Exhibition registrar

Code 2621.7

Exhibition registrars organise, manage and document movement of museum artefacts to and from storage, display and exhibitions. This happens in collaboration with private or public partners such as art transporters, insurers and restorers, within the museum and outside.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • collection management software
  • conservation techniques

Skills and competences

  • implement risk management for works of art
  • advise on government policy compliance
  • advise on tax policy
  • museum databases
  • document museum collection
  • compose condition reports
  • deliver correspondence
  • assess museum object condition
  • ensure safety of exhibition
  • prepare loan contracts
  • respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition
  • supervise artefact movement
  • use ICT resources to solve work related tasks

Transversal competences

  • manage loans
  • cope with challenging demands
  • advise on art handling
  • advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
  • work independently on exhibitions

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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