Job Title: Archaeological Conservator

Pay/Hours/Benefits: This is a full-time, limited-term grant funded position paying $60,000 per annum with benefits. The position is funded for 3-years. For more information about potential benefits please visit: The Mariners’ Museum and Park – Archaeological Conservator, Yorktown Collections

Institution/Work Location/s: 100 Museum Dr, Newport News, VA 23606

Application Deadline: October 9th, 2026

Brief Description: 

The Mariners’ Museum and Park is seeking an Archaeological Conservator for a grant-funded, 3-year position.  The conservator will undertake the assessment, direct treatment, and preventive conservation care of select objects recovered in the 1930s and 1980s from shipwrecks associated with the Siege of Yorktown (September – October 1781) at Yorktown, Virginia within the holding of The Mariners’ Museum and Park and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR). This position has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition, which frames the scope of work performed.

Contact Info/Link to Online Application: 

The Mariners’ Museum and Park – Archaeological Conservator, Yorktown Collections