This article is very informative and interesting if you ever thought of becoming a curator. This article will teach you everything you need to know if your wish is to become a curator. For example, you will learn how much a curator gets paid, where do they work, what do you need to become a curator, when will you retire and much more. I'm very excited to write and share this article because I'm a student in museum studies and I will be working closely with curators in my future career.
To be a curator is like touching history throught objects. It's like being the voice that gives a museum exhibition a story. Curators have many responsabilities on there plates. They have to be able to manage a team and delegate tasks to people's levels of competence.
Curators do many things. They collect, exhibit, interpret, maintain and protect objects of aesthetic and historical importance. They educate the public through exhibitions. Often specialized in an area, curators built up collections and exhibition.
First of all, curators usually work during the day in one location, but some curators have the opportunity to travel for work. In one day they can be working on many things, such as creating exhibitions, expanding the collections with acquisitions, publicity, grant writing, meeting with and educating trustees and keeping track of inventory. They have a wide range list of duties.
Curators work in a varity of differente places. They primary work in museums, libraries and private collections, but they also sometimes work in art galleries.
If you wish to become a curator, graduate education and practical expirence are required. You will need a good undergraduate degree, a master's degree (curatorial assistant) or a PhD.
This depends on the years of experience and the level of responsibilities a curator holds. The pay can be very low but can also be very high.
Many curators also hold postgraduate degrees or diplomas because of the strong competition in this field. Training in chemistry, restoration techniques, museum studies and public relations can be very useful to land a job as a curator. Some also benefit from volunteering to gain experience and knowledge.
A good thing about being a curator is that you will not face much danger working with collections, apart from manipulating dangerous substances like arsenic used in taxidermy back in the day.
There are not many chances that curators will be replaced by robots soon, because they are responsible for managing large staff, volunteers, and interns. When it comes to human relations, it is very difficult to replace an important player like a curator.
There is no age for a curator to retire, but curators gain the status of senior curator after 10 years of work. After 10 years their future is considered strong. So after years of studies a career of ten years and more seems like a very rich career.
In conclusion, I hope this article was helpful for learning about curators. I'm studying museum techniques at Montmorency College and I'm looking forward to working closely with curators and helping with every aspect of their job.
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Accuracy: probably true
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