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Museum Curator: The National Navy SEAL Museum

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2026 – Home Fort Pierce

Navy SEAL Museum Fort Pierce
Curator – Civilian Position

Location: Onsite, in person in Fort Pierce, Florida
Reports To: Museum Executive Director/Assistant Executive Director

Organization: National Navy SEAL Museum
Collaborative Partner Site: Navy SEAL Museum, San Diego, California

About the Organization
The National Navy SEAL Museum is dedicated to preserving the history and honoring the heritage of Navy SEALs and their predecessors. Located in Fort Pierce, the birthplace of Navy Frogmen training, the Navy SEAL Museum Fort Pierce welcomes visitors from around the world and provides a meaningful and educational experience for all who enter.

Position Summary
The Curator of the National Navy SEAL Museum is responsible for the preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of artifacts and stories that honor the legacy, service, and sacrifice of Naval Special Warfare personnel. This role ensures that the Museum’s collections and exhibits are historically accurate, engaging, and aligned with the mission to educate the public and preserve Navy SEAL history.

Key Responsibilities
Collections Management and Preservation

Oversee the acquisition, cataloging, documentation, and care of all artifacts and archival materials

Ensure proper storage, conservation, and handling in accordance with museum best practices

Maintain and update the collections database and records

Work with San Diego Museum as necessary to align exhibition messaging, ensure accurate historical presentation, coordinate joint standard documentation as feasible, and support inter-museum loans

Exhibition Development and Interpretation
Research, develop, curate, and update permanent and traveling exhibits that reflect the history of Naval Special Warfare

Collaborate with designers, historians, archivists, and veterans to create compelling, immersive storytelling experiences

Ensure historical accuracy and authenticity in all exhibits and interpretive materials

Regularly review and update galleries to reflect evolving scholarship, declassified information, and community feedback

Research and Historical Integrity

Conduct ongoing research related to Navy SEAL history, operations, and personnel

Serve as a subject matter resource for internal teams, board of directors, external partners, visiting researchers, documentarians, journalists, and partner organizations.

Build relationships with veterans, historians, and donors to expand the Museum’s knowledge base and collection
Pursue and write grants to help facilitate special projects and exhibitions

Donor and Artifact Acquisition Relations

Cultivate relationships with donors, veterans, and families for artifact contributions

Evaluate potential acquisitions for historical significance and relevance to the Museum’s mission

Coordinate and document artifact donations, including provenance and legal agreements

Education and Public Engagement

Support educational programming, tours, and public presentations

Collaborate with the Executive and Marketing teams to develop content for exhibits, publications, and digital platforms

Provide authoritative, engaging presentations for VIP visitors, donors, and NSW community delegations

Participate in community outreach and special events

Compliance and Standards
Ensure adherence to ethical standards, legal requirements, and museum industry guidelines (export controls, firearms regulations, hazardous materials, copyright, donor/loan agreements)

Develop and implement policies related to collections management and exhibitionsconsistent withAAM/ICOM standards and all applicable Navy/DoD and federal regulations including privacy and OPSEC

Prepare and manage Fort Pierce curatorial and exhibition budgets

Contribute to AAM accreditation and other professional review processes, sharing best practices and documentation with San Diego as useful

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor’s degree in Museum Studies, History, Public History, or a related field
3–5+ years of curatorial or collections management experience
Experience with PastPerfect Collections Management Software
Strong research, writing, and storytelling skills
Knowledge of museum standards, conservation practices, and collections databases
Excellent organizational and project management abilities

Preferred:

Experience with military history, particularly U.S. Navy and Special Operations
Master’s degree in a related field
Experience working with veterans or military organizations

Key Competencies

Passion for preserving military history and honoring service members
High level of integrity and respect when handling sensitive historical materials
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy
Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds

Work Environment

Museum setting with both office and exhibit space responsibilities, indoors and outdoors
Museum holding where artifacts are stored
Occasional evening or weekend work for events and programs, such as Memorial Day, Muster, and special events and exhibitionsMay involve handling delicate or heavy artifacts
This position may require travel to conventions, exhibitions, the San Diego Museum, and to meet with other collaborative partnerships/museums

Mission Alignment

This role is integral to preserving the legacy of Navy SEALs and their forerunners and ensuring their stories are told with honor, accuracy, and impact. The Curator plays a vital role in connecting visitors to the honor, courage, character, commitment, and sacrifice of Naval Special Warfare.

Pay: $60,000.00 – $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discount
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Associate Historian: This position is an Analyst in the Programs and Integration Division (PID), a division in the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Management (DUSN (M)).

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INTRODUCTION

This position is an Analyst in the Programs and Integration Division (PID), a division in the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Management (DUSN (M)). DUSN(M) is a directorate reporting to the Under Secretary of the Navy. The primary purpose of this position is to collaborate closely with the Secretariat Historian, helping develop, supporting and augmenting a variety of processes, products, and services.

Major Duties

Institutional Memory 35%

  • Develops detailed plans, tasks, milestones and schedules to ensure efficient and timely sequencing for collecting Secretariat history source documents to develop annual Secretariat history summaries. Assists the Department of the Navy Secretariat Historian composing taskers to each political appointee’s office for annual history data call. Independently enter tasker(s) into the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution (ETMS2), resolving questions (when appropriate), reviewing packages for completeness, tracking deadlines, devising and maintaining a catalog of in-house reference files.
  • Collaborates with the Directives and Records Management Division (DRMD), Secretariat Historian and the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) to retain, file, and/or archive elsewhere in compliance with DRMD and requirements, but also to meet the research needs of the Secretariat.

Art and Artifact Support 35%

  • Supports art and artifact acquisition, borrowing, and accountability, and responsible presentation in political appointees’ offices. Supports managing E-ring display cases and other special exhibits as required. Works closely with Secretariat Historian negotiating and instituting loans for special exhibits; collaborates and coordinates with DUSN (M) publications branch and Secretariat Historian (and/or other experts) to help all parties keep moving methodically toward completion of exhibit(s).
  • Develops improved system and/or database to catalog art and artifacts and organize history information for labels, tours, and publications.
  • Secretariat Historian Outreach 30%
  • Collaborates with Secretariat Historian instituting new history-related events, strategic communications surrounding events, coordinating with speakers, PID Events Team, PFPA, NHHC/NMMC, as appropriate. Promotes the missions and values of military history commands, museums, and historical preservation work to encourage documenting today’s history. Develops business and financing plans/POAMs, and folders with strategic communications for future events.
  • Collaborates and assists history commands and museums to build a publicly available Secretariat history website featuring artifacts on loan.
  • Provides history tours in absence and/or supports Secretariat Historian tours.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge Required by the Position

  • Ability to communicate extremely well in extemporaneous conversation and in writing.
  • Experience working in complex bureaucracies with multiple stakeholders.
  • Experience developing and implementing complicated and detailed plans for long range projects that demand coordinating inputs from multiple collaborators.
  • Knowledgeable and driven to remain up to date on features of MSO suite and other software. This will be vital for program management and information management responsibilities.

Supervisory Controls – The supervisor assigns specific projects in terms of issues, organizations, functions, or work processes to be studied and sets deadlines for completing the work. Where two or more projects are involved, the supervisor may assign priorities among the various projects as well as deadlines for the attainment of specific milestones within a project. The supervisor or higher-grade analyst provides assistance on controversial issues or on the application of qualitative or quantitative analytical methods to the study of subjects for which precedent studies are not available. Work is reviewed for conformance with overall requirements as well as contribution to the objectives of the study. Findings and recommendations developed by the employee are reviewed prior to release, publication, or discussion with management officials.

  • Incumbent exercises fully delegated authority for history events management; exercises partial and collaborative authority for artifact accountability and institutional memory initiatives.
  • Works collaboratively with Secretariat Historian to develop policies and procedures; once plans are developed, works independently with minimal supervision.

Factor 4- Complexity

  • The Secretariat Historian and their assistant/associate follow best practices of the museum community and working together, negotiating and implementing procedures meeting the needs of both museum professionals and tactfully meeting strategic communications needs of Secretariat leadership. Likewise, they negotiate and implement procedures for collecting historic documents that comply with DRMD, security, legal, regulations; but at the same time meet the minimum organizational memory needs of the Secretariat.
  • This incumbent gathers information, identifies and analyzes issues, and builds useful systems and structures for more effective retention and use of resources and more efficient use/mining of Secretariat information.

Scope and Effect

The purpose of this position is to help institute solutions to improve operations and solve problems in information management, art and artifact accountability, Secretariat history outreach, and strategic communications.

Physical Demands

Incumbent must be able to carry light artifacts and small paintings.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. Security Clearance: This position requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain

Secret Security clearance as a condition of employment.

2. Pentagon Building Access: This position requires the incumbent to maintain unescorted access to the Pentagon Reservation as a condition of employment.

3. Telework: Situational

4. Drug Testing: This position has not been identified as a drug testing designated position.

5. TDY Requirement: Travel is very limited

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits Offered
  • 401k
  • Life Insurance plans
  • Employee Health and Wellness program

Crossroads Talent Solutions, LLC is a Veteran friendly employer and provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

Staff Curator (Museum Management) in the Conservation Branch, Collections Division of US NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/825129400

You will serve as a Staff Curator (Museum Management) in the Conservation Branch, Collections Division of NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND.

  • You will perform work conserving, preserving, storing, accounting for, shipping of historic properties in the Navy’s Heritage Asset collections.
  • You will interact with the NHHC Enterprise conservators, museum curators, and exhibit specialists to identify special concerns or needs to ensure conserved artifacts are displayed properly to avoid damage.
  • You will perform a variety of routine and special technical duties in connection with the conservation, physical maintenance, preservation, and inventory of the collections.
  • You will serve as a subject matter expert for organic and inorganic artifacts in the collection.
  • You will prepare reports, documenting the conditions of artifacts, treatment options, and methods of preservation/conservation.
  • You will use various methods to examine objects including non-destructive testing.
  • You will adhere to the professional Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.
  • You will answer technical and general inquiries on historical properties in the collection undergoing conservation and preservation procedures.
  • You will participate in outreach and in tours of the laboratory.
  • You will prepare and deliver presentations and lectures on artifact conservation procedures