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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art acknowledges it resides on the ancestral territory of the Osage, Kaw, and Otoe-Missouria, among other tribal nations forcibly moved to the region such as the Shawnee, Wyandot, Delaware, Potawatomi, Sac and Fox and Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) nations. We recognize and support the continued vibrancy of Native communities and cultures today who continue to thrive, as well as the inherent sovereignty of tribal nations. We are compelled to serve and advocate for these communities in accordance with our public mission.

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It is our policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, and any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local laws. We prohibit any such discrimination or harassment.

2026 L&E Support Description.pdf

Department: Learning and Engagement
Classification: Full-time Hourly, Non-Exempt
Reports to: Interim Co-Directors of Learning and Engagement
Date: March 2026
Compensation: $21-23 hourly

This is a temporary position lasting six months.

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art seeks a highly organized and community-minded Coordinator to assist with the planning of public programs, volunteer and tour coordination, and help execute educational initiatives including internal and public-facing programs within the Learning and Engagement department.The Learning & Engagement Coordinator will work collaboratively with museum staff, community partners, volunteers, and audiences on mission-aligned engagement opportunities that serve the Kansas City community.

Please send cover letter, resume, and references to employment@kemperart.org or you may mail hard copies to:

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 
Diane Lambert, Human Resources Manager 
4420 Warwick Blvd. 
Kansas City, MO 64111

Please include Learning & Engagement Coordinator in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Open until filled.

Facilities Manager Job Description 2026.pdf

Job Title: Facilities Manager
Department: Operations
Classification: Exempt
Reports To: Senior Manager of Operations and Security
Supervises: Facilities Contractors
Date: February 2026

The Facilities Manager oversees the safe, efficient, and effective operation of the museum’s buildings, grounds, and physical infrastructure. This role ensures an exceptional environment for visitors, staff, artists, and the art itself—balancing preventive maintenance, capital planning, and responsive facilities management within a dynamic, exhibition-driven contemporary art institution.

Please include Facilities Manager in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Open until filled.

Registrar Job Posting 2026.pdf

Job Title: Registrar
Department: Curatorial
Classification: Full-time/Exempt
Reports to: Chief Curator
Manages: Part-time Registration Technician, Collection Volunteers, Interns
Date: February 2026

The Registrar ensures the care, documentation, movement, and legal stewardship of the Kemper Museum’s growing collection of 1,500+ objects, along with the planning and execution of all registration activities related to exhibitions, installations, and loans. Working closely with the curators, the Exhibitions Manager, Facilities, and other departments, the Registrar plays a critical role in upholding museum standards, coordinating art logistics, and preserving the long-term integrity of the collection across all Kemper sites. This position balances hands-on collection care with administrative oversight and project management, in service to the Museum’s mission and values.

We know that skills and experience come in many forms. If you’re excited about this role and believe your background has prepared you in different ways, even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply, especially if your perspective or background is underrepresented in the field, or shaped by non-traditional paths.

Please include Registrar in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Open until filled.

Manager of Individual Giving 2026.pdf

Department: Advancement 
Reports To: Chief Development Officer
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Position: Full-time, exempt

Help supporters accomplish their philanthropic goals and fulfill their philanthropic passions through a genuine relationship with Kemper Museum. The Kemper’s Development Team works collaboratively to establish and nurture relationships that generate rewarding philanthropic investment in the Museum.

The Manager of Individual Giving is devoted chiefly to identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding mid-level individual donors ($1,000-$4,999). Beyond annual support, the Manager is also responsible for cultivating donors to secure current and deferred endowment gifts. The successful candidate would be a highly organized, self-motivated individual who has excellent communication, project management, presentation and interpersonal skills. Experience in development for an arts organization is desirable, as is a strong team orientation and a sense of humor.

Normal office hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Flexibility is required as the work schedule may start earlier or end later in the day. Some flexibility is also available on remote work. The Associate Director, Individual Giving should also expect to work at weekend and evening events as needed

Please include Manager of Individual Giving in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Open until filled.

Museum Shop Sales Associate 2026.pdf

Department: Museum Shop
Classification: Part-time, Hourly Non-Exempt
Reports to: Retail Operations Manager
Date: 2026


Working closely with the Retail Manager, the Museum Shop Sales Associate’s role is to provide assistance and excellent customer service to the visitors of Kemper Museum’s retail shop, online shop, and other retail initiatives. This individual will display confidence in generating sales, merchandising, and safeguarding the shop’s assets. 

Cover letter and Resumes can be emailed to employment@kemperart.org or you may mail hard copies to: 

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Diane Lambert
Human Resources Manager
4420 Warwick Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64111

Please include Museum Shop Sales Associate in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Open until filled.

Department: Museum Protection
Classification: Hourly, Non-Exempt
Reports to: Museum Protection and Operations Manager
Date: 2024

A Level I Museum Protection Officer is responsible for providing physical security of Kemper Museum and its remote satellite locations in order to safeguard its works of art, both interior and exterior, its buildings, grounds, and parking areas to assure the safety and well-being of staff, visitors, and persons in and around the museum and its remote facilities. This individual will possess strong customer service skills to assist in creating a quality visitor experience. Ability to work with moderate to close supervision and to carry out assigned duties and responsibilities in an effective manner.

Protection of Artwork, Facilities, and Public

Comprehend, adhere to, and enforce all museum security policies and procedures.

Working knowledge of all museum emergency plans and procedures, including medical emergencies.

Provide security checks of museum buildings, grounds, parking areas, and remote satellite locations (even in adverse weather conditions).

Working knowledge of plan and procedure when artwork, buildings, or grounds are damaged or compromised.

Main lower parking lot security booth including the monitoring of vehicle and museum patron safety. Issue warnings to non-museum visitors parking in designated museum parking spaces. 

Be alert for and report all safety hazards immediately to the on-duty Floor Supervisor.

Open and close museum according to published public hours.

Report to on-duty Floor Supervisor any unusual or suspicious activity.

Professional standards of attitude, demeanor, and presence as related to safety and security are required at all times.

Report to on-duty Floor Supervisor any safety or health incidents or accidents involving staff or public.

Create written Incident Reports as necessary.

Relate museum security policies and procedures to visitors and staff in a non-confrontational, professional attitude and demeanor.

Interact with and assist visitors by answering routine questions regarding museum facilities, galleries, restrooms, parking areas, Café and directions to other local destinations.

Direct visitors to additional resources when appropriate.

Ability to remain open-minded and outwardly un-opinionated as related to art on exhibition.

As a facility frequented by the public for personal enjoyment, maintain a warm, friendly, welcoming, service-oriented attitude and manner at all times while on duty.

Maintain a clean, crisp, and professional appearance, adhering to security dress code while on duty.

Ability to resolve conflicts in a positive, constructive manner.

Perform Any and All Other Duties Assigned by on-duty Floor Supervisor

Job Knowledge/ Professionalism: Demonstrates the knowledge and skill necessary to perform effectively; understands the expectations of the job; keeps professional knowledge up to date. Maintaining integrity of Museum standards in ones presentation of self to the public.

Dependability: Maintains an acceptable attendance record, works as scheduled, gives appropriate notice of absence.

Trustworthiness: Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality as it pertains to the Museum’s policy and procedures, personnel and other privileged information.

Interpersonal Skills: Maintains harmonious working relationships with supervisors, co-workers, and the public.

Judgment/Alertness: Ability to make sound judgments pertaining to safety of art and public. Ability to maintain constant awareness of people and surroundings.

High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Physical Requirements 
- Stand/Walk: The ability to remain on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about. The ability to move about on foot. 
- Talk: The ability to express or exchange ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly by means of the spoken word, imparting information or detailed instructions to clients, to the public, or to other workers. 
- Handle/Feel: The ability to seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise work with hand or hands. The ability to perceive attributes of objects and materials such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly fingertips. 
- Stoop: The ability to bend the body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist; requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. 
- Reach with hands and arms: The ability to extend the hands and arms in any direction. 
- Lifts Weight and Exerts Force: Lifts weight up to 40 lbs or exerts force by lifting, lowering, pulling, carrying, pushing, slapping, striking, kicking, pulling, or jerking. 
- Vision: The ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less and 20 feet or more. The ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes remain fixed on a given point. Three-dimensional vision, the ability to judge distances and spatial relationships to see objects where and as they actually are. The ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This is required when doing close work at varying distances from the eye.

Resumes can be emailed to employment@kemperart.org or you may mail hard copies to:

Classification: Part Time on call, Non-Exempt 

Under the supervision of the exhibitions coordinator, the on call preparator ensures safe handling, storage, movement, and installation of all types of works of art in both collections and exhibitions.

Participates, as directed, in the movement of all works of art in the museum’s care

Install and de-install exhibition artworks and exhibition furniture as directed

Implement exhibition designs as determined by curator and exhibitions coordinator

Install exhibition signage, graphics, mount and position object labels

Implement lighting design as directed by exhibitions coordinator

Perform routine exhibition and collection maintenance, including but limited to, cleaning of objects, gallery painting, light replacement, gallery furniture repairs, and AV maintenance

Pack and unpack artworks using museum best practices

Fabricate and construct exhibition components, including pedestals, supportive mounts, cradles, brackets, platforms, bases, vitrines, crates, etc. made of wood, wood composites, metals, Plexiglas and other materials according to proper museum standards for 2-D and 3-D artifacts

Maintain an organized working area within galleries to ensure artifacts being prepared for exhibition are safe and secure

Assist in inventory of the permanent collection as needed

Enrollment/Completion of a bachelor’s degree program in Fine Arts, Museum Studies, Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, or other field related to the museum exhibits profession is preferred.

Candidate must have experience working with art, art collections, museum exhibits, fabrication, carpentry or similar skills.

Experience with artifact handling, exhibition construction/installation techniques

Demonstrated knowledge of basic carpentry tools, machinery, and safety practices.

Skill in handling scissor lifts, dollies, pallet jacks, furniture movers and other forms of moving equipment.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Ability to both take direction and work independently

Observes safety and security procedures, uses equipment and materials properly.

Physical Abilities:
- Ability to lift heavy objects (up to 70 lbs.) and to stand for an eight-hour day
- Ability to climb ladders, lifts, etc. and work for extended periods of time
- The ability to crouch, kneel, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise work with hand or hands.

Reports to: Various Learning & Engagement Team Leads

Internship opportunity for students studying Art History, Visual Art, Public Administration, Non-profit Administration, Education, Art Education

Kemper Museum's Learning & Engagement department is seeking one student intern to assist us while earning course credit in the Summer semester. 

Complete Kemper Museum Engagement Volunteer (Visitor Services) training.

Sign up for one 2.5-hour Museum Engagement Volunteer shift to supplement hours as needed, greeting visitors at the main desk.

Attend docent meetings, study groups, training sessions, and workshops when possible.

Design and lead a customized tour of a featured artist or gallery.

Assist Museum Educators with public programming, including but not limited to Open Drawing (first Thursdays), Studio Night (fourth Thursdays), Totally Tots (third Friday), Camp Kemper and Modern Makers, Gallery Talks (dates vary), Artist Talks (dates vary), weekend maker workshops, etc.

Maintain a strong familiarity with museum exhibitions, history, and select artists.

Self-evaluation; recommendations for future internships at the museum

Flexible and able to adapt when plans change.

Excellent customer service and communication skills, including clear, concise, accurate writing style.

Able to report regularly on progress via email, in person, via Google Meet or Zoom.

Available to work onsite at the museum with certain availability on Thursday evenings, Fridays, and Saturdays. Possible availability on other days, based on programming schedule.

10 hours per week employment during 9 weeks in the Summer semester of 2025 (June, July, August).

Hours and progress will be recorded by the intern and reported to the Museum Educator, weekly using a Google Sheet.

90% onsite, 10% online (communications, program and tour prep)

The intern must arrange for use of a computer to complete the work. The museum will not provide a computer nor cell phone.

This position will be guided and overseen by the Museum Educator, Docents, Schools, Tours & Professional Programs. However, the intern will report to various Learning & Engagement staff members when assisting with programs.

Resumes can be emailed to tours@kemperart.org or you may mail hard copies to:

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Val Beachy
Museum Educator, Docents, Schools, Tours & Professional Programs
4420 Warwick Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64111