Prime London museum in search of Taylor Swift seek the advice of

Metro

By Dean Balsamini

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is looking for a Taylor Swift savant for a guide’s gig centered on the world’s largest pop star.

The “Superfan Advisor” posting pines for the “most studious Swiftie” to affix the museum’s mission to “be taught extra about our assortment on the V&A in addition to the present cultural traits that can inform the way forward for museum gathering.”

Whereas the wage for the part-time job wasn’t disclosed, it comes with “competitive incentives,” according to the listing.

“As a part of the appliance kind, we are going to wish to find out about what makes you the final word superfan,
what do you’ve got in your assortment and what within the V&A set pertains to your personal assortment,” the museum mentioned within the job posting.

“Profitable candidates will meet curatorial specialists on the V&A, share information about their specialist topic, be taught in regards to the historical past of those objects and why they’re related to artwork, design and the way forward for creativity,” the itemizing provides.

Critical candidates ought to submit their credentials by way of the museum’s web site ASAP.

“It is a zero hour contract, emptiness that can shut in 13 days,” the itemizing reads, noting the deadline is March 7. “We now have the appropriate to shut this advert early.”

The museum boasts its curators “are custodians of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity.

As such, we’re at all times trying to be taught extra about our assortment, while appearing as cultural trendspotters on what to gather subsequent.” 

The Victoria & Albert museum hopes to fill the spot earlier than the 14-time Grammy winner begins the European leg of her Eras Tour Might 9.

For those who don’t snare the Swift spot, properly, “Shake It Off.” The museum can also be trying to find omniscient specialists relating to crocs, drag, emojis and a kind of textile manufacturing generally known as tufting.

Swift’s Eras Tour is the primary tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, in response to Pollstar’s 2023 year-end charts.