Art objects have to be identified, examined, cleaned, preserved, displayed or stored. Curators procure artefacts, create exhibitions and maintain exhibits. Restorers are skilled professionals who understand art and also the elements which destroy works of art. They recreate the old beauty and charm of monuments, paintings and art objects which requires immense precision, patience and keen observation.
Job Profile
Museum Curators
Conservators/Restorers
Objects requiring conservation and restoration are paintings, wall paintings, prints, ceramics, textiles, fossils, statues, monuments, arms and armour, natural history objects, furniture, machinery, metalwork and paper items. Conservators and restorers specialize in one type of object. Their job involves:
Salary/Package
The average starting salary for a curator/museologist is around Rs. 2 lakhs p.a. While a senior curator or as a director of a museum one can command Rs. 7.3-9 lakhs p.a. The salaries may vary based on experience, skills, roles, location, etc.
Skills required
Pros and Cons of being a Curator/Museologist
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Cons
How do I be one
Path 1
Std XII (Stream: Humanities) >> Graduation (History (Ancient/Med/Modern)) >> Post graduation (Archaeology/Museology) >> Goal (Museologist/Curator)
Path 2
Std XII (Stream: Sc (PCM)) >> Graduation (BFA (Fine Art)) >> Post graduation (Museology/History of Art) >> Goal (Museologist)