collection manager
Collection managers ensure the care and preservation of objects within cultural institutions, like museums, libraries, and archives. Collection managers, along with exhibition curators, and conservators, play a very important role in collections care. They can be found in most large museums.
Also called: curator, museum technician, conservator, collections manager
- 20
- essential skills
- 10
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- cultural archive managerWhat changes?11 skills in common
- exhibition registrarWhat changes?11 skills in common
- museum director7 skills in common
- exhibition curator6 skills in common
- conservator5 skills in common
- museum scientist5 skills in common
- art handler3 skills in common
- research manager3 skills in common
Essential skills
20- advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
- art history
- assess museum object condition
- collection management software
- compile detailed collection inventory
- conservation techniques
- cope with challenging demands
- create collection conservation plan
- digitization
- document museum collection
- establish high standards of collections care
- handle artworks
- implement risk management for works of art
- interact with an audience
- monitor museum environment
- museum databases
- provide project information on exhibitions
- respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition
- supervise artefact movement
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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