Collection manager
Code 2621.2
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.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- art history
- collection management software
- conservation techniques
Skills and competences
- Colaborar con las demás áreas audiovisuales
- implement risk management for works of art
- museum databases
- compile detailed collection inventory
- create collection conservation plan
- document museum collection
- assess museum object condition
- handle artworks
- respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition
- supervise artefact movement
- monitor museum environment
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
Transversal competences
- cope with challenging demands
- advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
- establish high standards of collections care
- provide project information on exhibitions
- interact with an audience
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences