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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 25-4013.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 44,780.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
- Currently, there are 10,970 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Museum Technicians and Conservators”.
Also Known As…
- Museum Technicians and Conservators
- Preparator
- Paper Conservator
- Paintings Conservator
- Objects Conservator
- Museum Registrar
- Exhibit Technician
- Conservator
- Conservation Technician
- Art Preparator
- Water Restoration Technician
- Transportation Equipment Maintenance Worker
- Textile Conservator
- Sculpture Conservator
- Restoration Technician
- Research Assistant
- Paper and Prints Restorer
- Museum Technician
- Museum Preparator
- Museum Exhibit Technician
- Lace and Textiles Restorer
- Head of Conservation
- Fine Arts Packer
- Exhibits Curator
- Exhibits Coordinator
- Exhibition Designer
- Exhibit Preparator
- Ethnographic Materials Conservator
- Document Restorer
- Director of Exhibits
- Curatorial Assistant
- Curator of Collections
- Curator
- Conservation Worker
- Conservation Assistant
- Collections Specialist
- Collections Manager
- Collections Curator
- Ceramic Restorer
- Artifacts Conservator
- Art Objects Repairer
- Art Conservator
- Armorer Technician
Tasks for “Collections Manager”
- Estimate cost of restoration work.
- Deliver artwork on courier trips.
- Classify and assign registration numbers to artifacts and supervise inventory control.
- Construct skeletal mounts of fossils, replicas of archaeological artifacts, or duplicate specimens, using a variety of materials and hand tools.
- Direct and supervise curatorial, technical, and student staff in the handling, mounting, care, and storage of art objects.
- Build, repair, and install wooden steps, scaffolds, and walkways to gain access to or permit improved view of exhibited equipment.
- Cut and weld metal sections in reconstruction or renovation of exterior structural sections and accessories of exhibits.
- Lead tours and teach educational courses to students and the general public.
- Supervise and work with volunteers.
- Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
- Prepare reports on the operation of conservation laboratories, documenting the condition of artifacts, treatment options, and the methods of preservation and repair used.
- Recommend preservation procedures, such as control of temperature and humidity, to curatorial and building staff.
- Repair, restore and reassemble artifacts, designing and fabricating missing or broken parts, to restore them to their original appearance and prevent deterioration.
- Notify superior when restoration of artifacts requires outside experts.
- Specialize in particular materials or types of object, such as documents and books, paintings, decorative arts, textiles, metals, or architectural materials.
- Plan and conduct research to develop and improve methods of restoring and preserving specimens.
- Prepare artifacts for storage and shipping.
- Study object documentation or conduct standard chemical and physical tests to ascertain the object's age, composition, original appearance, need for treatment or restoration, and appropriate preservation method.
- 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.
- Perform tests and examinations to establish storage and conservation requirements, policies, and procedures.
- Photograph objects for documentation.
- Coordinate exhibit installations, assisting with design, constructing displays, dioramas, display cases, and models, and ensuring the availability of necessary materials.
- Preserve or direct preservation of objects, using plaster, resin, sealants, hardeners, and shellac.
- Perform on-site field work which may involve interviewing people, inspecting and identifying artifacts, note-taking, viewing sites and collections, and repainting exhibition spaces.
- Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
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- Binocular light compound microscopes
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- Laptop computers
- Desktop computers
- Vacuum cleaner micro-tools
- Stereo microscopes
- Laboratory scalpels
- Cold chisels
- Wire strippers
- Digital micrometers
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Carpenters' chisels
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
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- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
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- Microsoft Word