention to detail
Categories
Art & DesignTradesConstruction
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The Art Handler is responsible for the physical packing, unpacking, and installation of museum artworks and interpretive components. They also perform gallery maintenance, including construction, painting, lighting adjustments, and general repairs.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
2-5
💼Company Size
117
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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