Job Opportunities

For those who love art and history, the National Portrait Gallery is an exciting place to work. Our diverse staff includes curators, researchers, collections managers, designers, administrators, and a wealth of other specialists.


Gallery Educators

Gallery Educators facilitate the Portrait Gallery’s student programs that take place in the Donald W. Reynolds Center in Washington, DC, remote for virtual programs, and in local schools for outreach.  These paid Gallery Educators engage and excite young visitors through the medium of portraiture while relaying pertinent historical, biographical, and cultural information about images on display at the Portrait Gallery through interactive experiences.  All applicants must be willing to commit to this part- time schedule of three to five days per week, Monday-Friday, and two to five hours between 9:00am and 5:00pm per assigned days, for the duration of the academic year and at least one year of service.

Please contact Jocelyn Kho at: khoj@si.edu to receive the Request for Quote