Museum director

Code 1349.18

Museum directors oversee the management of the art collections, artefacts, and exposition facilities. They secure and sell works of art on the one hand, and strive to preserve and maintain the art collection of a museum on the other hand. Moreover, they also manage finances, employees, and marketing efforts of the museum.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • art collections
  • art history

Skills and competences

  • Colaborar con las demás áreas audiovisuales
  • implement risk management for works of art
  • assist clients with special needs
  • museum databases
  • liaise with managers
  • liaise with educational institutions
  • liaise with shareholders
  • document museum collection
  • handle artworks
  • maintain catalogue collection
  • ensure infrastructure accessibility
  • monitor museum environment
  • sell art

Transversal competences

  • advise on art handling
  • advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
  • liaise with colleagues
  • manage budgets
  • manage staff
  • maintain museum records
  • plan art educational activities
  • supervise art gallery staff
  • art-historical values

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Sources

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