Caucasian man wearing a long-sleeved button down shirt with salt and pepper short hair leans on a counter in an office that has large-format historical city maps.
Photo Archivist & Historian Jeff Jewell works in the Museum’s archive research room.

Thank you for your interest in employment at the Whatcom Museum. Positions currently available are listed below. The Whatcom Museum is a non-profit organization operated jointly by the City of Bellingham and the Whatcom Museum Foundation.

The Whatcom Museum is a multidisciplinary institution focused on art, nature, and Northwest history, and located in beautiful Bellingham, Washington. Our three-building campus is sited on the ancestral homeland of the Coast Salish People. The Museum works actively to build an inclusive environment and values all people.  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Museum is committed to assembling a staff with a multitude of viewpoints and perspectives that help us relate and communicate to all members of our diverse community. Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Decolonization stand at the forefront of the work we do. In creating authentic and meaningful experiences for all, we hope to inspire a love for history, spur creative engagement in art, and instill respect for our shared natural world.

Open positions at the Whatcom Museum Foundation


Our Mission: The Whatcom Museum provides innovative and interactive educational programs and exhibitions about art, nature, and Northwest history. We seek to stimulate curiosity about our changing cultural, natural, and historical landscapes, for the youngest to the oldest minds, and to inspire preservation of and creative contributions to our region and beyond.

Land Acknowledgement: The Whatcom Museum acknowledges that we gather on the traditional territory of the Lhaq’temish – Lummi People – and the Nuxwsá7aq – Nooksack People – who have lived in the Coast Salish region from time immemorial. The Museum honors our relationship with all of our Coast Salish neighbors and our shared responsibilities to their homeland where we all reside today.