Working in a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited is intriguing itself and Museums have become more than just educational buildings. They are institutions in the truest sense of the word, drawing millions of visitors each year, with substantial financial backing to run outreach programs, acquire new pieces, and expand their influence. Although numerous types of museum careers exist, the five most popular positions are archivist, tour guide, outreach director, volunteer with my area of interest being curator.
Each museum is different in its philosophy, market, collections, and missions, the work of a museum curator can depend on the organization for which they work. However, their core duties include exhibition creation, collecting artifacts or art, tracking inventory, and conducting relevant research.
They manage the details and execution of preparing an exhibit, maintaining a collection, and helping the museum tell the story behind its artifacts or art. This requires the skills to select the perfect manner in which to display a collection.
The job of putting exhibitions together has never been more popular. Curating courses have spread like wildfire, drawing in more students every year. On paper, it sounds like the ideal job: curators are immersed in art, have the creative license to give shape to their visions, and, if contemporary art is their thing, hang out with some of the world’s most exciting people, artists.
The curator today has to be flexible, open to collaborations, and able to think outside the (white) box.
One more thing that I consider to be epic about this job is the way one should be prepared for something to go wrong at the last minute because It probably will.
