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The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures (T/m) invites qualified exhibit designers or exhibit design firms to submit proposals for the design and development of Saturday Morning Cartoons, a temporary exhibition scheduled to open in May 2027. The selected consultant will collaborate closely with T/m staff to create an immersive, accessible, educational, and visually compelling exhibition that aligns with T/m’s mission, interpretive goals, and audience needs.

T/m seeks a creative partner with demonstrated experience in museum exhibitions, interpretive planning, graphic and spatial design, and project management. The exhibition is anticipated to remain on view for approximately 9 months in T/m’s South Gallery.

Care Bears, He-Man, Alvin and the Chipmunks, DuckTales, The Smurfs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers…the 1980s were a golden age of Saturday morning cartoons. Animated characters leapt from television screens into toy boxes, shaping how a generation played and imagined. For many children, cartoons didn’t end when the TV was turned off; they continued on the living room floor through expansive imaginative worlds brought to life through toys.

Saturday Morning Cartoons explores this pivotal moment in American childhood, when television, toys, and marketing converged in powerful new ways. Drawing from T/m’s nationally recognized collections, the exhibition examines how cartoons and toys worked together to create immersive play experiences, blurring boundaries between entertainment, advertising, and imagination.

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures (T/m) is entering an exciting new chapter. With a strong institutional foundation and a leadership team committed to excellence, we are ready to elevate our curatorial function in a meaningful way. We are looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking leader to serve as our Director of Curatorial Affairs—a senior role that will shape the future of our collections, exhibitions, and curatorial identity.

The Director of Curatorial Affairs serves as the senior leader for all curatorial and collections functions at T/m. As a core member of the senior leadership team, this individual is responsible for setting and executing departmental strategy, leading and developing a team of curatorial professionals, and serving as the institutional steward of T/m’s remarkable collection.

This role operates at the intersection of strategic leadership and curatorial expertise, moving fluidly between big-picture vision and ground-level execution. The Director of Curatorial Affairs will champion a culture that empowers team members to grow, take ownership, and deliver excellent work. They will also serve as a collaborative institutional partner, working closely with the Executive Director, Board, and cross-departmental colleagues to advance T/m’s mission and strategic priorities.

This job posting will remain open until filled. For best consideration, apply by June 28, 2026.

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures invites applicants for summer and fall 2026 Research Fellows. These paid contract positions will play an integral part in a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to make the Museum’s collection more accessible in digital format. Working with existing collecting records in PastPerfect Web Edition, the Research Fellow is responsible for conducting more in-depth investigation to enhance the interpretation of the collection. This includes drafting object ID labels and narrative/didactic text. Please submit a cover letter indicating your interest in a summer and/or fall fellowship, CV/resume, and three references by April 30, 2026 at 11:59PM to: Madeline Rislow, Curator / Senior Manager of Learning & Engagement, rislowm@toyandminiaturemuseum.org.