To redeem gift certificates/complimentary tickets, contact the museum Wed. - Sun. from 9:00am until 4:00pm at 757-393-5258
A few of the Portsmouth Museums employees.

CAREERS AT THE PORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS

Turn your passion for knowledge into a rewarding career!

It takes great people to run the City of Portsmouth’s museums, and you’re invited to become a part of it. We’re hiring for a range of entry level and professional positions to make our museums the region’s finest. If you’re passionate about providing our thousands of annual visitors with a museum experience they’ll remember for a lifetime, we’d love to hear from you. Scroll through our open positions and apply today!

View Our Open Positions!

  • Museum Services Supervisor
    Full-Time Regular
    $46,184.00 - $52,000.00 Annually
    Join our dynamic leadership team in providing supervision, coordination and oversight of daily operations at the Children's Museum of Virginia. Help plan and implement museum programming, events and educational activities for families and children. This fast-paced position requires creativity, high energy and a passion for serving families.
  • Customer Service Specialist
    Full-Time Regular
    $37,960.00 - $54,662.00 Annually
    Spend your days in the Children's Museum of Virginia assisting families and children as they explore the exhibits, programming and events offered in and around the museum. This position is high energy, high movement and customer service focused. Experience with cash handling, point of sales systems and customer service is preferred. This position reports to the Children's Museum leadership.
  • Customer Service Specialist
    Part-Time Regular
    $37,960.00 Annually
    Serve museum guests across the Portsmouth Museum system in this customer service focused position. This position is high energy, high movement and requires accurate cash handling and point of sales system skills. This position can serve at any of our six museum and tourism locations and reports to the Children's Museum leadership.
A child enjoying one of the exhibits at the Children's Museum of Virginia
Children's Museum of Virginia
The entrance of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
The Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum building.
Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum
The exterior of the Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center.
Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center
The Lightship Portsmouth docked in downtown Portsmouth
Lightship Portsmouth Museum

The City of Portsmouth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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Location

Museums and Tourism Administration
521 Middle Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704

Phone

757-393-8983
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