Curators provide essential support in museums, libraries, zoos and private organizations with collections of artifacts or documents, ensuring the safety and viability of those collections. Curators act as both experts on the collection and guardians of the items, coordinating exhibits, artifact care and security with other employees and outside service providers. The work Curators do also helps ensure that the information related to collected items can be made accessible to others.
Que fait un Curator ?
A Curator, also called a Director, Administrator or Conservator in some organizations, works to collect and maintain items in a museum, library or private research collection. Curators may conduct research, oversee the maintenance of artifacts or documents and provide education to others about a collection.
Responsabilités
Un Curator doit être capable de remplir diverses fonctions et responsabilités. Voici quelques fonctions et responsabilités qu'un Curator doit être capable d'exécuter :
Conducting research on collections, artifacts and items, working to authenticate and identify pieces
Working on behalf of the museum or alongside others to procure items through purchase, loans or bequests for collections
Collaboration with museum teams to plan exhibits to interpret collected items
Provide educational tours or create media to help educate the public and others about items in the collection
Compétences requises
Un Curator compétitif aura certaines compétences et qualifications, notamment :
Knowledge of the collection items
Leadership skills to assist with leading staff in creating exhibits, maintaining artifacts and interacting with the public.
Communication and educational skills
Attention to detail
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