Natural History Conservator position at the Natural History Museum Denmark, Faculty of SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen

The Natural History Museum Denmark is seeking an experienced natural history conservator to join the Conservation Unit and assist with the preparation and installation of objects for the new permanent galleries. The position is available from 1 November 2026, or soon thereafter. Currently the position is funded for a 5-month period.

The main role of the conservator is to assist the Conservation Unit with planning and undertaking varied object treatments, packing, transport, and installation of the many new exhibitions for the new museum project. About Us The Natural History Museum Denmark is the national museum for nature and contains more than 14 million objects of preserved animals, plants, fossils and minerals.

Natural history museums have never been more important for monitoring the impact of climate change and the direct human threat to plant and animal life. We are currently building a new Danish national museum for nature.

One big museum site in the Botanical Garden at the center of Copenhagen will host state-of-the-art laboratories, outstanding research collections, new public galleries, and combined facilities for programming, education, and citizen science1 …