Career as Curator/ Museologist

Museum Curators

• Curators organize the display of artifacts in museums
• Organize exhibitions by choosing the display items, labelling them and arranging them
• Make purchases of rare and new collections for museum enrichment
• Art objects have to be identified examined, cleaned, preserved displayed or stored
• Maintain the record of each item - the origin, age and  conservation details
• Curators may specialize in natural history, textiles, paintings, terracotta, metals, etc.
• Curators are involved in training programmes and courses

Conservators/Restorers

Objects requiring conservation and restoration are paintings, wall paintings, prints, ceramics, textiles, fossils, statues, monuments, arms and armor, natural history objects, furniture, machinery, metalwork and paper items. Conservators and restorers specialize in one type of object. Their job involves:

• Preservation of art objects and monuments
• Conservators arrest objects' decay
• Restorers restore them to their original condition
• Technical examination of objects to assess the materials used in their creation
• Diagnose the causes of damage or deterioration
• Decide on appropriate treatment. Treatment can involve undoing previous repair and restoration work
• Cleaning, varnish removal, consolidation and repair techniques, filling, retouching, mounting, framing, storage and environmental control
• Estimation of the time and cost required for treatment
• Documentation - Careful recording of all treatment is important, both written and photographic
• They also advise on the correct condition of objects, taking into account temperature, light and humidity