All About Museum Technicians and Conservators
Job Description & Duties Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals;
or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.
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Life As a Museum Technician or Conservator
- Supervise and work with volunteers.
- Notify superior when restoration of artifacts requires outside experts.
- Direct and supervise curatorial, technical, and student staff in the handling, mounting, care, and storage of art objects.
- Deliver artwork on courier trips.
- Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts’ safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up.
- Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
Museum Technician or Conservator Required Skills
When polled, Museum Technicians and Conservators say the following skills are most frequently used in their jobs :
Active Listening : Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Speaking : Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Reading Comprehension : Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Writing : Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Critical Thinking : Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making : Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
How to Become a Museum Technician or Conservator
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Where do Museum Technicians and Conservators Work?
The table below shows some of the most common industries where those employed in this career field work.
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Museum Technician or Conservator
Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals; or artifacts, textiles, or art. Life As a Museum Technician or Conservator. Museum Technician or Conservator Required Skills. ...
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